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Huck Finn, a truly perceptive gentleman from the upper midwest sent this
one on seamen and seagulls...

Two crusty seamen meet in a bar, and they take turns recounting their
adventures at sea.

Noting the aging skipper's peg-leg, hook, and eye patch The younger one
asks "So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?"

"We were caught in a huge storm off the cape and a giant wave swept me
overboard. Just as me crew were pullin' me out a school of sharks appeared
and one of 'em bit me leg off."

"Blimey! What about the hook?"

"Ahhhh..." mused the old salt, "We were in a bar in Casablanca and a little
disagreement ensued over a woman. In the fracas me hand got chopped off."

"Blimey! And how about the eye patch?"

"A seagull droppin' fell into me eye."

"You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?"

"Well..." said the old salt, "it was me first day with the hook."
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