Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day, ye scurvy dogs.
(See this, and this, and this. And also this one via Instapundit.)
Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago School economists and fellow travelers.
Shouldn’t it be youse scurvy dogs? This is the Chicagoboyz blog, after all.
I actually wore a brightly-colored balsa parrot on my shoulder to a meeting this afternoon. They have come to expect this sort of thing.
Good job, Mitch. Next year I think I’ll get an earring and an eyepatch.