I tried very hard to grow a long pirate-style beard in time for Day 216's post, but as you can see, I didn't get very far with it. I've been significantly out-pirated by this second T-shirt donation from Micky at MickMick Designs, which features the 'M' portion of their logo adorning a Pierre Lafitte pirate hat, bandanna and eye patch.
In lieu of the beard component, I've had to explore alternate avenues of piracy to get on par with this MickMick Designs tee, such as bearing my best pirate grimace for today's photo. You will be forgiven for also thinking this is my trying-to-grow-a-last-second-beard-before-the-photo-is-taken face.
To make matters worse, I've spent the day bare-foot whilst on the deck, and a couple of times I've repeated the sentences I've uttered to my wife to give the illusion I had a parrot nearby.
To be honest, I have been an absolutely rubbish pirate today, a shadow of the pirate I once was for my 22nd birthday party where my costume was extensively authentic right down to the eye-liner. My wife wouldn't even let me near her eye-liner this morning, even though I asked twice (I was still doing the parrot thing).
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