May the Fourth, April 20th, Talk Like a Pirate Day, and other "holidays"

[@philsharp758]

Modern pirates do not say "Hey, ho me hearties". They say "We see your car warranty is due to expire"

[@carrielemmon1549]

That was funny but oh so true!

[@poetryflynn3712]

Insurance is a scam.

[@x808drifter]

@@poetryflynn3712 Let me hit your car in a hit and run and see if you say the same...

[@x808drifter]

Not "I'm the captain now!"?

[@jb-vb8un]

the AUTO DIAL pirates

[@HM2SGT]

*Everybody can’t be Irish. **_Somebody_** has to drive!*

[@Bhartrampf]

Just don't pick a Scot or German to do it 🤣🤣🤣

[@johnrice1943]

😂

[@matthewellisor5835]

@@Bhartrampf "... And one could tell by his walk that he'd drunk more than his share ..."

[@Bhartrampf]

@@matthewellisor5835 I love that song 🤣🤣

[@chopsddy3]

Ahrrrrrr, I be in need of a ride. Ahrrrrrrr. I’ve three sheets in the wind and I be out of pudding. Ahrrrrrrrrrr.

[@mikelakner5622]

Talk like a pirate day is also my birthday. My wife dressed like a pirate once and talked in character. That was a history that deserves to be remembered in my heart.

[@flouisbailey]

Did she happen to Swash Your Buckle? Ooops may be tooo personal.

[@justintime1343]

Precious.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Happiest of Birthdays to you!

[@mikelakner5622]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel Thank you. I'm so blessed that I don’t have much choice. 🙂

[@Svartalf14]

Did your wife also assault you in order to take possession of your booty?

[@wetbobspongepants]

You might think a pirates favorite letter is "R" but you'd be wrong...for it is the "C" they truly love. *NOTICE* - In Aruba it will cost you £2.00 for a steak pie, in Jamaica it will cost you £2.50. These are pie rates of the Caribbean.

[@howdyhamster]

But what are the *corn* rates of the Caribbean? A buck an ear!

[@raywrae]

I'll need to visit for some good pie plundering to see who's is best. I'll get back with you on my pie-rating.

[@wetbobspongepants]

@@raywrae You should check out the price of corn. I heard it was "A Buck an Ear"

[@MegaFortinbras]

Having pirates say "arrgh" comes from a couple of movies in which the actor Robert Newton played a pirate, Treasure Island and Blackbeard the Pirate.

[@alg11297]

You beat me to it. Robert Newton was a great Brit character actor. He played Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist. He said he got the "arrggh" noise from people who lived in his town when he was a kid In the previous Treasure Island with Wallace Beery, he had a sort of Irish accent. That 1934 version used to be on tv all the time when I was a kid. Good call.

[@greggweber9967]

There was a sequel to Treasure Island which was an American Australian cooperation with Disney called Long John Silver in 1954.

[@alg11297]

@@greggweber9967 Aye, me hearty you be right. I also saw him in a strange movie called Hatter's Castle.

[@jackielinde7568]

I don't think the founders of Talk Like a Pirate day believe pirates actually sounded like that. I think it's more just a joke.

[@lancerevell5979]

Same with the old meme of the pirate's map, where "X marks the spot"! A creation of R. L. Stevenson in his book.

[@jasonminier6782]

The History Guy having a tuxedo cat is absolutely perfect.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

He thinks he's pretty perfect, too.

[@nunyabeeznutz5286]

Wow I just realized "Harvest Festivals" were pretty much a "Hooray! We are not starving this Winter!" celebration.

[@mcfahk]

This video proves it: history is always interesting and people are always strange.

[@spddiesel]

You should do an episode on how a Tony Orlando song about a prisoner's release turned into the modern ribbon movement, where every disease has a color.

[@drshoe8744]

I think South Park already has.

[@markadams7046]

Tying yellow ribbons around oak trees goes back much further than that song, I think that song came out in 1973. A couple years later, I remember seeing yellow ribbons posted around the Seabee base in Port Hueneme, CA, for when a Construction Battalion was about to return home from overseas. That was the first time I saw the small looped yellow ribbons. I think they were also used when hostages were taken at the U.S Embassy in Iran in the late 70s.

[@RichWhiteUM]

@@markadams7046 Yep, the yellow ribbons go back much farther. The John Wayne movie "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" came out in 1949 and was set during the Indian Wars in the late 19th Century. The movie's name came from a popular cavalry cadence from that period, which is still used in some variation in the US Army. We used a variant of it when I was in JROTC back in the late '80s to early '90s. If he hasn't already, Lance needs to do a video on the history of the yellow ribbon.

[@marypasco2213]

Yellow ribbons were also used during the Civil War.

[@thornangel16]

My mother is a very good friend of Mark Summers, one of the co-founders of Talk Like a Pirate Day. Growing up, my sister and I called him Uncle Mark and would sometimes get pirate-themed gifts from him. Both he and John, sometimes referred to as “Captain Slappy” and “Chumbucket Joe” respectively, are both really cool dudes!

[@shawngilliland243]

Thank you, History Guy, for the expert explanation of this modern-day plethora of celebratory days. It brings to mind how in Catholicism there are some days that have so many saints on the same day that they must be "stacked" full.

[@omegadubois6619]

I made cheeseburgers yesterday, I didn't know I was celebrating a holiday lol.

[@tygrkhat4087]

I had a cheeseburger sub for lunch yesterday, also not knowing of the day.

[@frezz56]

Thank you for this! I did not know of the global aortic disection day. I'm a 12 year survivor of a type A disection of the desnding aorta.

[@sherylcascadden4988]

Bad news: I have bicuspid aortic valve disease. Good news: I have surgery scheduled for Wednesday, less than a month after learned about it... And I only learned the official name for it today.

[@frezz56]

@@sherylcascadden4988 you will be ok, now with advances in surgery, the mortality rate is much lower that 12 years ago. Hang in there!

[@sherylcascadden4988]

@@frezz56 because of the position, they can access it through my femoral artery and not have to cut my chest open. Isn't modern medicine wonderful?

[@frezz56]

@@sherylcascadden4988 yes! in 2016 I had to get my aortic valve replaced. Opened up my chest again , now it's done through the femoral artery. Good luck , you will do fine. Thanks again History Guy! Glad that I subscribed..

[@sherylcascadden4988]

@@frezz56 turned out they cracked my chest anyway. Second day recovering in cardiac unit. My husband and best friend are texting me to keep me company.

[@HM2SGT]

Who couldn't love that thumbnail?!🫶😻

[@13Photodog]

I remember in the mid 1950s when the TV show "You Asked For It" announced National Skippy Peanut Butter Day" Skippy was my brother and my go to peanut butter and the day announced just happened to be my birthday. WOW what a present for kid.

[@mohammedcohen]

...WOW...someone actually remembers that series!!! you must me close to my age...almost 73...do you remember Beat the Clock (IIRC sponsored by Timex)???

[@tonyj8949]

A couple of years ago I made lunches for my four kids every school day and decorated their lunch bags with events for the day. Wikipedia was a huge help. There was always an odd holiday to use!

[@mykilpee]

I used to celebrate mini-friday.... which is the third friday of the month. it didn't matter what it was it was the entire month's celebrations all in one with a friend... those were the most fun celebrations I've had in all my life.... I'd be happy to share it with anyone.

[@masterskrain2630]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! What kind of socks do Pirates wear??? ARRRRGYLE... What is a Pirate's favorite vegetable? ARRRRTICHOKES....

[@nofaith5994]

Pirates came from everywhere and, thus, so did their accents. The West country accent that we associate with pirates actually came from actor Robert Newton who played famous pirates such as 'Long' John Silver and Blackbeard. Newton was, himself, from England's West country

[@tygrkhat4087]

Another actor from the West country? David Prowse, the body of Darth Vader.

[@TrickiVicBB71]

This week is guinea pig awareness week. My friend who has 3 (she use to have 6) is quite overjoyed when I told her this

[@marypasco2213]

In Sweden(?), you CAN NOT have just one guinea pig, as they are highly social creatures. And having only one would be considered 'cruelty to animals'.

[@codiesdad717]

Wow! I love peach ice cream, so it’s only fitting that “Peach Ice Cream Appreciation Day” be on my birthday.

[@DeconvertedMan]

When everyday is special, then no day is.

[@lisahinton9682]

@Deconverted Man Exactly. Sometime around 20 years or so ago, I noticed there were so many "National Day of ________," that I stopped paying any attention at all.

[@DeconvertedMan]

@@lisahinton9682 Exactly. Lisa is a great name, as it was the name of my first true love. I wish she was in my life, but alas she isn't.

[@lisahinton9682]

@@DeconvertedMan Perhaps look her up. You never know - she may be thinking of you at this very moment, and wishing you two were in touch right now, too.

[@DeconvertedMan]

@@lisahinton9682 I did. I tried emailing etc but to no avail. thanks thou - I do not think she would want me as I'm a skeptic now, and her faith was a pretty big deal for her back in the day.

[@michaelwalton3202]

Arrrrr! Here they be History Guy!😉

[@cowboyfrankspersonalvideos8869]

Quite some years ago the anti virus software Avast, (think "Avast me hardiy's") released a plugin honoring talk like a pirate day. This was a period when many anti virus software programs, in addition to giving you a popup, would also read the popup verbally describing what malware it found. This one was fulled with talk like a pirate versions of the warnings. It was fun for about a week then it got very irritating.

[@johnn.2017]

Lol I left mine on until that laptop died! I couldn't remember it was Avast, though, so thank you!

[@dpacko4700]

We're gonna need a bigger calendar!!

[@letsgowinnietheflu5439]

Play mini golf while talking like a pirate and eating a cheeseburger

[@calebwilliams7659]

I get a kick out of August 8th being, "Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night".

[@christinebenson518]

Awareness days makes me think of Catholic feast days. Basically every day is a feast day for various saints, assuming I remember correctly. I just think awareness days are a fun thing for kids and people that are bored.

[@tygrkhat4087]

I attended St. Rose of Lima school, but we we never able to celebrate her feast day; which is August 23. We were never in school at the time.

[@randymcdaniel1244]

I tried to get my boss to let me have the day off. I told him it was Empty Pickle Jar Day! Now I'm standing on the corner begging for a job while people put nickels in my empty pickle jar!

[@samsignorelli]

Those of us in the marching arts (marching band and drum corps) have fastened on to August 25th...8/25, said eight to five, which is a standard step size of 22.5" per step, resulting in 8 steps for every 5 yards.We also have March Forth.

[@shdwwzrd69]

May the 4th be with you If, But If you drink a 5th on the 4th you may not go forth on the 5th (because of revenge of the 5th) lol

[@Cydonia2020]

Star Wars Day also falls into that category of not celebrating the actual birth of a phenomenon, but rather the celebration of a pun. Star Wars’ official birthday is May 25, 1977

[@johntabler349]

The DJ at our local gospel radio station pointed that it was national talk like a pirate day (though he warned against celebrating it) my first thought was "The History Guy will not let this pass"

[@its_clean]

All the way back in nineteen hundred...and ninety five 😂

[@chrism7395]

The 'Pirate Accent' has it's origins in film with Robert Newton adopting a generic Westcountry (a region of the UK comprising of Cornwall, Devon, Somerset/Bristol and Dorset) accent for his portrayal of pirates like Long John Silver. Newton grew up in Dorset and Penzance and was almost certainly aware of the region's long association with piracy (and it's adjacent trades - Smuggling and Wrecking). Actors sometimes refer to it as the "Mummerset" accent as it imitates the various accents of the Westcountry without sounding specifically like any of them. In literature there's books and plays like Treasure Island, Jamaica Inn, The Pirates of Penzance, Frenchman's Creek, Poldark and Robinson Crusoe all have associations with the Westcountry. Smuggling was endemic in the region during Piracy's Golden Age - the 640 mile South West Coastpath owes it's existence to Excisemen patrolling the coast looking for smugglers and there are still tunnels, covered tracks and hidden rooms in villages all over the region that were specifically created to support freetrading. Pirates/Privateers like Blackbeard, Sir Francis Drake, Henry Avery, Lady Killigrew (in fact the entire Killigrew family) and smugglers like Zephaniah Job (aka The Smuggler's Banker) and the King of Prussia (who has Prussia Cove named after him) all had their origins in the region too.

[@landscapedetective4064]

Talking of Dorset - This year's Weymouth Pirate Festival was held from the 14th October to the 16th.

[@BlueEyedColonizer]

It works! Cause now I want some butterscotch pudding and some ice cream.

[@bsjeffrey]

it just so happens that today is "tomorrow is another unofficial holiday day."

[@theoccidilian4896]

When the History Guy lays it down, it stays there.

[@jonswebilius6900]

Oh great. Now I’m craving butterscotch pudding!

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

Thank ye kindly me hearty history guy! I nearly fergot today be Talk Like a Pirate Day.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

That sign is stricking !

[@SRW_]

AAARRRR matey i be smashing thar like button!! And if ye be not hitting it. Yar be walking ye plank matey… AAARRR

[@andrewstevenson118]

A pirate's favourite subject at school isn't history... it's ARRRRT.

[@steveroe6771]

What is the one crime a pirate doesn't want to commit? ARRRSON

[@andrewstevenson118]

@@steveroe6771 Nice. Hadn't thought of that one. 🙂

[@landscapedetective4064]

And the old classic: Why are Pirates Pirates? Because they Arrrrr!

[@petenielsen6683]

I am watching this on September 26th. It is Compliance Officer Day, European Day of Languages, Family Day, Human Resource Professional Day, Johnny Appleseed Day, Lumberjack Day, Mesothelioma Awareness Day, National Better Breakfast Day, National Pancake Day, National Dumpling Day, Record Store Day, Shamu The Whale Day, Situational Awareness Day and someone reading this list might wish the parents of the people who came up with all these had celebrated World Contraception Day since it is also September 26th. All these on my sister's wedding anniversary of course.

[@bobdaeronort]

And what is does a pirate be paying for an ear of corn? Why a buccaneer of course. And what is a pirates favorite letter? Some people think it’s the ‘R’, but it’s really the ’C’.

[@chrislettenmaier6822]

4-20 is in reference to the wattage and number of lights needed to grow one plant to harvest.

[@johnrice1943]

No

[@bf945]

My Favorite Holiday!!! And that's INTERNATIONAL Talk Like a Pirate Day.

[@JWSitterley]

There should be a "History Guy Day". Arggggh... 🏴‍☠

[@felmlee1876]

I was going to make a crack about "Saint-a-day" religious calendars and then you told me about September 18th!

[@neilperry2224]

I love butterscotch pudding , you can get it in the uk, it's called 'Angel Delight' lol .

[@james_baker]

Happy meow like a Pirate day. 😺

[@Jakeryker2000]

THANK You....

[@mary-ellendurkin163]

Well, I think pirate day deserves to be me remembered. And I’m sure my grandchildren would love to celebrate. I’d like to suggest to be remembered April 19 day that celebrated in New England. It celebrates the shot heard around the world. They celebrate the English and the Americans in colonial times, my family used to live there. It was quite a celebration it still is.

[@alanjameson8664]

I am profoundly shocked that you have overlooked Sadie Hawkins Day!

[@abbienormal2545]

Festivus!

[@LordKerry]

I be calling for National day Appreciation Day

[@Sorka42]

Arrgh!! 'Tis my birthday, and I have a great deal of affection for the Talk Like a Pirate Day. :)

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Happiest of Birthdays to you!

[@eshep71]

Taking a nap on a pirate ship is called "taking caulk". So, you might say something like "I always feel alittle tired, even after a long caulk" or "I can take a caulk anywhere"

[@waynemontpetit8181]

Fun fact: This is National Bourbon Heritage Month (September) 🥃

[@wintonhudelson2252]

I'll drink to that!

[@roxismith6122]

That's a holiday I can get behind!! Slainte!!

[@waynemontpetit8181]

@@wintonhudelson2252 cheers!🥃

[@waynemontpetit8181]

@@roxismith6122 cheers!🥃

[@badbiker666]

I went to my bank to conduct some business sometime last month. Maybe it was the month before. There was a sign on the wall behind my teller declaring that particular day "Bring your Banker A Reeces Day." How could I refuse? So I went next door, bought a handful of Reeces Peanut Butter Cups, and distributed them to all the folks in the bank. Because why not? (I don't think it was an official day)

[@marie_h1104]

I actually made a joke about pirates and cats on one of your pirate videos, THG! After all, a good story involves pirates and cats!

[@kennyhagan5781]

Aye matey, t'is a good and great thing for a person to occasionally have a legitimate reason to behave a bit silly. I'm reminded of the SEINFELD episode where Kramer decides to create a holiday that he calls FESTIVUS spends the entire episode driving Jerry nuts while enjoying himself immensely. Happy FESTIVUS my friend.

[@michaelmorrison6540]

Actually, it was George Costanza’s father (actor Jerry Stiller) who created Festivus... but Jerry’s neighbor Kramer did indeed get drawn into the excitement of this obscure holiday. My boss actually puts up an aluminum pole in his office cubicle every December in observance of Festivus (he is a Seinfeld fan). Happy Festivus to you, my friend!

[@rhuephus]

Kramer had nada to do with Festivus

[@Law0086]

Yeah, the calendar is to remember to party! And my friends thought I was weird for having a calendar in multiple rooms.

[@gregcampwriter]

If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would I? Yes, if I get to go last so as to have to soft pile to land on. Perhaps the advanced jumpers should eat plenty of ice cream in advance.

[@dinascharnhorst6590]

I also like Australian Friendship Day, May 8.

[@GraniteMoose]

A holiday episode on my birthday, I'm honored.

[@raywrae]

happy birthday to ye matie. put some candles in butterscotch pudding and make everyone sing to you like pirates.

[@leifnelson6244]

It's too bad that Facebook deleted the English-pirate option for the language. It was kind of fun.

[@grunthostheflatulent2613]

Remember people, "To Err is human, to Arrrrr is pirate!"

[@HarryWHill-GA]

Q: Why can't you take little kids to a pirate movie? A: Because they're all rated Arrrrrr!

[@Torby4096]

Wow. I was born on National Peach Ice-cream day!

[@JeeWeeD]

I hold Pi Day, Pi Approximation Day, Star Wars Day, Towel Day, Talk Like A Pirate Day, and Monty Hall Day high!

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

Hoist yer Jolly Roger ‘tis National talk like a pirate day!!

[@howardjohnson2138]

Always good. Thank you

[@nitrogasm]

Because doesn't every good story involve pirates?

[@johnbee7729]

Love the neon lightning bolt. Talk Like a pirate day and cheeseburger day are right up there with pi(e) day as my favourite days!!

[@rwaitt14153]

What about 7/11? Slurpee Day!

[@johnbee7729]

@@rwaitt14153 DOH!!! I totally forgot about that one. Here on the East Coast of Canada we don't have 7-11's. I miss them and their Slurpees. Slurp! Slurp!

[@CheshireTomcat68]

Today is Enjoying Watching The History Guy Day!

[@evensgrey]

Romans had to contend with more an explosion of official holidays rather than 'awareness days.' At it's height, fully half the days in the Roman calendar were official public holidays.

[@promiscuous675]

Thank you..

[@me3333]

As far as I'm concerned, National Ice Cream Day is every day. That way I have an excuse.

[@navret1707]

Butterscotch pudding was a staple when I grew up. Still love it. I wonder if Biden will support this. 🤔 I want a “National Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Day”. Ahhhhh, matey.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

National Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Day is January 27.

[@ramblerdave1339]

Biden supports vanilla pudding day.

[@navret1707]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannel - National Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Day, Cornelius, North Carolina. 132 likes. January 27th was deemed national mint chocolate chip ice cream day to celebrate Destin Browning's birthday. I wasn’t sure you weren’t pulling my leg so I Googled it and low and behold it is celebrated in NC. It just so happens I live in NC so you can rest assured I will be celebrating it on 1/27 and many other days as well. Practice makes perfect. 😁

[@katmandudawn8417]

For long time fans of “Time Team” and Phil Harding you have a real example of “pirate dialect” or that of a “Redwall” character 😉. According to some information many of the sailors who became buccaneers came from far south west of England. It seems the West Country may be the origin of “pirate speak”.

[@raymondcaylor6292]

History Guy oh my History Guy.....every day is national ice cream day

[@MarshOakDojoTimPruitt]

thanks

[@markadams7046]

My favorite unofficial holiday is Pi day. March 14. I make it a point to eat pie on that day.

[@landscapedetective4064]

Does it start at approximately 1.59 am?

[@markadams7046]

@@landscapedetective4064 :))

[@fbksfrank4]

I remember butterscotch pudding day, just another day I rolled my eyes.

[@C-130-Hercules]

🏴‍☠️ A PIRATE walks into a bar with a steering wheel hanging out of his pants. 😮 The bartender yells hey pirate you got a steering wheel hanging out of your pants! The pirate yells back.. ARRRRG …I know … Its driving me nuts! 😂

[@ughettapbacon]

I have an aortic dissection. I didn't realize it but I just celebrated with a chili dog.

[@twistedleft1060]

I could live on butterscotch pudding. Well, butterscotch pudding and beer maybe... There is much to be said for the drunken blur, but only so long as it is not every day...

[@danb9312]

The best Pirate voice on the internet!

[@bethbartlett5692]

That's one cute Cat-Pirate!

[@pamelamays4186]

A pirate cat/ cat pirate thumbnail. My two favorite things!

[@BasicDrumming]

Great video.

[@glenacebrown9995]

Great episode! Meoarggh!

[@meganselva6799]

You're the best 😃

[@KevinT3141]

National Watch The History Guy Day. You know you want it. :-)

[@steveroe6771]

No

[@steveroe6771]

@K Kr no, more like his own month!

[@michaelmanning5379]

Coincidentally, I just learned about "420" relating to pot today. KZbinr Patrick Boyle mentioned it in his coverage of Elon Musk's bizarre bid for Twitter. In other news, it was Robert Newton's portrayal of Long John Silver that popularized the "arrgh" exclamation.

[@RonSparks2112]

Thanksgiving certainly can be a drunken blur of wine consumption.

[@billmcdonald4335]

Q: What's a Pirate's favourite letter? Hint: It's _not_ 'R.' . . . . . . . . . . . . A: It's the 'C."

[@williammurray1341]

Aye, and what, pray ye, is that parrot a doing on yer shoulder? Nothing, I be a hopin'.

[@sminthian]

Aw man, I usually like to celebrate today at work, but I forgot all about it because I haven't heard a peep about it all year...