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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why is the rum gone?