Pirate to Dress Up as Self

While Hallowe'en is a perennial challenge in costume creativity for most of us, Cap'n Robert "Tanglebeard" Jones of the black ship S.S. Misbegotten looks forward to the holiday every year with great anticipation.

"Arrrgh, a bloomin' pirate I be," said Jones. "I be dressin' up as meself every day of the long year, and there be no person on the Seven Seas that dare contradict me for 't."

Jones says he will likely leave his parrot, Mr. Saltybeaks, at home for the evening, as he does not want to overdo it and cause his 'costume' to appear forced or contrived. "I love Mr. Saltybeaks, aye, I do, but his raw cacklin' and foul cursin' will likely adversely affect the amount o' loot I'm able to rake in from those folks givin' out tricks and treats on All Hallows' Eve," explained the captain.

"But this do I swear," he continued, "if one li'l tyke calls me 'Cap'n Crunch' again this year, they'll take a long, long nap at the bottom o' the deep blue sea."