Altitude: 21,000 feet. Speed: 520 knots. Level flight. Course: zero-niner-zero.

As everyone knows, it's "International Talk Like a Pilot Day" so I encourage you all to use the jargon of our bus drivers in the sky. What? That's "International Talk Like a Pirate Day?" Nevermind.
(I've been in Japan too long! )
 
In honour of ITLaPD, here is an unembeddable Casper toon, The Deep Boo Sea. Or you can watch this...

 
I be at the shores of Shiogama listening to some sea-shanties all day. You can eyeball more pics at my facebook page but here are a few highlights. 

Shiver me timbers, what a day that be!

ps. A heads up to the Wonderful Wonderblog who provides the "Top Ten Pickup lines for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day." I've chosen my favourites, click the link for the entire list.

Yes, that is a hornpipe in my pocket and I am happy to see you.

How'd you like to scrape the barnacles off of me rudder?

Well blow me down?
And the number one pickup line for use on International Talk Like a Pirate Day is … click the link!

Pieces of Eight!

Arrrr! Ahoy there...I been amiss at this here blog for nigh on a week now. So late that I almost missed Talk Like a Pirate Day! Now, my beauties, I cannot speak pirate-jabber in the native lingo of this land but I can always try Mandarin Chinese!

Alas, me hearties, I cannot locate my Captain Herlock booty,










so we'll have to settle with 4 Pieces of One Piece ハッピーセット (Happi Setto from McDonalds) which I grabbed for several Pieces of Eight. First up is モンキー・D・ルフィ (Monkey D. Luffy), the Captain of the Straw Hat Pirates. The toy is called "Luffy's Treasure Explorer" which consists of Luffy standing next to a barrel and maybe some treasure inside.





Next up is their ship, サウザンドサニー号 (Sausando Sunni Go/ Thousand Sunny, with a toy called, "Thousand Sunny Treasure Search." The Brigantine has a lion for a figurehead, though it looks more like a sunflower to me.









3rd in the collection is フランキー (Furanki) who gets shot out of a cannon in "Pop Out Franky." Franky is apparently a 34-year old cyborg who runs on Cola.









Last but not least is トニートニー・チョッパー (Toni-Toni Choppa) He is a blue-nosed reindeer, who gained human properties by eating a Devil Fruit. He lies upon a treasure chest in a toy called, "Chopper's Lucky Treasure."

I can't figure out what each of the toys do, but the kids on the commercial seem to have fun with them. These are all for the new DVD release. There were another 4 toys out at the beginning of the summer when the movie was released, if I can find them, I'll post them then.

"海賊のまねをして話ましましょう！"

"Kaizoku no mane o shite hanamashimashou!" OR "Let's Talk Like a Pirate!"

In honour of "Talk Like a Pirate" Day, I thought I'd bring the Classic Anime, どうぶつ宝島 (doubutsu takara jima or "Animal Treasure Island") to your attention.





Though it sounds like a cross between R.L. Stevenson's Treasure Island and H.G. Well's Island of Dr. Moreau, Animal Treasure Island is actually directed by 池田 裕 (Hiroshi Ikeda), with much of the developing structure, characters, designs, storyboarding and key animating of pivotal scenes done by a younger 宮崎 駿 (Hayao Miyazaki).












It isn't a faithful adaptation of the story because I don't recall mention of Jim's bespectacled mouse friend, Gran and stowaway baby brother, Baboo. But with the map in hand, thanks to Cap'n Flint, they set off across the ocean in a wooden beer barrel. Shortly after their encounter with the porcine Long John Silver, they are clapped in irons, guarded by a fez-wearing hippo and are joined by Flint's granddaughter, Kathy and a sympathetic pirate walrus named Otto.

A slightly less cool cover of the DVD.


















Thanks to this guy for the screen captures that he scanned and I scammed.













































Here are the first few minutes, but go seek it out for yourself...



YARRR MATEYS, while you're at it, pick up "Puss & Boots"!

Shiver Me Timbers!

Avast there mateys! Talk Like a Pirate Day is here on Wednesday. (Ye can read last years post here.) Yo-ho ye landlubbers, get ye ready by watching this video to prepare ye-self. (Let's practice, shall we: Yarrr!)

But it isn't Wednesday yet, so I don't have to do this entire post in Pirate-speak. I would like to show you one of the treasures I collected recently. This Mini-Cosbaby is adorable. It'll do my father proud to be named after this Davy Jones figure.















Other Booty that I'd collected (on sale, wouldn't pay full price for this swag) includes Ms. Swann.

















And Will Turner.















Last year, you may recall that I went to a Fancy Dress ball as a Computer Pirate, Cap'n StarHacker. We hope to have this year's party on the 27th of Oct, but have yet to find a venue. Any hints?

Yo-ho, It's the Pirates Life For Me...I'll leave you with a picture of Nori hanging out in Jack Sparrow at Tokyo Disneyland (lucky bastard.) There better be some Rum in that Apple juice!

ARRRR! Avast There, Mateys!

Today be annual "Talk like a Pirate Day",
so grab your rum and YOHOHO away!





"Avast, belay, yo ho, heave to, A-pirating we go! And if we're parted by a shot, we're sure to meet below! Yo ho, yo ho, the pirate life, the flag o'skull and bones! A merry hour, a hempen rope, and hey for Davy Jones."





Come night, I be seein' Cap'n Jack Sparrow and his motley crew (Not Motley Crue!)So all o'ye be sure to see a Pirate (not pirated!) movie tonight! Try "Muppet Treasure Island"/ the anime "Animal Treasure Island" or the grandaddy of 'em all, "Treasure Island". If ye be brave, get yer mitts on "Yellowbeard" or "Peter Pan" and blow the man down!
Most of all...Be certain ye all talk like pirates! Ye Scurvy Dogs!