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Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

Thoughts both confusing and enlightening.

Talk Like a Pirate Day

elbeno, 21 September, 2006

Thank $deity that's over for another year, and I missed it at work because I was on holiday. Quite apart from my dislike of the pirate meme, I think Edmund Blackadder said it best:

“Yes it is” not “That it be”. You don't have to talk in that stupid voice to me. I'm not a tourist.

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