A Little Humor: Pirate Walks Into A Bar

A pirate goes into a bar and the bartender said: “Long time since I’ve seen you. You look terrible.” 

The pirate replied, “I feel fine.”

“Well, you didn’t have that wooden leg last time I saw you,” the bartender said.

“I got into a battle and a cannon ball hit me in the leg, but I’m ok.”

“Well, you didn’t have that hook on your arm either,” the bartender said.

“Got in a sword fight and lost my hand,” the pirate explained.

“What about the eye patch?” the bartender asked.

“A bunch of sea gulls flew over the boat and when I looked up one of them shit on my eye.” 

“How did that make you lose your eye?” the bartender asked. 

“It was the first day with the hook.”

Note: The above illustration is of Captain Hook from the Walt Disney classic, Peter Pan.  

On This Day In History David Crockett Was Born

As Biography.com notes, on this day in 1786 legendary American frontiersman David Crockett was born.

Davy Crockett was a frontiersman, legendary folk hero and three-time Congressman. He fought in the War of 1812 and died at the Alamo in the Texas Revolution.

You can read the rest of the piece and watch a video clip via the below link:

https://www.biography.com/people/davy-crockett-9261693

Note: Davy Crockett was a childhood hero of mine. As a child, I loved the Walt Disney TV series about him with Fess Parker (seen in the below photo) as Crockett, and I loved the John Wayne film The Alamo with the Duke (seen in the above photo) portraying Crockett. Those portrayals, although somewhat historically inaccurate, led me to read accurate historical accounts of the great man.

I was pleased to recently travel to San Antonio, Texas, where my daughter lives with her Air Force husband. While there we visited the Alamo, where Crockett met his end in heroic fashion. The night before we visited the Alamo, we all watched John Wayne’s The Alamo.

And last week, I watched on cable TV a newer version of The Alamo, with Billy Bob Thornton (seen in the below photo) as Davy Crockett. I liked the film, which was also about Sam Houston and the Texas Revolution, and I liked Billy Bob Thornton’s portrayal of Davy Crockett.