A seaman meets a pirate in a bar. The two men take

A seaman meets a pirate in a bar. The two men take turns boasting of their adventures on the high seas.
The seaman notes that the pirate has a peg-leg, hook, and an eye patch. He asks, "So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?"
The pirate replies, "Arrr, we was in a storm at sea, and I was swept overboard into a school of sharks. Just as me men were pulling me out, a shark bit me leg off."
"Wow!" said the seaman. "What about your hook"?
"Well," replied the pirate, "while me men and I were plundering in the Middle East, I was caught stealing from a swarthy merchant. I was arrested and me hand was cut off."
"Incredible!" remarked the seaman. "How did you get the eye patch?"
"A sea gull dropping fell into me eye," grumbled the pirate.
"You lost your eye to a sea gull dropping?" the sailor asked incredulously.
"Well," said the pirate, "it was me first day with the blasted hook..."