YARRG!

Posted by Adam

What started off as seeming like an average, slow-paced, kick back and relax sort of afternoon suddenly changed when our friend from across the stairwell, Stuart, barges in and what to our surprise, he's wearing a pirate costume that cost him seven bucks at various thrift store locations. So my roommate Mike, who--if pirate-ing was a major he'd definitely be accepted into the program--without delay runs into our room and throws on his coveted pirate costume, which he has worn every Halloween since seventh grade, or at least since I've known him.

Well I, being one shrunken head short of a pirate costume, decided that I might as well impersonate a superhero, so I fashioned a cape out of a towel, threw on my favorite paper plumbers hat, and as weapons, I stationed a spare toothbrush and a recently purchased plunger in my holster.

Well, now that we're looking so savvy, what better to do than flaunt ourselves around the Wyview parking lot. Well, one thing led to another and within no time we had about 15 people in the parking lot, sword fighting and swashbuckling in anyway they could, dressed up in various ways as pirates or superheroes. (The picture only shows about half of the total amount.)

It soon became apparent that this motley crew of scallywags soon would have to take to the high seas of University Parkway, so I commandeered a scooter, with a woman on the back, and drove proudly through the streets with our large scale Jolly-Roger/Skull and Crossbones flag sailing right beind us. We passed people on the street and gave them a friendly "YARRRRRG!!" You'd be amazed what kind of attention a skull and crossbones can get a person.

Well the rest of our crew finally arrrrr-ived at the Creamery on Ninth, where we pillaged and plundered some gummy bears, and then with my super-saliva, we strategically stuck the gummies all over a certain friend's vessel.

But our work was not done for the night, we had one more task. What self-respecting pirate movie could end without an epic fight scene between Captain Jack Sparrow and a superhero. Sadly Sparrow prevailed, but as you see in the video, superheroes have an extra spirt of life that can only lead to another week's sequel . . . TO BE CONTINUED!