The scurvvywag was having a beer in the local tavern, as the pirate enters, orders a round for everybody and slashes a stack of golden coins on the bartable.
The scurvvywag noticed, the pirate had a wooden leg, his right hand was a hook and an eyepatch was covering one of his eyes. He turned towards the pirate:
-"Oh, at least piracy seem to bring good fortune these days, aye?"
-"Well, I´ve seen better times!", the pirate answered. "Back then, the sea was full of galleons loaded to the waterline.."
-"Then excuse my curiousity, but how did you loose your leg?", the scyrvvywag continued.
-"A cannonball teard off me´leg when engaging some spaniards."
-"It must have been a terrible experience. Did you loose you hand in the same engagement?"
-"No, no no!", the pirate replied, "in a hurricane, me´matey got washed overboard and I had to rescue him. But I had to fight a shark first, and it bid off me´hand!"
-"Horrible experience! Cheers!". The scurvvywag again tried to keep the conversation going: "But please tell me.. how did you loose your eye?"
The pirate looked down, all of a sudden a little shy. "Well..One day I look up in the friggin´ riggin´ and this pooh from an albatross landed right in me´eye.."
The scurvvywag got really curious now:" Really, no one ever lost an eye for a pooh! How come you lost it, then?!"
-"Ooh well.." the pirate still shy. "First day with me´new hand, ya know.."
The scurvvywag noticed, the pirate had a wooden leg, his right hand was a hook and an eyepatch was covering one of his eyes. He turned towards the pirate:
-"Oh, at least piracy seem to bring good fortune these days, aye?"
-"Well, I´ve seen better times!", the pirate answered. "Back then, the sea was full of galleons loaded to the waterline.."
-"Then excuse my curiousity, but how did you loose your leg?", the scyrvvywag continued.
-"A cannonball teard off me´leg when engaging some spaniards."
-"It must have been a terrible experience. Did you loose you hand in the same engagement?"
-"No, no no!", the pirate replied, "in a hurricane, me´matey got washed overboard and I had to rescue him. But I had to fight a shark first, and it bid off me´hand!"
-"Horrible experience! Cheers!". The scurvvywag again tried to keep the conversation going: "But please tell me.. how did you loose your eye?"
The pirate looked down, all of a sudden a little shy. "Well..One day I look up in the friggin´ riggin´ and this pooh from an albatross landed right in me´eye.."
The scurvvywag got really curious now:" Really, no one ever lost an eye for a pooh! How come you lost it, then?!"
-"Ooh well.." the pirate still shy. "First day with me´new hand, ya know.."