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Google keelhauls piracy

Arrr, it be International Talk like a Pirate Day today, yet the landlubbers at Google 'ave scuppered Mad Cap'n Tom's plans for a grand, great grog-fueled pissup.

In an email they be sending to the Googlers they be promissin' booty and plunder for a nice pretty picture in the logo, but the scurvy sons of biscuit eaters replied thusly:

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

They be gettin' points for effort though.

Arrrrr!

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