Talk Like a Pirate Day is September 19, in case you were wondering. Here's a story about one of those misunderstood men of the sea:
A pirate walks into a bar and the bartender says, "Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. What happened, you look terrible!"
"Arr, What do you mean?" the pirate replies, "I'm fine."
The bartender says, "But what about that wooden leg? You didn't have that before."
"Arr" says the pirate, "We was in a battle at sea and a cannon ball hit my leg but the barky's surgeon fixed me up, and I'm fine, really."
"Yeah," says the bartender, "But what about that hook? Last time I saw you, you had both hands."
"Arr," says the pirate, "We was in another battle and we boarded the enemy ship in the smoke. I was in a sword fight and got my hand cut off but the surgeon fixed me up with this hook, arr."
"Oh," says the bartender, "What about that eye patch? Last time you were in here you had both eyes."
"Arr" says the pirate, "One day when we was at sea, some birds were flying over the ship. I looked up, and one of them shat in my eye."
"So?" replied the bartender, "what happened? You couldn't have lost an eye just from some bird shit!"
"Arr, it was my first day with the hook"