Stan and Ollie help Captain Long shanghai (maritime for "kidnap") men for his ship. They do so by daring a man to put an egg in his mouth without breaking it, only for them to bop the man on the chin, crushing the egg. The man gives chase and is clonked on the head by a frying pan. This plan backfires on them in the end.
When a man calls the ship a "ghost ship", Captain Long punches him and threatens that the next person to mention ghosts to him will get their heads twisted around 180 degrees. This later happens to Stan and Ollie.
Stan finds a pistol, which misfires and hits what they believe to be a man in bed. They're afraid they've killed a man.
