Aaahhhrrr!! How much did the Pirate pay for his earrings? A "buck an ear" (buccaneer).
Until this year, I had not realized that there was a day set aside to honor pirates. It's apparently a big deal world wide. Krispy Kreme would give a free dougnut to anyone that talked like a pirate and a whole dozen if you were dressed like a priate!! Locally, I know of two offices that celebrated with goodies and silly jokes.
My alert to the big day was when I was "commissioned" to make pirate themed cupcakes in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day (TLPD) for one of the two offices. My friend Julian's boss Shelley requested Red Velvet cupcakes with adult-themed pirate decorations. With it being close to Halloween, pirate decorations should not be a problem.
I found fun Jolly Roger flags for the top of cupcakes. With the black and white papers and the red sprinkles, the blood red cupcakes looked amazing. Not too over the top, but still festive.
Not realizing that my boss was planning to decorate and put out snacks for the day, I was quite pleasantly surprised when I stopped in to see her that day. She had snacks like jerky and goldfish, wore a scull and cross bones scarf, and fired off a dozen pirate jokes to anyone who entered. What fun! I committed to her that I'd make some for our office next year and agreed to dress up if she would!
These cupcakes were fun to make and added to the light-hearted theme of the day. I think it's great that there are still grown-ups who enjoy letting their hair down and creating memories at work.
Angie
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