Stick-A-Knife-In-Your-Pirate Cell Strap

Do they really not have this game in the US or was the person who told me that totally tripping? As far as I know, stick-a-knife-in-the-pirate's-barrel is one of those classic children's games that every kid plays, like Jenga and Monopoly and UNO. I grew up sticking knives in pirate barrels almost daily. The idea is to try not to make the pirate pop out when you stab him on your turn (you go around the room, taking turns stabbing him). I still don't know what makes him pop, but you have to be really careful when you stick the knives in.

So I was really psyched when I found this stylish camouflage-print cell phone strap version of the game, with matching knives that also attach to your phone so they don't get lost. They come in four different colors, too. The keychain version even comes with a little coffin for your dead pirate.

The illo below shows you how to play. Apparently, in this version, the person who makes the pirate pop out is the winner. I guess that makes more sense. We want to torture that bastard 'til he can't take it anymore, right? Not let him sit in their complacently while we gently stab him with knives.

Damn, was I playing it the wrong way my entire childhood...

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Comments

[Eric]

I'm American and I've never heard of this game at all. I wonder if my wife knows about it. She grew up in Mie.

[Eric]

Yeah, she played it as a kid. She also told me she saw it here at Toys r us. I did a search and found out that Tomy made a version named "Pop Up Pirate."

LOL. My wife says that yeah, the person that pops the pirate was the loser in the version she played (also the Tomy version btw) but that "if you caught the pirate with a ladle," that was apparently close-by, "you'd win."

[David]

I found one that had a gorilla in the barrel instead at a hundred yen store (now that I think about it, why would you poke a gorilla with swords?). I'd never seen one before, and of course I ripped it apart to see how it worked. I won't give that part away, wouldn't want to kill the magic （　＾－＾）.

[Moni]

I've bought this game here in the US-- sold in a dollar store as "Catch the Terrorist." Strangely, the terrorist was wearing an eye-patch and stripy pirate shirt....

[Tonton]

We have Pop-Up Pirate here in UK too!

[cartufer]

ya, we don't have that here in us