You want to make a sow's ear out of a silk purse?
Quietly maturing… does the rot glow in the dark yet? If not, leave them another year or two.
And there's the story told by Frank Muir or Denis Norden on BBC Radio's "My Word". In which an Eskimo (when that name was thought acceptable) found his kayak was stuck in the ice and he was freezing to death. He kept ripping bits of wood of the boat and burning them to keep warm, until there was no buoyancy left and he drowned. Which sorry tale proved that you cannot have your kayak and heat it....
Have we got to the point here that carrying coal on board, and feeding your coal stove is in some way superior to pressing a button, and, as if by magic, warm air comes out of grilles inside the boat, eliminating condensation, and enabling the Mrs to get her kit off unhindered by the outside weather?
I am unfortunately thinking a string vest is all they wearing. One of those thoughts I wish I hadn’t had
What, not even fishnets?
They go with a basque, not a string vest.
"go with"? Who's being boringly conventional? On a yacht? Especially Wansy's?
I think he’s probably a bit too conventional to adopt a string vest and fishnet stockings as his sailing attire, yes
Start with gimballed parafin lamps...
……Idont even wear my baseball hat back to front!I think he’s probably a bit too conventional to adopt a string vest and fishnet stockings as his sailing attire, yes
I should think not! I did once have a few marked ‘Front’ and ‘Back’ to give to those people who do that. The supply ran short very quickly.
