Thank you for the correction - sometimes we Pirates fans can be so sloppy! 
Yummy! Pirate coats are very sexy. With a little gold earring and the right pair of boots, that pirate look is just irresistible.
It’s cool being a pirate. If you don’t like someone, you can make them walk the plank. Who doesn’t want to make that annoying co-worker walk the plank?
My favorite bit of news–the Pirate Captain was elected student body president at NC State.
Minor nitpick, but I think you’re thinking of Naval Officers, not Pirates. Though in time of war, they often carried out operations highly similar in function to piracy (chase down a merchant ship, sieze it, sell it and it’s cargo at a friendly port of call). I suppose some of them probably said “Arrr” from time to time, as it’s good for the digestion.
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Arrrr matey, everyone wants to be a pirate.
One of the old traditions the US navy still practices is to fly the Jolly Roger during shelback initiation ceremonies when crossing the equator. Legend has it that a slimy pollywog who captures the flag can end all the hazing. Of course anyone who climbs up on the mast is going to have his nuts turned into popcorn by the radar antenna so AFAIK it has never happened.
Did anyone notice “life-like research skeletons” in the Wiki article? Neat bit of Trivia, I would have never thought that they would use actual human remains in an attraction, cool.
[singing]Robot cowboy pirates were kung-fu fighting…
The boom was caused by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Pirates aren’t fictional.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3092373.stm
Let’s not forget the great pirate boardgame Blackbeard, published by Avalon Hill in 1991. (Sadly, now out of print.)
Probably thinking of the sartorialy splendid pirate Bartholomew Roberts, inspiration of many pirate story illustrator and Hollywood costume designer.
Me? I think Maddox started all of this pirate talk. If you don’t know who I am talking about, you haven’t done enough net surfin’
Ye’ll walk the plank for your nitpick, ye scurvy Texan landlubber! Naval officer indeed!
My friends and I built a Pirate Ship in the backyard of his house in Burbank, Ca. We’ve been having Pirate parties for more than a dozen years and the boat-building just seemed like the next logical step.
See me there September 17th!
I blame this guy:
note: quite a bit of language so watch if you’re at work.
Ahh I see someone did enough web surfin’ . Gotta love Maddox and his total lack of PCness.
I’ve had him bookmarked for years.
No, pirates decked themselves out, too. I can’t find my cite, but I remember reading that, with his sudden boom in wealth, a newly minted pirate would commission outrageously sumptuous clothing, and most likely drink up the rest of his money. They dressed plainly on ship, sure, but for a night on the town they’d hardly stop at some velvet and shiny buttons. The captain, however, would be sure to make his status on ship known, though probably not without velvet. Velvet is not an ocean-going material – it would be trashed within an hour. A British naval officer, at least, would be more likely to wear wool, which is much more forgiving.
Not with velvet. Agh. Stupid.
In all seriousness, there has been a best seller about pirates every decade since pirates began. Also, since the start of movies, there has been at least one really cool pirate movie every decade.
Pirates are cool.
Accord?
No, but I used to drive a Civic.
I wanted a pirate wedding. I found ‘the ultimate pirate outfit’. I would have looked fabulous! Yar, but the wench changed her mind. Shiver me timbers an’ walk me plank! Ye know the problem with wimmin? They live on land!
We have Cowboys and Pirates covered in some American sports teams:
Dallas Cowboys
Oakland Raiders
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Pittsburgh Pirates
No sports teams named after Ninjas or Robots, as yet.