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Nautical terms are so often attractive and mellifluous, and, if not so tonally pleasing, interesting because of the mental associations.
That 'drunken sailor' Jackie mentions, for instance, I once heard was actually a term for either a wet or some kind of unattached sail--I've forgotten the particulars.
'Futtock shroud' is my favorite term, next followed by 'bilge blood.'
Now, Stales. I must confess. I am horribly gullible. The story you wrote about the Constitution and the taking on of all that alcohol. Was it a joke or the truth? Either way, it's a great story.
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