I bought one dozen paper pirate hats before we left for Santa Fe this summer. Why? We had to entertain certain members of our party who were impatient to get there and didn't like all the driving. I told them we were crossing the Inland Sea, which used to exist in the southern southwest by the way, and warned them to look out for pirates. At the end of the trip we located the gold doubloons the pirates stole and held a party in our motel room. All of us donned pirate hats and bandanas. If you're going to hold a pirate party, you can't do without it.