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I hope you'll have a laugh with a joke from the pirate archives. I apologize in advance to those who don't appreciate dark humor!:)
A man encounters a pirate in a bar. They strike up a conversation, and the man asks the pirate how he suffered his various injuries. 'Arrgh, I lost my leg fighting over buried treasure in the tropics. I lost my ear in a barroom fight with another pirate – he bit my ear right off.' The other man points to the pirate's arm and asks, 'How did you get the hook for an arm?' The pirate replies, 'Arrgh, I lost my arm when a winch tore it off in a terrible storm at sea.' 'And how did you lose your eye?' The pirate says, 'Arrgh, I had a terrible itch in my eye.' 'You lost your sight because of an itch?' The pirate explains: 'Aye, it was my first day with the hook.'
To strike up a conversation – to begin a conversation
encounter [in‡kaunt›] I. v 1. to meet by chance/unexpectedly/with, to come across
bury [‡beri] v 1. to bury, to hide
treasure [‡tre›] I. n 1. treasure
barroom [‡ba:†ru:m] n bar
bite [bait] I. v (bit [bit]; bit, bitten [bitn])
to bite off – to bite off
hook [huk] I. n 1. hook
winch [wintš] I. n winch, hoist
to tear off 1) to tear off, to rip
itch [itš] I. n 1. itching; 2. itch(and figuratively)
sight [sait] I. n 1. sight
aye = yes