Well, that didn't work, did it?

[BirvidikBob]

At least this one is significantly boaty:

www.sailblogs.com/member/birvidik

Cheers

Bob

 

[mjcoon]

It's a bit sad that someone as, um, mature as Our Bob is still concerned about his position amongst the pecking order of the insecure...

 

[BirvidikBob]

Look, Sunshine - I've spent most of my adult life (which is a sod of a long time) trying in vain to overcome a deep-rooted superiority complex.

 

[mjcoon]

Look, Sunshine - I've spent most of my adult life (which is a sod of a long time) trying in vain to overcome a deep-rooted superiority complex.

I recognise both problems (age and well-hidden but effortless superiority)... But you only get the Sunshine when I bend over!

 

[BirvidikBob]

"But you only get the Sunshine when I bend over!"



How strange. I have to bend over in order to be heard clearly,

 

[mjcoon]

"But you only get the Sunshine when I bend over!"

How strange. I have to bend over in order to be heard clearly,

Which reminds me that a colleague used to warn of a nether blast with the invitation "Speak, O Toothless One"...

 

[WoodyP]

Which reminds me that a colleague used to warn of a nether blast with the invitation "Speak, O Toothless One"...

The lips that speak without a tongue.

 

[mjcoon]

The lips that speak without a tongue.

Then there are musicians: Le Pétomane - Wikipedia

 

[BirvidikBob]

"Then there are musicians: Le Pétomane - Wikipedia"

Only the French would use a word derived from the verb 'to fart' to describe sparkling drinks.

 

[mjcoon]

"Then there are musicians: Le Pétomane - Wikipedia"

Only the French would use a word derived from the verb 'to fart' to describe sparkling drinks.

Reference, please. (To send to my sailing Brit friend who lives in France.)

 

[WoodyP]

"Then there are musicians: Le Pétomane - Wikipedia"

Only the French would use a word derived from the verb 'to fart' to describe sparkling drinks.

Btw, love your musings

 

[JNKScot]

Reference, please. (To send to my sailing Brit friend who lives in France.)

Funky Bubbles: So what exactly is Pét-Nat? – Pétillant Naturel Facts (petnat.ch)

 

[Stemar]

Funky Bubbles: So what exactly is Pét-Nat? – Pétillant Naturel Facts (petnat.ch)

I made some of that a long time ago. Unfortunately, I didn't mean to, so I used ordinary wine bottles, and it was a red. The resultant stains were incredibly hard to get rid of and I was still finding bits of broken glass in the back of cupboard years later

 

[mjcoon]

I made some of that a long time ago. Unfortunately, I didn't mean to, so I used ordinary wine bottles, and it was a red. The resultant stains were incredibly hard to get rid of and I was still finding bits of broken glass in the back of cupboard years later

Even less boaty, that reminds me of an incident when I was a schoolboy. I used to make ginger beer and mature it in the cupboard under the stairs in flip-top bottles which the rest of the family were very suspicious of. So when one evening there was a great crash of glass from out in the hall everyone looked at me, so I had to investigate. All the bottles were fine. But the glass hallway light had had a crisis and the glass shade had smashed on the floor. So fortunately I was not hoist by my own petard!

 

[Deleted member 36384]

Excellent writing! A wry wit, you could be Scottish in your positive pessimism. Best of luck with whatever next.