George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
As he sat in his prison cell, awaiting execution, he looked into the cell next to his.
Calico Jack’s wife Anne Bonny and her friend, Mary Read.
Also slated for execution.
Well, that is, until Anne and Mary both claimed to be pregnant.
The court took mercy on them both, and ordered their release.
So, George tried the same tactic.
“How can you possibly be pregnant?” shouted the judge, throwing him back in his cell.
Before Mary’s release, George strangled her, took her clothes, and escaped under her pardon.