CAPTAIN Joke
Long ago, when sailing ships ruled the waves, a captain and his crew
were in
danger of being boarded by a pirate ship. As the crew became
frantic, the
captain bellowed to his first mate, "Bring me my red
shirt!" The first mate
quickly retrieved the captain's red shirt, which the captain put on
and lead
the crew to battle the pirate boarding party. Although some
casualties
occurred among the crew, the pirates were repelled. The men sat
around on
deck that night recounting the day's events when an ensign looked to
the
captain and asked, "Sir, why did you call for your red shirt
before the
battle?"
The captain, giving the ensign a look that only a captain can give,
exhorted, "If I am wounded in battle, the red shirt does not
show blood, and
thus you men will continue to fight unafraid."
The men sat in silence, marveling at the courage of such a man. The
next
morning, the lookout screamed that there were two pirate vessels
sending
boarding parties. The crew cowered in fear, but the captain, calm as
ever,
bellowed, "Bring me my red shirt!" Once again, the battle
was on, and the
captain and his crew repelled both boarding parties, though this
time, more
casualties occurred. Later that day, however, the lookout screamed
that
there were pirate ships, ten of them, all with boarding parties on
their
way. The men became silent and looked to the captain, their leader,
for his
usual command.
The captain, calm as ever, bellowed, "Bring me my brown
pants!"