Top ten ways to bring Talk Like a Pirate Day to the office

Arrrrr! Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day so we decided to prepare a list of the top ten ways to bring the celebration/holiday to the office. We begged, borrowed, stole and compiled the best of the best from all over the internet and added a few of our own. So get ready for some pillagin' and plunderin'! See how many of these you can try out before you're politely asked to leave the office (or asked to walk the plank!).

#10 - Give co-workers pirate nicknames based on their titles: Buccaneer (CEO), Captain (Manager), First Mate, Cook, Privateer, Land-Lubber (Intern)

#9 - Plan and carry out a mutiny against your boss.

#8 - For lunch, call a fellow shipmate and say, "Arrr, matey, have your parrot call my parrot and we'll partake of noontime grub together." And then go to Arrrrrrrrrby's for lunch.

#7 - Start every email with "Ahoy Matey!"; "Me hearty" or "Scurvy Dog!"

#6 - When accounting asks for numbers, say "I'd rather walk the plank!!!"

#5 - Spike the water cooler with rum (see picture at right).

#4 - Do all your expense reports in Doubloons (use a currency converter if you need to).

#3 - After the staff meeting, yell "Hop to it, dogs: Thar be leftover catering booty in the break room for plunderin'."

#2 - Change the dress code to a "Pirate Dress Code" (shirts must be torn and untucked, peg legs must be covered, eyes must be fully patched at all times, arrrrgyle socks only) and if you don't comply, you'll get sent to Davey Jones Locker for insubordination.

#1 - When the xerox machine flakes out, yell "Avast, ye demon copy machine! Taste the wrath of me arse!"

Do you have any to add to the list? Comment below!

Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Thanks to cisley and zappowbang for the photos through Creative Commons on Flickr.