Drunk Like A Sailor

"Drunk Like A Sailor"*

*A drunken sailor on liberty got into a big mud
puddle in the street and was looking for something
there. Soon two other sailors came over and
asked him: "Hey, bud, what are you looking for?"

"You better give me a hand, men," said the drunk.

The new arrivals walked into the puddle too and
set about searching something unknown. At last
the first drunk got out of the puddle and exclaimed:
"I've found it!"

"What did you find?"

"The shore...

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"Strange Flags"*
*
A sailor boasted to be able to read any flag signal.
He was asked about a beflagged ship near at
anchor. "Strange, they say they are on the rocks.
It's quarantine. We're surrendering."

Then a boat from the ship in distress was lowered
and brought some sailors to the pier. They were
asked by frightened spectators who had heard
the ominous interpretation of the signals by the
great expert of flag communication.

"What do you mean by your terrible signals?"

"Those aren't signals. The crew had a wash day
and now they are drying up their underwear."
Received on Thu Dec 31 12:05:09 2009