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September 19th be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, a nerdy sub-culture holiday that gained in popularity after 't became associated wi' th' parody religion Pastafarianism (may ye be touched by His noodly appendage). Pastafarianism, fer th' uninitiated be th' worship o' th' Flyin' Spaghetti Monster, a deity created by Bob Henderson in an open letter t' th' Kansas School Board. Durin' the'r battle o'er Intelligent Design Creationism an' "teach th' alternate theories" controversy, Henderson wrote t' advocate th' inclusion o' his belief system in school curriculum as well, requestin' that educators
...realize how important it is that your students are taught this alternate theory. It is absolutely imperative that they realize that observable evidence is at the discretion of a Flying Spaghetti Monster. Furthermore, it is disrespectful to teach our beliefs without wearing His chosen outfit, which of course is full pirate regalia. I cannot stress the importance of this enough, and unfortunately cannot describe in detail why this must be done as I fear this letter is already becoming too long. The concise explanation is that He becomes angry if we don’t.
You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. For your interest, I have included a graph of the approximate number of pirates versus the average global temperature over the last 200 years. As you can see, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature.
The humorous lampoon rapidly sailed' viral, an' eventually th' spaghetti an' swashbuckler themed religion co-adapted th' separately created International Talk Like a Buccanneer Tide annual holiday. Th' holiday itself be developed as a personal joke between two Oregonian shipmates an' recieved a fair amount o' noteriety before its eventual inclusion into th' psyche o' internet/skeptical/nerd culture. Nay doubt members o' th' Anonymous protest group Project Chanology (San Fransisco branch) be ou' in fore o' th' San Fransisco Scientology offices in full swashbuckler regalia. These internet memes be havin' a way o' linkin' together.
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