Just throw your Hook in the Air

I was a marginal particiapant in "Talk Like A Pirate Day," mostly among office mates.

You know, trying to explain something like "TLAPD" to anyone who doesn't use the Internet is a lost cause. Not because you have to have the Internet to read the web page, it is just that folks like "us" get it. Does that make sense?

There is a certain appreciation for all things oddball that we folks have that non-geeky, non-techie folks just don't. Of course, I am generalizing, so realize it may not apply to someone out there you know, but it applies to most folks I know.

I mentioned on Friday that it was"TLAPD" to m'Lady and she just looked at me and asked simply "Why would you want to do that?" And I was stumped. I mean really, how can you explain the inherent weirdness of something like that to someone? It either "clicks" with you in your mind, or it doesn't, you know?

Either you can appreciate things like "Snap Your Desk" "The Coffee Cup Project" and "Parking Spots" or you just don't and probably won't ... ever.

Makes it kinda hard to share the silliness of some things now and then.

Boy, did I ever digress!

My original point was, that on Friday, NPR aired a hilarious tune called "Straight Outta Portsmouth" after a "TLAPD" segment with Dave Barry. Maybe it was just because I never expected to hear a "Pirate Rap" song, but this thing cracked me up on the drive home. Apparently it was produced just for "All Things Considered" by Spin magazine writer Chris Norris. Great stuff, easily the best thing about "TLAPD!"

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Posted by on September 22, 2003 @ September 22, 2003 04:25 PM    
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