Thursday, December 08, 2005

rather clever...

Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his
crew were in danger of being boarded by a pirate ship. As the
crew became frantic, the captain bellowed to his First Mate,
'Bring me my red shirt!'

The First Mate quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which
the captain put on and led the crew to battle the pirate
boarding party. Although some casualties occurred among the
crew, the pirates were repelled.

Later that day, the lookout screamed that there were two pirate
vessels sending boarding parties. The crew cowered in fear, but
the captain, calm as ever bellowed, 'Bring me my red shirt!'

And once again the battle was on. However, the Captain and his
crew repelled both boarding parties, though this time more
casualties occurred.

Weary from the battles, the men sat around on deck that night
recounting the day's occurrences when an ensign looked to the
Captain and asked, 'Sir, why did you call for your red shirt
before the battle?'

The Captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can
give, exhorted, 'If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does
not show the wound and thus, you men will continue to fight
unafraid.' The men sat in silence marveling at the courage of
such a man.

As dawn came the next morning, the lookout screamed that there
were pirate ships, 10 of them, all with boarding parties on
their way.

The men became silent and looked to the
Captain, their leader, for his usual command. The Captain, calm
as ever, bellowed, 'Bring me my brown pants!'

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