George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
You know the term maroon?
To be stranded on an deserted island.
But also, a stupid person.
Well, pirates tended to strand stupid people on deserted islands.
And for all of his screwups, George got marooned by frustrated crewmates and captains a lot.
Other pirate ships would sail by the islands and ask what George was doing there.
He’d pull out a map and a shovel and start digging. “The treasure’s here!”
The other pirates would dig, and George would sneak on to their ship to escape the island.