At Ease
She floats, she sails, she sleeps, lives and breathes the sea.
Bound for Key West
A sailor notices a nun leaving his ship shortly after liberty call was announced. Both walk towards a nearby bus stop and wait. The sailor can't seem to stop staring at her. She asks him why is he staring and he replies, "I have a question to ask you but I don't want to offend you."
She answers, "My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive."
Tom Swifties
- "Boy, that sure took the wind out of my sails!" said Tom disgustedly.
- "Buy me something to drink?" said Tom dryly.
- "Get away from the dynamite," Tom said explosively.
- "I commanded a group of ships for a week," Tom said fleetingly.
- "I forgot what to buy," Tom said listlessly.
- "I only get Newsweek," said Tom timelessly.
- "I punched him in the stomach three times," said Tom triumphantly.
- "I still haven't struck oil," said Tom boringly.
- "I
Rhode River
High Island isn't high enough to see, but is high enough to cause embarassment when your keel becomes impaled in the mud. Unless your draft is measured in mere inches and not feet and inches, this one point should be avoided. This is a popular weekend anchorage for both sail and stinkpots. Plenty of room for many.
