There once was a pirate captain who, whenever it looked like a battle would be imminent would change into a red shirt. After observing this behavior for a few months, one of the crew members asked him what it meant.
“It’s in case I get shot. I don’t want you crew members to see blood and freak out. “
“That’s very sensible, sir. “
One day, the crew member spotted twenty hostile ships on the horizon.
The captain all of a sudden looked very concerned.
“Get my brown pants. “
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