Can you think of any "alternative" company pirate fancy dress ideas?

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swoopstheowl@reddit

I went to a pirate themed birthday party at uni, where everyone was a variation of a pirate / sexy pirate / Jack Sparrow.

I hand sewed a parrot costume out of lots of colourful material, hand cutting out feather shapes to sew to a bright red top and skirt. It went down a treat - every pirate wants a parrot right?

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Former_Bandicoot_769@reddit

I also did this, making scarlet macaw wings out of a red fabric and felt. It was awesome, plus everyone wants a photo with you.

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swoopstheowl@reddit

I wish you'd have suggested that at the time.

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mamoncloud@reddit

That sounds so creative and equally cute. I hope it stayed together during the event

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Overall_Gap_5766@reddit

A white jumper and a toy boat labelled "Belgrano" in a container full of water (must be fully submerged for historical accuracy)

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StGuthlac2025@reddit

HR would like to see you first thing Monday morning

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Overall_Gap_5766@reddit

Make them walk the plank. Or maroon them.

No one would notice and it might be fun.

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NotoriousP_U_G@reddit

I will turn the tables “look at me, I am hr now”

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Historical_Heron4801@reddit

Porch pirate Pirate videos/film Pirate radio Pirates of the Carribbean - the guy who sells knock-off bags and watches at the beach

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smartief1@reddit

Ship's biscuit Dress all in black and go as scurvy/ or the ships sail. The hangman Tie a noose and be jack Rackham Davy Jones' locker Pirate treasure A map with X marking a spot

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squeakypeaks@reddit

Maybe mix it up and go in Silver Long Johns? Or on the theme of copywriters go as a pirate video thin black box as a tunic and with spoils on.

Captain Pugwash, Happy version of Federer - Jolly Roger?

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SpaTowner@reddit

Go as Tony Blackburn, who used to DJ on the pirate radio station Radio Caroline.

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Nim008@reddit

Ship's cat. Obligatory eye patch. Bottle of grog.

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HumanBe-in@reddit

Don't think I've seen Pugwash suggested yet. Prepare for a great many erroneously remembered gags such as 'Roger' the cabin boy etc. Could get tiresome.

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Marvel--Jesus@reddit

French accent all night just like allo allo.

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mdzmdz@reddit

Dress in baggy jeans etc. and go as....

Pir8er Boi

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Or you could go as the drunken sailor - pick a line from the song & make it reality. If I remember right there were lines about shaving someone with a rusty razor, being put in a long boat till sober, something about a hosepipe bottom, & being in bed with the captain’s daughter. Or pick another sea shanty to dress up as.

Black beard - with ‘smoking’ fireworks hidden in his beard to scare people when he boarded their ships

Go as a wooden leg, eye patch seller & hook merchant

A pirate from cutthroat island

Treasure map seller

Davy Jones

The Crocodile out of Peter Pan, complete with ticking clock

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dinkidoo7693@reddit

Pirate radio DJ

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Mother_Composer_6069@reddit

People Just Do Nothing, or Delbert Wilkins from The Lenny Henry Show.

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Timely_Egg_6827@reddit

Or in hark back to 70s comedy The Goodies, a pirate post office.

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CarrotRunning@reddit

Bang, lyrical blow to the jaw.

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IllegalWalian@reddit

The Dread Pirate Roberts is an easy enough and very cool costume, but you run the risk of everyone thinking you're Zorro

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mdzmdz@reddit

Unless you go as Ross Ulbricht.

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SPARKLING_PERRY@reddit

Terrible suggestions. Just dress as a pirate. It's fun.

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VolcanicBear@reddit

They're all logo based, but perhaps you can improve them.

uTorrent.

Kazzaa logo.

You wouldn't download a car.

That bloke who made MegaUpload.

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No_Atmosphere8146@reddit

Limewire

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Tattycakes@reddit

Except then people will think you’re carrying dodgy viruses…

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colin_staples@reddit

Napster

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sneakylithops@reddit

The Sci-Hub crow

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JayBea-on-Sea@reddit

Tracksuit and a Kalashnikov.

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ben_jamin_h@reddit

I did exactly this for my mates 30th, also hand made a t-shirt with the Somali flag on it. This would have been about 15 years ago when Somali pirates were all over the news all the time.

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First-Lengthiness-16@reddit

No, wearing a flag of a country isn’t racist, linking them to a negative stereotype is.

And you call me a daft got

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ben_jamin_h@reddit

Somalia is a nation, not a race. That nation became internationally famous for piracy for a few years. That's not racist to say that, nor is it racist to don a tracksuit and a Somalian flag for the purposes of fancy dress.

A racist outfit would be if you blacked up and dressed as a traditional pirate, and the joke was that you were Somali.

Nuance is hard, isn't it?

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First-Lengthiness-16@reddit

Indeed. And racism is defined as both hatred to a race, and hatred to a nation.

That’s actual nuance

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ben_jamin_h@reddit

"Racism is the prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against individuals based on their skin colour, ethnicity, nationality, or cultural background"

Where is the prejudice, discrimination or antagonism in... Dressing as a pirate?

Is dressing as a pirate a hateful act?

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First-Lengthiness-16@reddit

It’s pretty hateful against Somalis yes. Negative stereotypes.

To be clear, I wouldn’t have a massive issue with it, but it is a bit racist

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First-Lengthiness-16@reddit

Ahh casual racism.

A friend went to a company pirate party in similar attire. Got in a bit of trouble in the Monday.

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Number60nopeas@reddit

VHS/DVD pirate. I saw a really good costume someone had done for it a while back but cant find it now.

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Specialist-Web7854@reddit

Go in Lycra with a Pilates mat and say you’re dyslexic.

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GlumAd9856@reddit

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im-quite-stupid@reddit

Easily something from Muppets Treasure Island!! The holidaying tourist rats would be very tempting option

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VerbingNoun413@reddit

Wear a horse constume and a brimmed hat. You're Steed Bonnet.

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WoodpeckerDry4430@reddit

Giant parrot with an eye patch

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TheSmokedPotatoe@reddit

Could go as a Somali pirate

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Even_Passenger_3685@reddit

What about Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate from Pirates! An Adventure With Scientists? Or the dodo.

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KzinTLynn@reddit (OP)

Given the shape of my body I think the dodo is more reasonable :-)

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mrbadger2000@reddit

If you're OK with blacking up, a nice Somalia inspired outfit could be stunning!

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AromaticVacation3077@reddit

I can't imagine anyone having a problem with that these days.

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First-Lengthiness-16@reddit

Casual racism? Loads of people do

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AromaticVacation3077@reddit

Eh... I was being just a tad sarcastic.

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bacon_cake@reddit

Best check the company handbook first.

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officearsehole@reddit

You’ll probably get sacked but at least you’ll become part of company lore.

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Prior-Syrup3406@reddit

Parrot or Giant Squid. I don't know the practicalities of getting a giant squid costume, but that would be cool

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KellyMelany@reddit

Corporate 'alternative' pirate? Just go as a Software Pirate—wear a hoodie and carry a stack of burnt CDs (if you can find them in a museum) and look vaguely suspicious whenever someone mentions copyright. Or if you want to be really observant, go as a 'Porch Pirate'—just carry around a cardboard box and look nervously at everyone's front doors. It's much easier than tryig—I mean trying—to pull off the Long John Silver look without looking like you're just ready for bed. Plus, the box is a great place to hide the snacks.

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NecroVelcro@reddit

The Pirates of the Carry Ian. Dress up in any pirate garb and having printed out the faces of famous Ians such as Beale, Wright and Botham, stick them on balloons, soft toys or something else that the staff members could carry around.

Wait ... Will there be anyone named Ian there? They'd just need a Carrie Fisher mask.

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Birdman_of_Upminster@reddit

Or carry one of those cardboard cut-outs of Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean...

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fluffy_samoyed@reddit

A car boot full of bootleg dvd's.

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Timely_Egg_6827@reddit

Shark - I mean someone has to eat all those pirates chased on the plank.

Though do like the parrot mentioned by u/swoopstheowl - keeping the bird theme.

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revrobuk1957@reddit

Pirate radio?

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buy_me_lozenges@reddit

All the scenes from this, stuck on a sandwich board, playing the song on a portable speaker.

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StGuthlac2025@reddit

a MASSIVE GIANT SQUID costume

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mdmnl@reddit

Crackin' idea

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Trippy_V@reddit

Kracken idea was so close

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NecroVelcro@reddit

Ah, Squiddy, I got nothing against you, I just heard there was gold in your belly.

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RoboTon78@reddit

You could recreate this classic.

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Longjumping_Ad_8898@reddit

Beat me to it, cant beat Ronald Villiers from Widdecombe and Pump.

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Throwaway91847817@reddit

A bottle of Rum

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AromaticVacation3077@reddit

Go as a plank.

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illikeshorts@reddit

Attach pegs to leg. You now have a peg leg.

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shnu62@reddit

Kurupt FM pirate radio

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

Why are you just on about one pirate.

Black beard was a pirate and that would just involve a fake beard

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Riovem@reddit

OP:

what thinking-outside-the-box alternatives can you think of?

u/Ok_Aioli3897

what about the most well known, stereotypical pirate?

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Ok_Aioli3897@reddit

Which is long john silver

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Theratchetnclank@reddit

Go as the ship.

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piggycatnugget@reddit

This is genuinely hilarious. More upvotes!

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theartofnocode@reddit

Someone with a load of Amazon packages under their arm?

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PlaneWar203@reddit

You're going for the American style "oh my, that's so punny" stuff? Oh god no, Britain has fallen.

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ShentheBen@reddit

Britain, famously anti-pun

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MahatmaAndhi@reddit

Go dressed as a half-downloaded car.

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Time-Mode-9@reddit

Go in sweatpants, sweatband etc. Say you thought it was Pilates.

Get a fake RPG or ak47, and a keffiya, and put on your best Somali accent.

Wear a pirate bay t-shirt and the geekiest glasses you can find.

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ArmouredFlump@reddit

Surely you have to go as Guybrush Threepwood?

Carry a duck at all times and if anyone asks tell them it's the second most beautiful duck you've ever held.

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Sea-Upstairs-2837@reddit

straw hat pirate/luffy (one piece)

smee (peter pan)

napster

‘you wouldnt steal a dvd’ shirt with a bunch of dvds lining the inside of a trench coat

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Herne_KZN@reddit

Napster

Radio Caroline

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colin_staples@reddit

Wear a Napster t-shirt, while carts radio emblazoned with the name "Caroline" on it

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BrieflyVerbose@reddit

You should go as Guybrush Threepwood

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oscarx-ray@reddit

Go as the door from Always Sunny

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Gadgetxx@reddit

Me and a few friends attended a pirate themed party years ago dressed as a Somali pirate, vest , camo cargos with AK-47 and a sash of bullets

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Kamikaze-X@reddit

Wear a toga and a pirate hat

You can be Pontius Pirate

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beavercleaver9000@reddit

Trenchcoat lined with with knock-off dvds - Video Pirate.

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Logical_Bat_7244@reddit

A rodent with a short crust pastry body

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asymmetricears@reddit

What about a computer geek with a pirate bay or Napster t shirt? You can also hold a load of blank CDs with various film titles written on them in Sharpie.

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girlsunderpressure@reddit

Find some way to personify "You wouldn't steal a car..."

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Majestic_Swordfish83@reddit

I'm Monty pythons "life of Brian" there is a skit about an old British firm taken over by American corporate overlords, resulting in a mutiny by the elderly staff and the building sailing off to attack wall street.

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BG3restart@reddit

Giant Hook video box and go as a pirate video.

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maceion@reddit

Sir Andrew Barton, Pirate by letters of Marque, from King of Scots, (to raid English and French ships) and founder of my school. 'Best dressed man of fashion' at court, so go in to day's high fashion.

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L-0-T-H-0-S@reddit

A Pirate's Booty (use your imagination), a Copyright Infringer, a Software Pirate, a Scurvy Dog (basically a yellow dog onesie), Pyj-AARRRGGGHHHH-mas! (pajamas with a pirate/nautical teame), H Arrrrrggggghhhh!, Davy Jones's Beta Blocker, etc, etc...

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Party_Advantage_3733@reddit

The CorPirate. Suit and an eye patch.

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starderpderp@reddit

Well...let me introduce you to One Piece. Pick any of the characters. Bonus points if you dress up as the skull one.

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Notmysubmarine@reddit

Dress as a corporate raider.

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BandicootSecret8012@reddit

Dress up like an African tramp and say you're a Somali pirate!..take an ak47 and remove a few teeth first

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Spadders87@reddit

Peter pan? Or one of the lost boys.

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RainbowPenguin1000@reddit

Dress up as a rat with the Pi symbol on your chest.

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Perfect-Sea8965@reddit

Pirate Cd or dvd

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Martinonfire@reddit

Go as a parrot?

Or wrap yourself in bandages and carry an empty whisky bottle. Go as the victim of pirates AKA ‘a departed spirit’

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Cumulus-Crafts@reddit

Stede Bonnet! The gentleman pirate. He got bored of being landed gentry so he ran off to become a pirate with Blackbeard instead (true story!)

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rice_fish_and_eggs@reddit

Obligatory Internet historian video.

https://youtu.be/vrGf4nJWVOU?si=mxm0Lt5MM2ND3-Y-

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