Pirate Party

I am part of the Fun Committee at work. This means I was elected this year to help plan and organize company parties. Our second party of the year was last Thursday. The theme was Pirates. Kaitlin and I were put in charge of food and drinks and were also charged with writing up a Pirate Quiz that was distributed to the entire company.

The quiz included questions, such as:
-What is the origin of the word "Buccaneer"?
-Describe the Edward Low Flag
-Which of the Pirates of the Carribbean stars would you most likely be stranded on an island with and why? (Please answer in 1 sentence or less. Points for Creativity.)



We also had to look the part. So, Tuesday night, Kaitlin and I left work together to shop. Kaitlin's brilliant idea was to buy white t-shirts and sew stuffed parrots to the shoulders of our shirts. Unfortunately, no stores seemed to carry stuffed parrots. We did find 2 plastic swords for 99 cents though and walked through mid-town Manhattan brandishing them. One man even stopped us and threatened to call Homeland Security.

When we go to Kaitlin's apartment, we had another snafu. With no parrots, we decided the next best thing would be to iron letters onto our t-shirts. Unfortunately, we soon discovered that Kaitlin was out of the letter "a." It felt like Sesame Street gone awry. That meant the conventional pirate sayings and words, like "arrgh" and "pirate" and "walk the plank" or "ahoy" were all out. So we now both own shirts that say "SCURVY" across the front. Kaitlin's says "PEG LEG" on the back and mine says "YO HO HO". All in all, the party was a success. We had loads of Pirate's Booty and made delicious rum punch. And who wouldn't want a SCURVY t-shirt? (See picture.)