HI->Tahiti Dingbats found after 5 months

[Cadence]

Originally Posted by zboss

Guard: Halt! Who goes there?
King Arthur: It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!
Guard: Pull the other one!
King Arthur: I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.
Guard: What? Ridden on a horse?
King Arthur: Yes!
Guard: You're using coconuts!
King Arthur: What?
Guard: You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.
King Arthur: So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercia, through...
Guard: Where'd you get the coconuts?
King Arthur: We found them.
Guard: Found them? In Mercia?! The coconut's tropical!
King Arthur: What do you mean?
Guard: Well, this is a temperate zone.
King Arthur: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?
Guard: Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?
King Arthur: Not at all. They could be carried.
Guard: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?
King Arthur: It could grip it by the husk!
Guard: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
King Arthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?
Guard: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
King Arthur: Please!
Guard: Am I right?
King Arthur: I'm not not interested!
[A second guard approaches the parapet]
Guard 2: It could be carried by an African swallow!
Guard 1: Oh yeah. An African swallow, maybe -- but not a European swallow, that's my point.
Guard 2: Oh yeah, I agree with that.
King Arthur: [exasperated] Will you ask your master if he wants to join my court at Camelot?!
Guard 1: But, of course, African swallows are non-migratory.
Guard 2: Oh, yeah.
[Arthur begins to depart]
Guard 1: ...So they couldn't bring a coconut back anyway.

Bubble bubble toil and trouble sounds better. Only two witches.

[davil]

Originally Posted by zboss View Post
well,it depends on the color of those coconuts,and perhaps more importantly,
are they halves of the same coconut or they are halves from different coconuts?

[lateral]

If I rolled around for x months making no way l would have gone coconuts. Maybe that explains it.
I'm sure its banned under Geneva convention.

[Tetepare]

I've never been seasick. My kid hasn't either and she'll go read in the V berth in any weather. But if I were in a boat beam-on to the swell 24/7 for months I'll bet I'd get really sick.

Speaking of which...beam on to swells. Mast and boom rocking back and forth. Tension on the "broken" spreader on/off/on/off/on/off. For weeks, maybe months. If that didn't take the mast down, I don't know what would.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by Tetepare

Almost anything is possible. If Thor Heyerdahl is telling the truth, one of his expeditions captured two 6' eel elves. Elves are immature, fish-shaped eels

Just sayin'

Elves:


Elvers:

[Tetepare]

OK. elveRs.

[Cherod]

[QUOTE=Souzag818;2514260]

Originally Posted by Cherod

I could say that I certainly would not be too concerned with the opinion of someone who sails a 24 ft boat !!QUOTE]
Says the guy, who by his own admission, doesn't even own a boat!!!!??? Wow.... "Sorry, I just can't take" you seriously"

Doesn't own a boat ? You are sadly mistaken mr , just how do you dream it up ??

[Uncle Bob]

[QUOTE=Cherod;2514432]

Originally Posted by Souzag818

Doesn't own a boat ? You are sadly mistaken mr , just how do you dream it up ??

Perhaps your reluctance to answer that or the experience questions may have something to do with it.

[Cherod]

[QUOTE=Uncle Bob;2514433]

Originally Posted by Cherod

Perhaps your reluctance to answer that or the experience questions may have something to do with it.

That is rather reminiscent of modern gutter media , if you don't have the facts then make some up which will appeal to the moronic masses , good on yer !! Fact is this thread is not about me , my experience ( whatever you may assume it to be ) is no excuse for the likes of yourself to create your own little fantasies as to what happened on a boat in the middle of an ocean thousands in some cases tens of thousands of miles away from you , but hey , rave on .

[Jim Cate]

That is rather reminiscent of modern gutter media , if you don't have the facts then make some up which will appeal to the moronic masses

This is really funny, coming from someone who seems to be supporting the "facts" reported by the rescued ladies.

Jim

[Uncle Bob]

[QUOTE=Cherod;2514444]

Originally Posted by Uncle Bob

That is rather reminiscent of modern gutter media , if you don't have the facts then make some up which will appeal to the moronic masses , good on yer !! Fact is this thread is not about me , my experience ( whatever you may assume it to be ) is no excuse for the likes of yourself to create your own little fantasies as to what happened on a boat in the middle of an ocean thousands in some cases tens of thousands of miles away from you , but hey , rave on .

Ah, case rests yer honour. I see that you have roundly embraced the be nice rule.

[hzcruiser]

Originally Posted by Cherod

That is rather reminiscent of modern gutter media , if you don't have the facts then make some up which will appeal to the moronic masses , good on yer !! Fact is this thread is not about me , my experience ( whatever you may assume it to be ) is no excuse for the likes of yourself to create your own little fantasies as to what happened on a boat in the middle of an ocean thousands in some cases tens of thousands of miles away from you , but hey , rave on .

I'm all with you, Cherod. It appears as if an open forum like this encourages presumably well-mannered people to top the previous posters libel?

[hzcruiser]

Originally Posted by Uncle Bob

Ah, case rests yer honour. I see that you have roundly embraced the be nice rule.

I'd say there is a significant difference between being nice and being fair.

As mentioned before, they're not here and cannot defend themselves or set the record straight.

[Jim Cate]

As mentioned before, they're not here and cannot defend themselves or set the record straight.

It would be most interesting if they were to appear here and enter into dialog with us. However, so far each time they have made appearances and statements they have dug their hole deeper by making statements that have proven to be false or distorted.

It's quite chivalrous to defend these maidens, but their own statements and actions have removed credulity from their story. Commenting upon those public statements is hardly libelous... when the lawyers at the NYT allow them to publicly doubt the story it is pretty safe to say that such doubt is not actionable or even beyond the norm of polite society.

Jim

[Cherod]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

It would be most interesting if they were to appear here and enter into dialog with us. However, so far each time they have made appearances and statements they have dug their hole deeper by making statements that have proven to be false or distorted.

It's quite chivalrous to defend these maidens, but their own statements and actions have removed credulity from their story. Commenting upon those public statements is hardly libelous... when the lawyers at the NYT allow them to publicly doubt the story it is pretty safe to say that such doubt is not actionable or even beyond the norm of polite society.

Jim

Not being a regular with the NYT I have not seen the article referred to , but I doubt they were called liars fraudsters impersonators etc etc .oh and the latest " kidnappers " , as we say here " get a grip man "