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George the Facebook pariah
George was a pirate, but he wasn't a very good pirate.All the other pirates didn't think much of George.None of them were his Facebook friends.He'd send friend requests out, but nobody accepted them.They didn't let him into the ship's private group or
George the cable thief
George was a pirate, but he wasn't a very good pirate.He was sick of having to watch broadcast television shows, so he stole cable from the harbormaster's office.This severely limited the ship's range, or it ended up yanking out the cable.So, George st
George the pirate ghost
George was a pirate, but he wasn't a very good pirate.He liked to cover himself with phosphorescent seaweed and wander around the ship, moaning like a ghost."Cut it out, George," said the captain.George stopped bothering his crewmates and sulked.But t
George the poor craftsman
George was a pirate, but he wasn't a very good pirate.Just as a poor craftsman blames his tools, so does a poor pirate.George was always blaming his equipment.His sword didn't have good balance, and it never kept its edge.The trigger on his flintlock
Weekly Challenge #914 – PICK TWO Points, Vision, Fuel, It’s a pattern, Cheers, Refreshment
Lisa RichardSerendipidyLizzie Norval JoeTom Planet ZThe next topic is DetailLIZZIEBlack and white. A vision of nothingness inside a vision of everything.And he points. No one knows.And he moves forward, alone. The bal
George the Kidnapper
George was a pirate, but he wasn't a very good pirate.His captives would ransom themselves with checks, and then stop payment right after they were freed.Or they'd give George their credit card number, and then cancel the card the moment they reached a
George the Patent Troll
George was a pirate, but he wasn't a very good pirate.What little he knew about piracy, he wrote down and applied for a patent.Oddly enough, the Patent Office approved his application.He then sued every pirate in the world and demanded royalties.A few
George and Ferdinand
George was a pirate, but he wasn't a very good pirate.He wasn't much of a fighter.Just like that bull, Ferdinand, who'd rather smell flowers than fight.One day, as George was walking through a meadow, he came across Ferdinand, who was smelling the flow
George the Train Robber
George was a pirate, but he wasn't a very good pirate.Because he failed on the high seas, he tried his hand on the rails.That's right. George became a train robber, but he wasn't a very good train robber.His timing was a bit off, and he'd swing from hi
George and the Bartender
George was a pirate, but he wasn't a very good pirate.When the crew went drinking, George drank herbal tea with the bartender.When the crew went carousing, George discussed recent news with the bartender.When the crew went whoring, George exchanged jok