Google rejects piracy

AVAST, ME HEARTIES. Google's traditional themed logos sadly do not, yet at least, extend to today's International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Altogether now: "arrrrrr."

Undeterred, Mad Cap'n Tom's army of swash bucklers have been suggesting this to the Google marketing department who, to their own credit, replied in the correct style to avoid having to walk the plank.

From: help@google.com
Subject: Re: [#73859603]
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:44:27 -0700

Ahoy mate,

Thank'ee fer th' logo ye be suggestin'. We enjoy celebratin' horlidays at Google.

As ye may imagine, it be terrible difficult fer us t' choose which events t' be celebratin' on our site. We be hav'in a long list o' horlidays that we'd be liken' ter celebrate in th' future. We be hav'in ter balance this rotatin' calendar with th' need te be maintainin' the likeness o' the Google homepage.

Some horlidays that we no' been celebratin' in the past will be rotatin' into our horliday doodles fer future years.

Please remember ye can be visitin' any o' our doodles at http://www.google.com/holidaylogos.html

Arrrrrrr,
The Google Team

If ye be wishin' to join in the fun, ye can be a-downloadin' a MIDI ringtone of the sailor's hornpipe fer yer mobile phone from the Yarrrr page. That'll be a-goin' down well on the spanish main line service to London Victoria. µ

L'INQ
Google's rejection letter (complete with picture of a pirate keyboard)
British Scurvy Dogs
Bilge Rats from the new world