The Pirate

[hobby]

A pirate walked into a bar and the bartender said, 'Hey, I haven't
seen you in a while. What happened? You look terrible.'

'What do you mean?' said the pirate, 'I feel fine.'

Bartender, 'What about the wooden leg? You didn't have that before.'

Pirate, 'Well, we were in a battle and I got hit with a cannon ball, but I'm fine now.'

Bartender, 'Well, OK, but what about that hook? What happened to your hand?'

Pirate, 'We were in another battle. I boarded a ship and got into
a sword fight. My hand was cut off. I got fitted with a hook. I'm fine, really.'

Bartender 'What about that eye patch?'

Pirate, 'Oh, one day we were at sea and a flock of sea-gulls flew over. I looked up... and one of them pooped in my eye.'

'You're kidding,' said the bartender, 'you lost an eye just from bird poop?'

Pirate, 'It was my first day with the hook.'

[TSR2]

Brilliant!

[Filonian]

Graham

[Garry Russell]

On the subject of pirates.....they can have both ears pieced for two dollars...good value at a buck an ear :doho:

Garry

[hobby]

Many seamen who were not pirates wore a gold earring or earrings. As a seaman's life was somewhat perilous and being washed overboard or 'lost at sea' seemed quite a common occurrence. Many who answered the call of the sea wore such ornamentation so that if they were washed up on a beach their earring(s) could be used to pay for their internment and burial service! That was the theory - but the theory only worked if those who found the corpse knew that theory and not always then! I suspect that the more common practice, especially on foreign foreshores was 'finders keepers.'