[Ads-l] Above the freight

W Brewer brewerwa at GMAIL.COM
Wed Dec 23 16:14:40 UTC 2015


And the real reason the crew had to wear wellies on the poop deck. (From
the French <la poupe>, naturellement. The men resented this ordure from the
capitain, who said, "Eh bien, your SHIT don't stink, do it?") Ya didn't
know that, I betcha. Well, neither did I.

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