> An able-bodied seaman meets a pirate in a bar, 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..."