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The Night Before Christmas
Author: unknown T'was the night before Christmas, I swung on the hook With snowflakes a'landing, asleep with my book When up on the deck I heard footsteps and stuff "I've been boarded!" I thought, and I tried to be tough Then down the companionway hatch came a dude He 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 drunk His eyes were lit up like a junkie on speed But he gave me a whole bunch of stuff that I need Like rum and cigars and new charts and a dinghy And some kind of fancy electrical thingy I knew it was stolen but I wasn't telling I just hoped he was giving and wasn't just selling And I poured him a grog which he downed with a wink Then 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 way The dolphins were ready to power the sled But the guy raised a genny and mains'l instead With a burp and a chuckle he gathered the breeze And 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 wake I hoped he had not many stops left to make He got close to shore and he soon was aground But the dolphins proceeded to pull him around And I heard him exclaim as he sailed out of sight "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!" -- "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain |
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Skip Gundlach wrote:
The Night Before Christmas Author: unknown The author is Gerald Ewing (aka Jerry the Keel Guy)...written in December 1999. He'd brought down the house with his parody "Hey Mr. West Marine Man" at a party during the Annapolis boat show that year and we begged him to write us something for Christmas. He emailed it to me on December 1...I posted it on the CWBB...and the rest, as they say, is history. It's now become a Christmas classic among sailors online. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html T'was the night before Christmas, I swung on the hook With snowflakes a'landing, asleep with my book When up on the deck I heard footsteps and stuff "I've been boarded!" I thought, and I tried to be tough Then down the companionway hatch came a dude He 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 drunk His eyes were lit up like a junkie on speed But he gave me a whole bunch of stuff that I need Like rum and cigars and new charts and a dinghy And some kind of fancy electrical thingy I knew it was stolen but I wasn't telling I just hoped he was giving and wasn't just selling And I poured him a grog which he downed with a wink Then 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 way The dolphins were ready to power the sled But the guy raised a genny and mains'l instead With a burp and a chuckle he gathered the breeze And 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 wake I hoped he had not many stops left to make He got close to shore and he soon was aground But the dolphins proceeded to pull him around And I heard him exclaim as he sailed out of sight "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!" -- |
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Skip Gundlach wrote:
The Night Before Christmas Author: unknown The author is Gerald Ewing (aka Jerry the Keel Guy)...written in December 1999. He'd brought down the house with his parody "Hey Mr. West Marine Man" at a party during the Annapolis boat show that year and we begged him to write us something for Christmas. He emailed it to me on December 1...I posted it on the CWBB...and the rest, as they say, is history. It's now become a Christmas classic among sailors online. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html T'was the night before Christmas, I swung on the hook With snowflakes a'landing, asleep with my book When up on the deck I heard footsteps and stuff "I've been boarded!" I thought, and I tried to be tough Then down the companionway hatch came a dude He 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 drunk His eyes were lit up like a junkie on speed But he gave me a whole bunch of stuff that I need Like rum and cigars and new charts and a dinghy And some kind of fancy electrical thingy I knew it was stolen but I wasn't telling I just hoped he was giving and wasn't just selling And I poured him a grog which he downed with a wink Then 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 way The dolphins were ready to power the sled But the guy raised a genny and mains'l instead With a burp and a chuckle he gathered the breeze And 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 wake I hoped he had not many stops left to make He got close to shore and he soon was aground But the dolphins proceeded to pull him around And I heard him exclaim as he sailed out of sight "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!" -- |
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Peggie Hall wrote:
Skip Gundlach wrote: The Night Before Christmas Author: unknown The author is Gerald Ewing (aka Jerry the Keel Guy)...written in December 1999. He'd brought down the house with his parody "Hey Mr. West Marine Man" at a party during the Annapolis boat show that year and we begged him to write us something for Christmas. He emailed it to me on December 1...I posted it on the CWBB...and the rest, as they say, is history. It's now become a Christmas classic among sailors online. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall I suspect Skip didn't know the original source. Thanks for supplying it. I *wish* people would attribute what they borrow, but fear it's a lost cause on the Internet. [I gave up tracing how many times pics from our BVI pages have been reposted without attribution.] -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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Peggie Hall wrote:
Skip Gundlach wrote: The Night Before Christmas Author: unknown The author is Gerald Ewing (aka Jerry the Keel Guy)...written in December 1999. He'd brought down the house with his parody "Hey Mr. West Marine Man" at a party during the Annapolis boat show that year and we begged him to write us something for Christmas. He emailed it to me on December 1...I posted it on the CWBB...and the rest, as they say, is history. It's now become a Christmas classic among sailors online. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall I suspect Skip didn't know the original source. Thanks for supplying it. I *wish* people would attribute what they borrow, but fear it's a lost cause on the Internet. [I gave up tracing how many times pics from our BVI pages have been reposted without attribution.] -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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I suspect Skip didn't know the original source.
I'm sure he didn't. It's been re-posted so many times in the 5 years since Jerry emailed it to me and I posted on the Cruising World site that it's unlikely that more than 10% of the people who've saved it and reposted have a clue who wrote it. Such is the way of the internet. I only wish I could be inspired to write something that as many people would want to save and pass along. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html |
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I suspect Skip didn't know the original source.
I'm sure he didn't. It's been re-posted so many times in the 5 years since Jerry emailed it to me and I posted on the Cruising World site that it's unlikely that more than 10% of the people who've saved it and reposted have a clue who wrote it. Such is the way of the internet. I only wish I could be inspired to write something that as many people would want to save and pass along. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html |
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Peggie Hall wrote:
I suspect Skip didn't know the original source. I'm sure he didn't. It's been re-posted so many times in the 5 years since Jerry emailed it to me and I posted on the Cruising World site that it's unlikely that more than 10% of the people who've saved it and reposted have a clue who wrote it. Such is the way of the internet. I only wish I could be inspired to write something that as many people would want to save and pass along. Suggest you do a search on your stuff. You've been quoted and referred to more than anyone else I can think of on r.b.c. (flames excepted.) Whenever you've been flamed, the regulars stomped on the flamer so hard that you didn't have to do anything. Few authors on this group have that much support. Truth be told, I can't think of any r.b.c poster that is as well regarded. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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Peggie Hall wrote:
I suspect Skip didn't know the original source. I'm sure he didn't. It's been re-posted so many times in the 5 years since Jerry emailed it to me and I posted on the Cruising World site that it's unlikely that more than 10% of the people who've saved it and reposted have a clue who wrote it. Such is the way of the internet. I only wish I could be inspired to write something that as many people would want to save and pass along. Suggest you do a search on your stuff. You've been quoted and referred to more than anyone else I can think of on r.b.c. (flames excepted.) Whenever you've been flamed, the regulars stomped on the flamer so hard that you didn't have to do anything. Few authors on this group have that much support. Truth be told, I can't think of any r.b.c poster that is as well regarded. -- Jere Lull Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD) Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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LOLOLOLOL!!!!!!
Padeen "WaIIy" wrote in message ... On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 02:02:46 GMT, Peggie Hall wrote: Such is the way of the internet. I only wish I could be inspired to write something that as many people would want to save and pass along. Peggie Your excellent advice allows people to pass quite a bit along. |
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