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Happened across this again today…it bears re-posting and a single, historical correction. This is the most powerful scene & song in the entirety o’ the POTC series. Historically, it’s a dead ringer (pardon the pun) – examples like this were not uncommon in both the Caribbean and on Wapping Dock in London. Often those hanged…

Avast mates, it’s International Talk Like a Pyrate Day (as it is every 19 Sept.)! Created by our mates John ‘Ol Chumbucket’ Baur & Mark ‘Cap’n Slappy’ Summers – who are presently raid…er…visiting the coast o’ California in honour o’ #ITLAPD – AND, the launch o’ Chumbucket’s new Pyrate tale, “Chrissie Warren: Pirate Hunter”; available…

Our mate John Ol’ Chumbucket Baur (Pyrate, Author & co-founder o’ Int’l. Talk Like A Pirate Day) is publishing his next book – a novel called Chrissie Warren: Pirate Hunter (read about it and his continuing adventures at his blog). O’ course, like any good writer, he knows when it’s time for a break –…

We frequently speak about the fact that a Pyrate crew was big on equality – one o’ the earliest forms o’ Democracy anywhere; equal pay for equal work, profit sharing, incentive bonuses, injury compensation…rum & BBQ! This attracted folk from all walks o’ life – though often those most disenfranchised, taken for granted, or openly…