George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
While good pirates swing from ropes to board a vessel, George was obsessed with doing this with a hang glider.
Usually, he’d get stuck in the rigging.
Other times, he’d jump too soon, and end up crashing into the ocean.
Or a gust of wind would carry him miles away, and then he’d crash into the ocean.
“Why can’t you swing from a rope like everybody else, George?” asked the captain.
So, George got a rope. And tied it to his hang glider.
He crashed into the ocean again.