/r/criticalblunder - "Taut him a lesson on ropes"

[KompetentKrew]

Sound on.

https://www.reddit.com/r/criticalblunder/comments/1me3dfv/taut_him_a_lesson_on_ropes

 

[Boathook]

That would have hurt !

 

[westernman]

Could have easily been much worse.
I would not have gone anywhere near that rope at any time.

 

[Dellquay13]

Pun or simple spelling mistake? Rhetorical musing only

 

[johnalison]

There was a story told to me about someone on the London River who was decapitated by a hawser. Some wag placed his head under his armpit as he was being transported to the morgue.

 

[Stemar]

Surely the most basic H&S means no one goes on that deck when the towing line's under tension?