International Talk Like a Pirate Day

by Jack Grant

This is a day late since International Talk Like a Pirate Day was yesterday, but it’s worth putting up anyway. When I lived in France I visited Lyon and ran across this restaurant, the Resto Pirate, which offers “wild food”:

Resto Pirate

A little bit of silliness is good for the soul…

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Cross-posted between Random Fate and The Moderate Voice.

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