Ha, The age old question! The ultimate clash of beliefs! The showdown of cultures!
I've been researching this subject for some years now.
Here are references to a few of my "colleges" work:
Laura has compared
Pirates Vs. Ninjas in theory, and has also tested them in a
Variety of Everyday Situations.
Thilo on the other hand tried to
sum it up, but I suspect his poll was sabotaged by a ninja to conceal the obvious results.
The pirate language is much cooler especially becuase Ninjas do not speak.
Pirate to english translator.
Pirate Glossary.
Pirate names are also cooler:
Pirate name Generator,
Ninja (Burger?) name Generator.
All ninjas look plain black (so I won't bother looking for another picture) while Pirates are usually flamboyant and have one leg on a barrel of rum/gunpowder (I'm not sure which is cooler) while you see a cloud of havoc behind them:
Pirate chicks are cooler too:
While ninja chicks just have more curves than ninjas.
My conclusion is that language, names, drug habbits, sword-assisted constant weight, pillaging and
Johnny Depp makes Pirates cooler.
Do you have stairs in your house?