George gets on the right foot

George was a pirate, but he wasn’t a very good pirate.

There’s a superstition about boarding boats with your right foot.

Because the left foot is unlucky.

The captain put a sign at the gangplank that said DO NOT STEP ON BOARD WITH YOUR LEFT FOOT.

George, of course, kept boarding the boat with his left foot.

“Oops,” said George. “Sorry. My bad.”

And bad things kept happening.

The captain handed the cabin boy an axe and peg leg to shake at George when he boarded.

“Either use your right foot, or this will be your left.”

George complied quickly.