http://www.talklikeapirate.com/piratehome.html
I already have my eyepatch, so I plan to wear it and watch a few pirated videos in celebration. I may even rent a parrot and walk around town with it perched on my shoulder, but only if it has been trained to say stuff like, "Avast ye hearties!" and "Arr!" (From the URL above: "This one is often confused with 'Arrrgh,' which is of course the sound you make when you sit on a belaying pin. 'Arrr!' can mean, variously, 'Yes,' 'I agree,' 'I'm happy,' 'I'm enjoying this beer,' 'My team is going to win it all,' 'I saw that television show, it sucked!' and 'That was a clever remark you or I just made.' And those are just a few of the myriad possibilities of Arrr!") As for the eyepatch, here's a bit of trivia from Wikipedia that shows that there is a logical and physiological reason for wearing them, other than having had one of your eyes gouged out by Captain Jack Sparrow: "Sailors (stereotyped by the eye-patch-wearing pirate) who often went above and below deck, used eye patches to have one eye adjusted for the top deck and the other eye already adjusted for the darkness when suddenly going below deck. The strong sunlight while above deck on an oceangoing vessel could require minutes of adjustment to the dim lighting below deck. With virtually no light sources below deck, sailors would have to rely heavily upon their eyes to adjust. In the critical moments of modifying the rigging, navigating, and especially during battle, those minutes were too precious. A simple switch of the patch from one eye to the other saved time and was more convenient than being temporarily blinded when going between decks." Arrr. And possibly Arrrgh, depending on what you're sitting on. :-)
