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)
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.
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.
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
dercoggins Premium Member over 2 years ago
Ummm – being pedantic, but an knot is a nautical mile per hour.
rwballca over 2 years ago
Knots is a measure of speed; furlongs or leagues are distance.
profbob over 2 years ago
I didn’t know you could row that fast.
wjones over 2 years ago
The faster you row the faster the knots go by.
WhatsTheJoke over 2 years ago
Seems like a wisecrack about Knots Landing would fit in here somewhere…
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.
nicka93 over 2 years ago
When your rowing for that long, it doesn’t make much difference
meg_grif over 2 years ago
Or until he makes the Kessel run in twelve parsecs.
BigDaveGlass over 2 years ago
Or until he resembles the one in the back. The very back…..
littlejohn Premium Member over 2 years ago
Could it be how many times his muscles knotted up on him while rowing?
Skeptical Meg over 2 years ago
Then they start getting calls to get the extended warranty.
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)
joem5636 over 2 years ago
so, roughly 100 miles
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.
1953Baby over 2 years ago
If both hands are on the oars, how’s he going to tie 10,000 knots?!? ;)
HOTLOTUS1 over 2 years ago
now that’s a good service plan
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.
Zebrastripes over 2 years ago
LOL! Love the skull…
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”
Goat from PBS over 2 years ago
Probably 10 years in that case.
Mediatech over 2 years ago
Quite the oar deal.
cactusbob333 over 2 years ago
Row faster – The king wants to water ski.
brettkoth over 2 years ago
Maybe he means knots in his shoulders and back.
zarilla over 2 years ago
Is that the coxswain that got skeletonized?
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.
Martin Booda over 2 years ago
Figure Id hasn’t gone metric.
spaced man spliff over 2 years ago
RAMMING SPEED !!
ron45wells over 2 years ago
can anyone explain knothead?
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