George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
And compared to pirate legends, such as Nikolaus Storzenbecher, he was downright pathetic.
They said that Nikolaus could down a gallon mug of beer in one gulp.
George could barely sip his way through a small cup.
And when Nikolaus was captured and scheduled for execution, he demanded that anyone he could walk past after his beheading be pardoned.
The prison warden agreed.
Nikolaus’ headless corpse stumbled past 12 men before collapsing.
George, the thirteenth man in the line, grumbled and kicked the dirt.
“Just my luck,” said George.