* THE SEAMAN AND THE PIRATE *
An able-bodied seaman meets a pirate in a club, and they take
turns recounting their adventures at sea. Noting the pirate's
peg-leg, hook, and eye patch, the seaman asks "So, how did you
end up with the peg-leg?"
The pirate replies "We was caught in a monster storm off the
cape and a giant wave swept me overboard. Just as they were
pullin' me out, a school of sharks appeared and one of 'em bit
me leg off."
"Blimey!" said the seaman. "What about the hook"?
"Ahhhh...," mused the pirate, "We were boardin' a trader ship,
pistols blastin' and swords swingin' this way and that. In the
fracas me hand got chopped off."
"Zounds!" remarked the seaman. "And how came ye by the eye
patch"?
"A seagull droppin' fell into me eye", answered the pirate.
"You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?" the sailor asked
incredulously.
"Well..." said the pirate, "...it was me first day with the
hook."
According to dictionary.com, a 'pirate' is: "One who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation."