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Peggie Hall/Head Mistress
This doesn't have a thing to do with plumbing...but it's the only forum I know of that posts to all the Hunter, Catalina, and Beneteau owners...and I wanted to share it with all of you. I didn't write it--I wish I were talented enough to do so!--it's the creation of Jerry Ewing, who's better known on the Cruising World Bulletin Board as "Jerry the Keel Guy"...I hope you enjoy it as much as I did:T'was the night before Christmas, I swung on the hookWith snowflakes a'landing, asleep with my bookWhen up on the deck I heard footsteps and stuff "I've been boarded!" I thought, and I tried to be toughThen down the companionway hatch came a dudeHe was dressed like a nut and I thought, "I'm so screwed"But he laughed and he hummed as he surveyed my junk So I figured he must be the resident drunkHis eyes were lit up like a junkie on speedBut he gave me a whole bunch of stuff that I needLike rum and cigars and new charts and a dinghyAnd some kind of fancy electrical thingy I knew it was stolen but I wasn't tellingI just hoped he was giving and wasn't just sellingAnd I poured him a grog which he downed with a winkThen I poured one for me (Lord I needed a drink!)Then he staggered above to the dark snowy night As I peeked I beheld an incredible sight Eight tiny dolphins and a beautiful sleigh And the dude hopped aboard and prepared to make wayThe dolphins were ready to power the sledBut the guy raised a ginny and mains'l insteadWith a burp and a chuckle he gathered the breezeAnd called to the dolphins, now swimming with ease"Hey Stalker and FEMA and Cancer and Nixon!Or Stinky and Pepper Spray, Mason, and Dixon!Or whatever your names are, you cute little fishes,Here's to every last sailor, my best Christmas wishes!"As he sailed away leaving a wobbly wakeI hoped he had not many stops left to make He got close to shore and he soon was agroundBut the dolphins proceeded to pull him aroundAnd I heard him exclaim as he sailed out of sight"Killer whales! …..I'm just kidding, don't be so uptight!"