George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He spent very little time pirating and too much time thinking.
He has a lot of bad ideas.
“That would be like trying to change a car engine while you’re driving it down the freeway,” said the captain.
“But we’re in a ship, not a car,” said George. “You can pull down the sails and replace them without much of a problem. Or replace the rudder with another.”
The captain nodded, but pointed at the rapidly approaching British Navy.
“Can you hurry up with the sails and rudder, please?”