Brown Beard
The pirate Brown Beard was being interviewed by a lady newspaper reporter who was looking for juicy stories of excitement and daring. She was taken with Brown Beard's long, full brown beard and the jagged look of him. She told Brown Beard, "I'm sure my readers would love to hear the tale behind your peg leg."
"Well, I was thrown from the ship during gale force winds, and before me mate could throw me a line, a shark bit me leg clean off."
The interviewer was sort of disappointed. "What about the hook at the end of your right arm?"
"I lost it in a sword fight with the Captain of the Guard."
Again the reporter was disappointed. "Certainly there's an exciting story about the patch on your eye?"
"One day, I was out on deck, and a bird flew over and crapped in me eye."
The reporter was amazed. "But why do you wear a patch?"
"Well, I'd only had me hook a couple of days."