1: Because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable
men into complete scoundrels.
2: Because that signal is over a thousand
feet high. The entire royal navy is out looking for me, do you think there is even the slightest chance they won't see it?
2003: Elizabeth Swann "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl"
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