"What cargo is on that ship?" System neutral random generator

As my Sea Wolves characters have finally got their hands on their very first ship and took to the waves seeking plunder, I needed a way to quickly generate the cargoes of any unfortunate merchant vessel they come across. This generator tries to combine a fair chance of the crushingly mundane for the demands of verisimilitude but during creation I did little to limit my sense of whimsy. ("nine barrels of bloody awful gin each containing a pickled monkey" remains my personal favourite.) Useful if you're running any kind of fantasy Age of Sail adventure, and if you're running something historical nix the supernatural stuff.