George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
Still, he was proud to be a pirate, and when he competed in the Olympics, he wanted to walk behind the Jolly Roger, not behind the flag of any nation.
And certainly not the flag with the five Olympic Rings that they used for stateless individuals or refugees.
He might not have been a very good pirate, but he was a pirate none the less.
The Hosting Committee winced.
“Well, he is competing on a yacht,” said the committee chairman. “But the rules should be clearer about ship-to-ship combat.”