Short of nailing a passed-on parrot to your shoulder, wearing a bandanna and an eye patch (and trousers where required by law), I'm not not sure there is a standard way of observing/celebrating today that the Captain Morgan folks don't already have an endorsement deal for, but good luck.
I'm reminded of my favorite Halloween joke involving pirates that has a somewhat elderly matron opening her front door in response to a ringing door bell. That's where she confronts a youngster with a Jolly Roger on his black tri-cornered hat, a peg leg and an eye patch, waving a scabbard and shouting "Trick or Treat Lady!"
'And whom are you supposed to be?' she asked with just a faint hint of a smile.
"A pirate, lady!" the tyke answered boisterously, "Trick or Treat!"
'Well,' she said, 'so you're a pirate? Where are your buccaneers young man?' "Under my bucking' hat, lady; are you gonna gimee some candy or not?"
Shiver your own timbers, me hearties. Ain't no room on board for the insincere.
-bill kenny
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