The Pirate Life [Paperback]

John "Chumbucket" Baur (Author), Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers (Author)

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Product Description

Cap 'n Slappy and 'Ol Chumbucket are funny, funny men. The Green Man Review

Ahoy there, scallywags and sea wenches! Prepare to have your timbers thoroughly shivered. The two guys who accidentally invented International Talk Like a Pirate Day, experts in areas of pirate lore, pirate philosophy, and pirate fashion sense, here present a hilarious guidebook guaranteed to have landlubbers swashing their buckles in no time!

• Shoot up the corporate ladder with your newfound pirate panache.

• Discover how pirate-hood provides a solid platform for power and political gain.

• Dive right in to the dangers and delights of dating pirate style.

• Raise a family and see how pirate tactics will keep your lil swabbies in line.

• Learn how to write your own pirate romance novel. Really, how can you beat that?

Packed with hundreds of tips and tricks, The Pirate Life is the quintessential life and career manual for buccaneers everywhere!

"By applying the principles in this book, I've enjoyed a 78% increase in my income from plunder." --Dave Barry

About the Author

Founders of International Talk Like a Pirate Day John Baur and Mark Summers are also authors of Pirattitude! So You Want to Be a Pirate? Here's How, and Well Blow Me Down!: A Guy's Guide to Talking Like a Pirate. As seen on ABC's Wife Swap and on youtube.com in laugh-out-loud Pirate Guys videos, 'Ol Chumbucket and Cap 'n Slappy live in Oregon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Citadel Press (September 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806530707
• ISBN-13: 978-0806530703
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #174,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More from the Pirate Guys, October 20, 2008

By	R. Howell "boriskhan" (Medford, OR) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Pirate Life (Paperback)

Cap'n Slappy and Ol' Chumbucket are at it again. With the success of Pirattitude!: So you Wannna Be a Pirate?: Here's How! and the mini-phenom of Talk Like a Pirate Day, Baur and Summers take another look at how the pirate life can be applied to your modern life for success. After this second attempt, the duo need to consider not making a third. This one lacks the whimsy of the first book and becomes rather burdensome to get through. At times, it appears even they are bored with talking about pirates and only the vaguest attempt is used to make some aspect of life fit into the pirate life or vice versa. Maybe if you don't read it all at once it would be better and more enjoyable. The pirate guys should stop while they're ahead.

3.0 out of 5 stars It's fun to be a Pirate, April 13, 2010

By	Michael "Guitarman" (Fort Worth, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Pirate Life (Paperback)

"The Pirate Life" is written in bespectacled Pirate speak that pours what they call Pir-attitude "Arrr Matey. What's that your carryin' 'neath yur nickers?" to and fro in order to make whimsical patter and frolic fun. or "Whose that winch you takin' out tonite capn' Blood, me havn't seen her round the aft bunkhouse afore."

Pir-attitude is something necessary to become a pirate, especially on talk like a pirate day... but it's all in fun... I recommend this read to anyone who wants a lackadaisical laugh at a pirates whim...

4.0 out of 5 stars birthday gift, January 30, 2010

By	Lorri L. Francis (Staten Island, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: The Pirate Life (Paperback)

I purchased this book as a birthday gift for a dear "pirate wanna be" in my life, and he just loves it. Says it's fun and entertaining reading.