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"Shiver my timbers" was most famously popularized by the archetypal pirate Long John Silver in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883). Silver used the phrase seven times, as well as variations such as "shiver my sides", "shiver my soul" and "shake up your timbers". Another pirate, Israel Hands, also uses the phrase at one point.
International Talk Like a Pirate Day is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers of Albany, Oregon, [1] who proclaimed September 19 each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate (that is, in English with a stereotypical West Country accent). [2] It has since been adopted by the Pastafarianism ...
What did the pirate say when his wooden leg got stuck in the snow bank? Shiver me timbers. Which instrument do pirates love in music class? The guitaaarrrrrrr.
"Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)" is the theme song for the Pirates of the Caribbean attractions at Disney theme parks. The music was written by George Bruns , with lyrics by Xavier Atencio . [ 1 ] The version heard at Disneyland and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom was sung by the Mellomen , featuring Thurl Ravenscroft .
The character of Major-General Stanley was widely taken to be a caricature of the popular general Sir Garnet Wolseley.The biographer Michael Ainger, however, doubts that Gilbert intended a caricature of Wolseley, identifying instead the older General Henry Turner, an uncle of Gilbert's wife whom Gilbert disliked, as a more likely inspiration for the satire.
The band's biography, Argh Fuck Kill: The Story of the Dayglo Abortions, by the author Chris Walter, was published in 2010 by Gofuckyerself Press. [3] Gymbo Jak, the lead singer from 1994 to 2007, also sang for the Toronto-based Maximum RNR.
Argh!, Aargh!, Aaargh! or variants may refer to: Argh!, an onomatopoeic way of expressing frustration Aaargh!, a 1987 video game Aaagh!, a 2006 album by Republic of Loose ARGH Power Ratings, a sports rating system often associated with NCAA football and basketball.
In the 1830s, Letitia Elizabeth Landon received material relating to piracy for an annual for which she was responsible and she produced two Pirate Songs, the first in 1831, The Pirate's Song off Tiger Island. and the second, Bona. The Pirate's Song. in 1837. This last was reproduced many times as 'The Pirate's Song', often uncredited.