European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 19 Rotten pirates of How we love pm by Steve Hendrix the Washington Post Washington its not because he works in a pirate themed restaurant that on eyed Mike Couey dresses and talks like a its the other away the Lithe 26yearold with the flashing Black eyes Eye sought a Job As a waiter at the pirate tavern in Silver because it was clearly the right gig for someone who has been Spott ing Eye patches and puffy on his own since he was for the swashbuckling Persona is not something he assumes for work hours its his every Day its become part of who i Couey said during a break at the tavern on a re cent saturday he wore baggy Black a sky Blue Sash and the requisite full bodied when i walked i was wearing a full length steel they hired me on the in Couey want particularly unusual when he went Job Hunting in period per fact seagoing the which opened in has tapped into a deep Pool of hardcore aspiring both workers and the popularity of the pirates of the Caribbean the third of which opened stateside last is Only one sign that i Marvin the Washington Johnny Star of the pirates of the Caribbean has nothing on Mike who lost an Eye last year during a staged sword rates Arent just for halloween the current interest in All things Jolly Roger ranges from got grog bumper stickers to annual pirate festivals in Balti new Orleans and other port there is a Complete idiots guide to a Sullan crossbones hello Kitty doll and a yearly International talk like a pirate Day i had no idea this huge pirate Community was even out pirate tavern owner Tracy Koudry said Over the noise from the captains table by the be tween the Arreg Matey shtick of the Crew and the grog fuelled antics of regulars with bandannas and plastic it sounded More like a West Indian frigate than a suburban people started applying before we even theres something about the sexiness and Freedom of pirates that people Are really into right at a time when the Only genuine pirates Are hijacking freighters off Somalia or Boot legging dds in Many of the style old fashioned version Are flocking to the storefront restaurant on Georgia ave nue where a Hal dozen Jolly Roger flags Flap Over the a lot of people came out of the Wood work when the pirate tavern said bartender Charon wearing High Black boots and a shimmering Green peasant Blouse with grinning Black i heard about it from a belly dancer i there Arent that Many chances for us to get paid to play and pirates Are right now is a great time to be a i said Couey for whom every Day is talk like a pirate but he is Quick to Point out that he was swashbuckling before Box office plundered Hollywood in the treasure Hunt for Hollywood pirates of the Caribbean at worlds end made off with a few bragging but it cant claim the Industry Benchmark record biggest opening weekend in the United states and Canada set earlier this month by spi Derman 3 with the Walt Disney film logged a weekend Box office Gross of Mil lion domestically million if thursday night previews Are counted according to re sults released sunday by Box office tracker Media by los Angeles times swashbuckling was Cool or at least be fore it was so heavily my Mother always told me i was born in the wrong Coreys childhood love of backyard swordplay grew into a passion for fencing and then sword choreography that he Pur sued in that How i lost me he the Patch is and he lost it in a sword almost a year during the opening of the previous instalment of the pirates of the Caribbean Couey and another pirate were hired to perform promotional sword Battles at a mall near the routine was carefully chores and they had performed it dozens of times when his exhausted partner sur prised him with an accidental it sliced me left Eye right in he with something like i was Back performing the act within two illustration Courtesy of the Raleigh news irate from by Rachel Leibrock Sacramento Bee ahoy avast most important if that triple action stirs your then youve got these who Doest with the third pirates of the Caribbean instalment sailing into the aters this a new reality to show pirate master attacking your to on May 31 and the government manual for new pirates Book already on were clearly a nation of pirate no one knows this better than Mark can slap by Summers and John chum bucket the longtime friends Are the Madcap mercenaries behind the talk like a pirate movement and the Book Pir attitude so you Wanna be a pirate heres How Treyve even got their own Holiday International talk like a pirate think you have what it takes to raise the Black Flag Here Are five rules youll need to survive at Eye Patch and Parrot not band together even outcasts and outlaws must try to get along if there going to share a and that Means some one needs to Lead the pirates thrive on team work and the notion of Baur not everyone can be the he someones got to swab the understand the pirate code any Community even those set adrift at sea must adhere to a few commonly held theres a pirate says Jacob Sanger Wein along with Matthew David has outlined everything you need to know to earn your Eye Patch with the governments manual for new its like the on the surface pirates seems but they actually have an internal code of adopt a new Pir attitude dont be afraid to swagger and Summers be who you Are not who society wants you there Are no rules it sounds like a but pirate As the cliche Are meant to be pirates Are outcasts by Baur Treyve got the Freedom 19 say to hell with society and its in going to live by my and with that in mind watch your Back but dont have too much at the end of the cruise pirates Are All about the business of any one pm would Slit your Brozik enough