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Shiver Me Timbers

May 25, 2007

Even the scurviest of seadogs are salivating for the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie. Johnny Depp's resurrection as Captain Jack Sparrow is sure to hoard some serious box office booty this weekend. Funny as it may seem, everybody loves pirates these days and that means nothing is trendier than a peg leg and a parrot on your shoulder.

Thanks to ye olde internet, the amount of pirate-themed merchandise available is eye-patch-boggling. But we've got the scoop on the best of the bunch and the website Dead Men Tell No Tales is the X on our secret treasure map.

Seriously, they've got everything from copies of Treasure Island to full-size pirate flags to Jolly Roger BBQ sauce! Store your loot in a genuine treasure chest. Play cards with pirate die. Fly your true colours with skull-and-crossbones jewellery. Stock up on rum and grog and host a buccaneer bash with cups, napkins, hats and tablecloths.

You'll be the sultan of the swabbies with the stuff you can find at Dead Men Tell No Tales, but you just might end up spending every doubloon you own. Enter at your own risk!

Have you entered this week's Contest yet? You could win a Tikki dress from Sweet Soul - and if dresses aren't your thing just imagine how impressed a certain someone would be if you gave it to them as a gift. And are you a cupcake convert after reading yesterday's Vancouver Trendz?