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The pirate said: "Ahhhh, that were a fine day -- there we were, adrift, floating, nary a wind in sight -- though 'tis said ye cannae sight wind, ye have not had Cook's grog-and-beans, curse that scallawag back from hell anyway; the grog, 'tis splendid as grog always is, but by god beans should never be allowed on a long sea voyage with the men all sleeping together in cramped quarters (I'll warrant ye, there be nothing wrong with that), and once Cook got his grubby mangled paws on those beans, why, ye could actually see the flatulence, for once't a candle be lit, the wind itself would burst aflame and all manner of beards and peg legs and hooks be singed terribly, and ye can be sure there was no singing that night, no Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum, no counting the gold, no sharpening of cutlasses, no pondering the mysteries of life whilst gazing out the porthole at the strange stars of the southern hemisphere, for when ye are ten thousand miles from yer dear sweet ma's cruel willow lash and the girl ye left behind and the sons o' b~$!~es ye swore would know one day yer not some useless uneducated scamp in short pants with a runny nose, no sirree, now yer adrift in the endless ocean and nary a wench to bed, nor grog left, not after the forty-second day without grog, ye start to go a bit daft, I know ye won't believe me but you do, you begin to feel as though ye can't hold it together, whatever it is, there's always sails to be spread and lines to be lashed, and still nothing but ocean glittering like gold, yes, the ocean like gold, the gold for which we fight and kill and plunder and wreck and despoil and take, just so we can give it to the wenches and barmaids and hook-makers and parrot dealers -- and what a rum lot those are -- never trust a parrot dealer unless ye've got yer hook right there in 'is nose, those bastards'll steal ye right blind and ye'll have naught but an ex-parrot and dear god the stench of a dead parrot, why it brings to mind a time, ahhhh, that were a fine day -- there we were, adrift, floating, nary a wind in sight, when the wind arose and we all cheered for we'd been at sea two hundred days, and I swear it were forty-five days since the grog had run out and the sails unfurled and the whoops and hollers of joy at the thoughts of the wenches and grog to come, why, we thought 'twould be the end of that ghastly voyage when the stench, oh god the stench, the smell, 'twas worse than Cook's grog 'n' beans, now that were a smell I tells ye, later I heard legends 'bout that smell, 'twas the smell that drove us ten thousand miles in a single roaring flatulent gale, right back to our home port and the women and the grog and the time to chase and catch and spend and curse and drink and brag and finally realize that, you know, this is what 'tis all about and why, ye'd had it wrong all along, no, ye don't live to pirate and pillage and plunder, no, ye pillage and plunder so ye can bed down with that comely wench after telling her your tales and showing off yer peg leg and putting the hook away for a time, and afterward, ye lay there in the cool dark and there she is, lovely to gaze upon in the moonlight, and ye know that ye could spend the rest of yer life with her, and ye think on that for a bit, and ye realize that if yer careful ye can slip out the back and be aboard the ship afore dawn rises and there is the golden, golden sea stretching out before ye, calling, laughing, and ye know there will never be another mistress for ye, no matter if she cost ye and cost ye, thar she be; and besides, that's where the treasure be."

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The pirate said: "Ahhhh, that were a fine day -- there we were, adrift, floating, nary a wind in sight -- though 'tis said ye cannae sight wind, ye have not had Cook's grog-and-beans, curse that scallawag back from hell anyway; the grog, 'tis splendid as grog always is, but by god beans should never be allowed on a long sea voyage with the men all sleeping together in cramped quarters (I'll warrant ye, there be nothing wrong with that), and once Cook got his grubby mangled paws on those beans, why, ye could actually see the flatulence, for once't a candle be lit, the wind itself would burst aflame and all manner of beards and peg legs and hooks be singed terribly, and ye can be sure there was no singing that night, no Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum, no counting the gold, no sharpening of cutlasses, no pondering the mysteries of life whilst gazing out the porthole at the strange stars of the southern hemisphere, for when ye are ten thousand miles from yer dear sweet ma's cruel willow lash and the girl ye left behind and the sons o' b@%~~es ye swore would know one day yer not some useless uneducated scamp in short pants with a runny nose, no sirree, now yer adrift in the endless ocean and nary a wench to bed, nor grog left, not after the forty-second day without grog, ye start to go a bit daft, I know ye won't believe me but you do, you begin to feel as though ye can't hold it together, whatever it is, there's always sails to be spread and lines to be lashed, and still nothing but ocean glittering like gold, yes, the ocean like gold, the gold for which we fight and kill and plunder and wreck and despoil and take, just so we can give it to the wenches and barmaids and hook-makers and parrot dealers -- and what a rum lot those are -- never trust a parrot dealer unless ye've got yer hook right there in 'is nose, those bastards'll steal ye right blind and ye'll have naught but an ex-parrot and dear god the stench of a dead parrot, why it brings to mind a time, ahhhh, that were a fine day -- there we were, adrift,...
LOL! Who you think you are, Joseph Conrad?