Comments on: Shiver me timbers, it be the dreaded Blackleg… arrr…

By: Spud Sunday: Sligo Spuds

Spud Sunday: Sligo Spuds — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:14:27 +0000

[...] plants of the wrong variety (the so-called rogues) or plants diseased by, among other things, the dreaded blackleg. I can intrigue listeners with stories of the Black Bog, a dark stemmed and dark skinned spud that [...]

By: English Mum

English Mum — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:38:35 +0000

Spud: Aye, sadly they be gonners. Ah well, the little tayto blighters survived, which be something x

TM: Haha! Sadly no, they just burrowed underneath it! x

Baino: Ooh full marks there. And I know. I be ashamed to be failin’ at potato rearin’ here on the Emerald Isle. Yarrrr.

Tara: Well you should know! Thank goodness I don’t look after real ones or they’d all be on their last legs! x

Jay: See, I had a sneaking suspicion that you’d be best at this pirate speak. Can’t think why?!

Growup: At the very least. That and the cat-o’nine-tails. Ooer!!

Jamie: Arrr, I’m a failure at potato growin’, it be true. Off to Americky with me

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:07:03 +0000

First of all, I was at Disney in Florida last summer for the first time in maybe 20 years (I grew up an hour’s drive) and we went on the Pirate’s of the Caribbean ride and I was horrified that they added Johnny Depp aka Jack Sparrow all throughout! Is nothing sacred?

And shivers me timbers (I am not good at this!) it looks like you have started another Great Irish Potato Famine and you must pack up and ship out to America now! Heave Ho!

By: Growup

Growup — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:23:14 +0000

Sorry: Arrrgghhh, it is a keel haulin’ I’ll be gettin?

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:53:31 +0000

Where’s that monkey? Ye’ll be wantin’ te shoot somethin’! Scurvy dogs that Woodies are, fur givin’ ye the Black Leg. Arrrrr!!

Can you get wooden legs for potatoes? No. Thought not. Bad luck EM. Now, you’ll either have to sterilise the ground, or better yet don’t grow potatoes there again, or you’ll infect the new lot too.

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:45:07 +0000

‘saving the little babies.’ awwwwwww. sounds like a worthy cause alright, EM.

By: Baino

Baino — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:16:20 +0000

Oi be ashamed of ye! Who heard of taties not growin’ in the Emerald Isle . .! Off to the colonies wee ya, like those black dogs before ye and where we can be procurin’ new potatees all year round for $2 a bag . . .

By: Taffy's Mum

Taffy's Mum — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:56:02 +0000

Did the rabbits desert a sinking spud?

By: Daily Spud

Daily Spud — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:50:48 +0000

Well, shiver me timbers! That be a nasty case o’ the Woodies blackleg ya got there, lass. I be sorry to ‘ear about the sinkin’ o’ the spuds.

By: English Mum

English Mum — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:31:41 +0000

Rach: Oh yeah, especially from Jay! Well done, 10/10 x

Nutty: I think yarrrggghhh is verging on a vomiting noise. Yah is acceptable in the circumstances. Good day. x

Jenn: Ahoy you there. Passable 8/10 I reckon.

Lola: Ooh arr? That sounds more Graham Norton than Johnny Depp LOL!