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The Pirate Dictionary

Ryan Cooper — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 05:17:18 +0000

If you didn’t understand people at the office today, you’re not going crazy, you just didn’t know it was International Talk Like A Pirate Day. To get ready for next year, you need The Pirate Dictionary by Terry Breverton. After reading the Pirate Dictionary, you’ll not only understand your friends next September 19, you’ll be [...]

The Pirate Primer Book

Ryan Cooper — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 04:54:09 +0000

For Talk Like A Pirate Day we’ve been covering a lot of pirate related products. One of them, the Pirattitude Book, taught you how to be a pirate, but today we don’t need to BE a pirate or even ACT like a pirate—we only need to TALK like a pirate. For this you need to [...]

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Queen Anne’s Revenge

Ryan Cooper — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 03:24:45 +0000

Yo, ho, yo, ho it’s the LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Queen Anne’s Revenge for me! As we mentioned in an earlier post, today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. If you’re looking for something to play with while talking like a pirate and you can’t afford the Pirate Ship Playhouse, this 1097 piece [...]

Pirattitude!: So You Wanna Be a Pirate? Here’s How!

James Kelly — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:33:41 +0000

Deep down I think everyone has a soft spot for Jack Sparrow and those cool pirates of yesteryear. I lot of us dreamed of being pirates and still do. The big question is, how do you do it? Well, the Prattitude!: So You Wanna Be A Pirate? Here’s How! book is ready to get you [...]

The Pirate Ship Playhouse

James Kelly — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:55:56 +0000

I think at one point or another in our lives, we all wanted to be pirates sailing the open seas, looking for bounty, and taking whatever we wanted. Sadly, most of us had to give up those dreams (I think Jack Sparrow is still out there somewhere) and get real everyday boring jobs. Well with [...]

Mimobot Pirate USB Flash Drives

Ryan Cooper — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:27:56 +0000

Ahoy there mateys! At GeekAlerts, we love holidays – even especially silly obscure holidays like International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Every September 19th we drop anchor and drink grog until the landlubbers start to complain. Arrrr! Naturally we enjoy pirate booty on this day as well, such as these Mimobot Pirate USB Flash Drives. [...]

Ouch! Skulls and Bones Bandages

Conner Flynn — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:46:01 +0000

When you skin your knee, say Arrrgh like a pirate instead of ouch. These Ouch! Skulls and Bones Bandages are how pirates tend to their wounds. Well, unless they lose a leg, then they just make a peg leg. These bandages will handle all of your nicks and scrapes and at the same time make [...]

Calico Jacks Pirate Raiders Minimates

James Kelly — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:28:35 +0000

You’ve seen Minimates before with the Real Ghostbusters and now Diamond Select is expanding their Minimates line with Calico Jacks Pirate Raiders. These are sure to be a hit when they are released later this summer since Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is still be on everyone’s radar! Diamond Select has created an [...]

Pop-Up Pirate USB Hub

Robert Birming — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:31:07 +0000

The International Talk Like A Pirate Day took place about a month ago, but that doesn’t stop Firebox from releasing this pop-up pirate game combined with a 4-port USB hub. You heard right – finally these two incredible agents of change meet in a blaze of glory: on one side, you’ve got the four-way USB [...]

R/C Pirate vs Ninja

Robert Birming — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:10:21 +0000

Yesterday I said that the Vampire Bat definitely would have made it to the Top 13 Strangest R/C Toys list. Here’s another radio controlled toy that should deserve a top 5 position on an updated version of that list. This set includes two inflatable figures, a Pirate and a Ninja – each tuned to a [...]

Crystal Skull Mouse

Robert Birming — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:47:27 +0000

Here’s something for all those pirate and bling bling-loving computer geeks. The black Crystal Skull Mouse ($145) comes with “precision-cut Swarovski crystals and state-of-the-art 800 DPI optical technology”. If you’re not into pirates, maybe one of these two computer mice in the same series can be of interest to you instead: Black Lizard and Swarovski [...]

Huge Inflatable Halloween Castle

Robert Birming — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 17:13:58 +0000

How about having your very own haunted castle in the garden? With this inflatable Halloween “toy” you can – if you have $499 to spare, that is. The impressive 12-1/2 feet large Inflatable Cryptic Halloween Castle comes with spooky ghosts waving from the windows and is guarded by two gargoyles with glowing eyes. Step in, [...]

Pirate Toast Stamper

Robert Birming — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:05:26 +0000

Start the day with a slice of pirate toast using the Pirate Toast Stamper ($3). Just press this 3.5″ x 3″ plastic Pirate Toast Stamper into a piece of bread, then put your bread in the toaster on a dark setting. The resulting toast will be emblazoned with the menacing image of a skull and [...]