Why did the pirate go on holidays?*

Aaarrgghhh me scurvy landlubbers be it Talk like a Pirate Day!

I has some treasure for ye bilge rats that will have ya drinkin up, me hearties.

Kaptn Katnip will be your piratey host for the day

Buzzfeed give a show of 20 of the scurviest scallywag piratey kittehs to darken your door

Cake Wrecks haul up the Jolly Roger and send some cakes to walk the plank

Visit Yaaarrr for Aussie Pirates

The Manolo shows superfantastic piratey boots

Get your new piratey name

My pirate name is:

Dread Pirate Rackham

Like the famous Dread Pirate Roberts, you have a keen head for how to make a profit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a pirate. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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and Pirates have invaded the Disney Parks Blog where you can learn how to talk like a pirate with Pirate Mac, check out new pirate vinylmation, and see historic photos of the Pirates of the Caribbean which - really - started this whole piratey thing.

As I hoist the mainsail and run for the islands, the captn himself shares his tale of the Pirates of the Caribbean

*because he wanted some aarrr and aarrr - Blame Pirate Mac - I don't write 'em, just steal 'em