Ahoy mateys and talk like a pirate. At least, on Sept. 19, which was officially International Talk Like a Pirate Day, this would have been the case.

Talk Like A Pirate Day began when John Baur and Mark Summers came home from a racquetball game around 12 years ago, according to John’s wife, Tori Baur

also known as “Mad Sally.”

“One of them strained a groin, and let out an ‘Arrr!'” Mad Sally said.

John Baur and Summers then spread the pirate talk to their friends, and each

year they try to celebrate Talk Like A Pirate Day. By 2002, humorist Dave

Barry wrote a column about it and it started getting around the world.

“I pretended to be the pirate guys and queried literary agents telling about

the holiday and how popular it had become,” Mad Sally said.

For the day, Mad Sally said her and her crew drinks some rum and tell tall

tales, but they mostly are busy giving interviews.

“We mostly do interviews all around the world for the week leading up to

ITLAP Day, and the 18th and 19th are crazy,” she said. “Mark [Summers] and

John [Baur] have been up since 5 a.m. doing interviews Monday, mostly in

Australia, Ireland, and England, [and] start again at 2:00 a.m. Tuesday for

morning shows back east.”

For those that saw the reality show “Wife Swap” this past Monday, the Baurs

live like actual pirates, from the attire to living as chaotic as they want

to. In the show, Mad Sally was switched with a mother from a super organized

family to both follow by that family’s rules and instill a few new ones.

In the show, the Baurs even said they’re more interested in keeping up with

the Davey Jones’ than with the Jones’ as they ate with their hands. John

Baur gave up a 9-5 job to focus on writing, and they pretty much let their

kids act however they feel like.

While things did not go so well when the mothers were paired up in either of

the situations, the Baurs do now use organizational bins, like their counter

Fine family, for a few things while the Fines have learned to have some fun

outside of straightening up the house.

“Well, I didn’t take any of their stuff if that’s what you’re asking! What

kind of a pirate do ye think I be?” Mad Sally responded to questions about

taking things away from the show.

“I am happy it aired. I have no regrets. I wouldn’t do it again. I would

never lick my floor,” she said in reference to when she actually liked the

Fine household’s floor to demonstrate how clean the house was.

While most students at Eastern seem oblivious to the day, some did join in

on the fun.

“Pirate Day is wonderful, arrr!” grunted Kate Epstein, 24.

“Arr, we think pirates are great, matey,” responded freshmen Kaylynne

Lehnert and Kristin Vetrovec. “I think this year we will [dress up as

pirates].”

For more on the Baurs or Talk Like A Pirate Day, visit talklikeapirate.com.

Everything from how to appropriately talk like a pirate to Mad Sally’s full

reaction to her time on ‘Wife Swap’ is on the ship, so to speak.