George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He had a thing for gadgets, though.
He liked to rig up automation for various things on the ship, like putting the ship’s lights on a timer, or raising and lowering the flag with The Clapper.
The Captain was impressed, but concerned.
“I have enough problems with my iPhone mistaking commands,” he said. “But I draw the line at saying ‘Alexa, Fire Cannon’ because what if it can’t-.”
That’s when the cannon fired at the port they were docked at.
“Sorry, Captain, I forgot to turn on test mode.”