The Pirate and His Afflictions

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The seaman asks the pirate, "So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?"

Long John Silver replies, "We were in a storm at sea, and I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. Just as my men were pulling me out, a shark bit me leg off."

"Wow!" said the seaman. "What about your hook"?

"Well", replied Long John Silver, "We were boarding an enemy ship and were battling the other sailors with swords. One of the enemy cut me hand off."

"Incredible!" remarked the seaman. "How did you get the eye patch"?

"A seagull dropping fell into my eye," replied Long John Silver.

"You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?," the sailor asked incredulously.

"Well," said Long John Silver, "it was my first day with me hook".