It may also be a reference to a hardy variety plant which does not dry up in extreme dry summer but a plant that
scurvies the summer and
provide sustenance to life in hard times.54 In mystical Islam, the road to the stage of intimacy (uns) with God - for - us is reckoned to be lonely, for not many undertake this journey prior to death in a voluntary sort of way.
On the rare occasions that the pirates are left to be the
scurvy dogs they are, the movie finds its humor (the brethren court scene is funny as it turns into an all - out brawl and punctuated by a unfortunately forgettable cameo by Keith Richards, Depp's inspiration for the role of Sparrow), but otherwise, two seamen (Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Cook) who have traveled the whole of this voyage
provide amusing asides to the proceedings while a monkey steals every scene it's in.