Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for March 23, 2022

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    dercoggins Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Ummm – being pedantic, but an knot is a nautical mile per hour.

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    rwballca  over 2 years ago

    Knots is a measure of speed; furlongs or leagues are distance.

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    profbob  over 2 years ago

    I didn’t know you could row that fast.

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    wjones  over 2 years ago

    The faster you row the faster the knots go by.

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    WhatsTheJoke  over 2 years ago

    Seems like a wisecrack about Knots Landing would fit in here somewhere…

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    Fritzsch  over 2 years ago

    Nice try, but it sort of falls flat with those who know that the knot is a measure of speed, not of distance.

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    nicka93  over 2 years ago

    When your rowing for that long, it doesn’t make much difference

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    meg_grif  over 2 years ago

    Or until he makes the Kessel run in twelve parsecs.

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    BigDaveGlass  over 2 years ago

    Or until he resembles the one in the back. The very back…..

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    littlejohn Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Could it be how many times his muscles knotted up on him while rowing?

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    Skeptical Meg  over 2 years ago

    Then they start getting calls to get the extended warranty.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member over 2 years ago

    A modern version would have them sitting behind a computer for 8+ hours a day while the team leader beats out ramming speed from his seat in front. (Based on a True Story)

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    joem5636  over 2 years ago

    so, roughly 100 miles

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    Calvinist1966  over 2 years ago

    That’s like a prisoner in a chain gang being given a target of rocks to break to get an early release.

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    1953Baby  over 2 years ago

    If both hands are on the oars, how’s he going to tie 10,000 knots?!? ;)

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    HOTLOTUS1  over 2 years ago

    now that’s a good service plan

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    Bruce1253  over 2 years ago

    Hortator, to the slaves, "I have good news and bad news. The good new is there will be extra gruel, the bad news is the Tyrant wants to go water skiing.

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    Zebrastripes  over 2 years ago

    LOL! Love the skull…

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    macmcneil49  over 2 years ago

    I did knot know this…..

    - a unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile per hour, used especially of ships, aircraft, or winds.

    HISTORICAL

    - a length marked by knots on a log line, as a measure of speed.“some days the vessel logged 12 knots”

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    Goat from PBS  over 2 years ago

    Probably 10 years in that case.

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    Mediatech  over 2 years ago

    Quite the oar deal.

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    cactusbob333  over 2 years ago

    Row faster – The king wants to water ski.

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    brettkoth  over 2 years ago

    Maybe he means knots in his shoulders and back.

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    zarilla  over 2 years ago

    Is that the coxswain that got skeletonized?

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    BlueKnight1966  over 2 years ago

    Not sure the the human body can produce such speeds. Maybe if they feed the crew beans and cabbage for a couple of months they can create enough “jet” propulsion to get there.

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    Martin Booda  over 2 years ago

    Figure Id hasn’t gone metric.

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    spaced man spliff  over 2 years ago

    RAMMING SPEED !!

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    ron45wells  over 2 years ago

    can anyone explain knothead?

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    grizz  over 2 years ago

    at least in Athens, warships were payed for by wealthy citizens who then were the captains. Military service was universal for all citizens and they maned the oars - rich and poor alike side by side - a true demoracy

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