Pirate Day

Shiver me timbers. I've been told that Saturday is national talk like a pirate day.

So ahoy there matey and avast ye swabs, let's talk about them scurvy devils.

Pirates seem to always be portrayed as the worst of the lot. Even when they're not on the high seas doing their plundering, it seems they're always in dimly lit taverns tugging on the skirts of frightened serving wenches.

My question is... why?

I suspect that the poorly groomed and inarticulate persona pirates present is just a front to scare the poor folks on the ships about to be ransacked.

Once they heave to and put to shore, I would imagine that with all their ill-gotten loot pirates would be living in secluded estates, not hanging out in dingy taverns. There would have to be a household staff to attend to things while the looters and pillagers were away. So when the pirates returned home there were surely enough servants to cater to their every whim. They wouldn't need to go yanking on the skirts of ... well, okay, maybe there is a need to tug on some skirts after months at sea.

Me thinks that for all these years, pirates have been pullin the sailcloth over our eyes.