Google’s only interest in pirates is keeping them out of Google Video, as it has opted out of Talk Like A Pirate Day, which comes every year on September 19.
While we can protest Google for not participating in this most religious of holy days, one that dates back to the Mesozoic Era, we should at least give them props for considering it, and delivering a missive in the spirit of the day.
The New Marketing Blog has a friend who emailed Google, asking them to do a special logo for Talk Like A Pirate Day. Google’s polite response:
From: help@google.com
Subject: Re: [#73859603]
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:44:27 -0700Ahoy 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
Someone should design a theoretical Google pirate logo. Maybe I’ll do it later
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