Steve's Pirate Joke
... as remembered by "girl on a string"
Maybe you will recall having heard Steve tell this joke at a past concert. If not, you may have missed the opportunity because, according to Steve, this joke has officially been retired.
There once lived a captain who sailed with a large crew. One day he saw three ships in the distance coming toward his ship. He turned to his first mate and said, “First Mate, get my red shirt.” The first mate did as he asked, and they went into battle.
Shortly after this, they encountered more ships. The captain, once again, turned to his first mate and said, “First Mate, get my red shirt.”
The first mate did as the captain asked once again, and asked his captain, “Captain, why do you always ask for your red shirt when we go into battle?”
The captain replied, “Well, First Mate, I ask you for my red shirt so that if I might get wounded in battle, my crew wouldn’t see my blood and be discouraged from their fighting.”
Shortly after they won this battle, the captain saw thirty-trillion ships in the distance. (You have to be experienced to be able to count thirty-trillion ships at one time.)
The captain turned to his first mate and said, “First Mate, go get my brown pants.”