fun with vocabulary
“The panes were finally removed. Alas, we had not calculated for the mullion, and the surprise was further delayed.”
“Hildegard had more horsepower, but Gigi topped the tons in bollard pull, and the two were in a catty fight to spin the tanker either clockwise or counterclockwise.”
“She failed inspection miserably, even being faulted for sloppy catenary.” Need your catenary calculated? book an appointment with the DoryMan.
disclaimer: usage might be wrong, corrections gratefully accepted.
towmasters
tugster
Bowsprite 
Love the weeping ship – not a dry eye in the hawse.
you’ve cleared up some problems i’ve experienced of late: going to the barber and asking he give me a mullion, stopping at the freshfish place to choose something tasty from the bollard pool, trying to get treatment for my ill-disposed feline at the catenary . .. now i know why all these requests drew blank stares. keep up the good work; i’ve said plenty more things that’ve drawn the same vacant looks. there’s hope!
Oh the punishment; at least it wasn’t anchored in hawse-tile humor even if it was a bit catty-nary!
Better to get a mullion than a mullet, at least. Thanks a mullion!
Now, get ye off to the punitentiary.
Well I am totally out of my league here – my English is not good enough, although if you said the same thing in French I still might not understand these nautical terms. I do like the dejected look of the green boat – so pitiful!
Oh, I’m delighted with your drawings. They leave me grinning. And on top of it, I learned something.
Vagabonde, my English is fine, but I’m outpunned in this crowd.
I’m off to figure out how Bollard Pull applies to windsurfing.
I had to get the dictionary to find out of “catenary” meant, so I just learned a new word.
Your drawings are great, you make the huge tanker human, I felt sorry for her being fought over by Hildegard and Gigi!
You have a prize waiting for you in my blog. I hope you will enjoy it. Celeste
ma chere . . . j’ai deja appris ces mots. je veux bien d’autres choses a apprendre. j’aimerais bien les jolies dessins des bateux hollandais . . . ou bien belges. n’importe . . . mais j’ai faim pour quelgue chose de nouvelle . .
Thank you for the inspiration! (and the catenation).
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