George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
Any time his fellow pirates would uncork a bottle of wine or rum, he’d ask for the cork.
He’d put them in a canvas bag in the hold, and when the ship would dock at port, he’d drop them off at the cork recycling center.
Where the cork would be processed into shoe soles, corkboards, building insulation, and floor tiles.
And, of course, new corks for wine and rum bottles.
Some of which ended up in the hands of George’s shipmates.
“Mind if I take that cork?” said George.