“Uh, Ensign Knittwitt, the instruction manual says you need the Sun, moon, or stars for that thing to work. Clouds don’t hack it. Think I’ll go below, drink some rum with the mates, and get ready for tomorrow’s mutiny.”
II thought I heard somebody snicker/ if he’s seasick, he’ll be a lot sicker/ I’m in no mood to dicker/ with some dick in a slicker/ ’cause my boat bears a Biden sticker..
Before I use this dirty sextant/ on which microbes are visibly extant/ though the winds may be rising/ it needs sanitizing/with a brush, and a strong disinfextant (sic)
Dear Mom, Having a whale of a good time on the boat with the boys. That said, there’s something fishy about the ship’s sturgeon. He’s way too keen on the daily health of our scallops and eel. Anyway, I’ll sign off with the traditional sailor’s closing “Don’t bonefish, hold on till we reach port” Ahab
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 12 works by him have been used here (13 times, including 1 repeat).
has the prior work (another artist info URL, the 6th of which may be unresponsive, has been included here – has a section about this painting).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2541 (September 22, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
This is not what Ishmael expected when they told him he was going to be taught how to use the sextant.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
“Hey Andy, this weather forecast says it’s supposed to be sunny and calm.”
rmremail over 4 years ago
Hey, Cap’n, when was the last time you had this thing calibrated? ‘Cause if this is reading right, we’re in Timbuktu.
rmremail over 4 years ago
Johnson was mostly happy with the new rain gear, except the metal pith helmet was freezing his skull out of his head
Strob over 4 years ago
“Oh, crap! You’re metric, I’m English, and we’re lost!”
Papared25 over 4 years ago
“Uh, Ensign Knittwitt, the instruction manual says you need the Sun, moon, or stars for that thing to work. Clouds don’t hack it. Think I’ll go below, drink some rum with the mates, and get ready for tomorrow’s mutiny.”
jbrobo Premium Member over 4 years ago
“Damn! My iPad battery is dead. “
orinoco womble over 4 years ago
“I told you, electronics and salt spray don’t mix. Corrodes the hell out of circuitry.”
gopher gofer over 4 years ago
cain’t figger out these newfangled harpoons no how…
!!ǝlɐ⅁ over 4 years ago
‘Go sextant yourself!’
Buzzworld over 4 years ago
“Skipper, I think we’re lost.”
“Gilligan!!”
Egrayjames over 4 years ago
“I don’t care what type of measurements you take with that! I saw the man in Nantucket and it was this big!”
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
II thought I heard somebody snicker/ if he’s seasick, he’ll be a lot sicker/ I’m in no mood to dicker/ with some dick in a slicker/ ’cause my boat bears a Biden sticker..
Helen Ferrieux over 4 years ago
Hold your little mannikin still and I’ll take a photo of him.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
Before I use this dirty sextant/ on which microbes are visibly extant/ though the winds may be rising/ it needs sanitizing/with a brush, and a strong disinfextant (sic)
MS72 over 4 years ago
The internet is down again,
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 4 years ago
It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out. Turned out it was just a sextant shooting a star.
Jeffin Premium Member over 4 years ago
We the hicowee.
PO' DAWG over 4 years ago
“I’ll be right with you Captain, I’m on level 10 Candy Crush.”
prrdh over 4 years ago
“Uh-oh. Your reading and my sextant app’s don’t agree.
Another Take over 4 years ago
Dear Mom, Having a whale of a good time on the boat with the boys. That said, there’s something fishy about the ship’s sturgeon. He’s way too keen on the daily health of our scallops and eel. Anyway, I’ll sign off with the traditional sailor’s closing “Don’t bonefish, hold on till we reach port” Ahab
mabrndt Premium Member over 4 years ago
Eight Bells:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WinslowHomer-Eight_Bells_1886.jpg
has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/homer_winslow.html
http://www.sai.msu.su/cjackson/homer/homer_bio.htm
http://www.all-art.org/history458-2.html
https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/h/homer/biograph.html
https://www.wikiart.org/en/winslow-homer
https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=91
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/495/winslow-homer
http://www.avictorian.com/homer_winslow.html
http://totallyhistory.com/winslow-homer/
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/winslow-homer-1836-1910-americas-painter-99052589/115630.html
https://www.sullivangoss.com/artists/winslow-homer-1836-1910
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/famous-artists/winslow-homer.htm
http://hoocher.com/Winslow_Homer/Winslow_Homer.htm
all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 12 works by him have been used here (13 times, including 1 repeat).
https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2020/06/26?comments=visible
has the prior work (another artist info URL, the 6th of which may be unresponsive, has been included here – has a section about this painting).
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2541 (September 22, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
Honorable Mention In The Banjo Toss Premium Member over 4 years ago
“Don’t need a weatherman to see which way the Winslow.” (sorry, Bob)
Reader over 4 years ago
George signed on because they led him to believe he would be working with the sex-tent.
mwksix over 4 years ago
“Yeah, the last time we used apple maps™ we ended up aground in downtown Manhattan… "
Bookworm over 4 years ago
“If my calculations are correct, we need to turn left – I mean starboard – at the next atoll with a Starbucks.”
wmac8898 over 4 years ago
Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?
anomaly over 4 years ago
“The north star should be right behind that bank of clouds, or somewhere around that direction. Maybe behind us. Don’t worry. We’re not lost.”
Billy Yank over 4 years ago
Maybe they are using the Bellman’s Chart, “A perfect and absolute blank!”
d1234dick Premium Member over 4 years ago
the way the weather looks, i am glad we are still tied up at the dock.
MissScarlet Premium Member over 4 years ago
What do you think of the new face of Mrs. Paul’s ?
GoComicsGo! over 4 years ago
“Yeah… You’re definitely looking the wrong way.”