The Pirate guy

Ok so this isn't a post about any celebrity, but rather a post about how one man took the art of begging on the street with a sign just a little far. As I was coming home from work today I noticed this guy standing in the median at an intersection, of course being the good natured person I am, I began to feel sorry for the guy (wasn't gonna give him money though out of fear that he would end up taking me hostage or something). That was until I read what his sign said,

"Family kidnapped by pirates, need dabloon$ for ran$om"

Now I don't know if this was a joke or what, but how the hell does this guy think people are gonna give him money with a sign like that, and it kinda got me thinking.
Is the North American youth kinda (or drasticly, however you wanna look at it) going down in intelligence with every passing year, or was this gut just a bit off his rocker. What do the few of you who visit this blog think? please comment.

And oh yeah, I snapped a pic from my phone