The old pirate — the details

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So, an old pirate was sitting in a bar. He was smoking a pipe and drinking a glass of rum. He had an eye patch on his eye and a parrot on his shoulder and a wooden leg. And his right hand was in fact a metal hook. A young sailor came up to him and he started talking with him about his adventures at sea. And the young sailor asked: "How did you lose your leg, sir?"

"Some sharks were circling the ship and I fell overboard. My men managed to pull me back onto the ship before the sharks ate me completely. Still, one of the sharks got me leg."

"Wow, and what about your hand? How did you get that, that hook on your hand? How did you lose it?"

"Well, I was boarding a ship when another sailor cut off me hand with a sword."

"Incredible! Full of adventure!" said the young man. "What about your eye? How did you lose that?"

"I was eating a grapefruit and the juice came right into me eye."

"But I don't understand. You can't lose your eye from the grapefruit juice!"

"I wasn't used to my new hook yet."