George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.
He caused a lot of accidents, and the entire crew hated him.
So, why didn’t they get rid of him?
Because they weren’t much better than George.
They just did a better job of hiding incompetence and blunders than George did.
“It was George’s fault!” they’d say. “George did it.”
Everyone agreed to blame George for everything.
Cannon misfires, torn maps, bent swords, and lousy food.
It was always George’s fault.
And when George would make a mistake, he’d say “It’s George’s fault!” too.
Even though that was him.