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I was in Waterstone's bookshop at Marble Arch today and when I went to the till I realised that the cashiers were dressed like pirates. "Is it 'Talk Like A Pirate Day' today?" "Arrrrrr ... that it be ...." But they wouldn't let me pay in pieces of eight.