Dropping The Hook To Win The Race
[This article was published on the official Cowes site (www.cowesweek.co.uk) – Monday 5 Aug 2002]
mrmainelli
Middle Aged, Middle Of The Fleet, And Loving It – Kiel Week 2002 (Kieler Woche)
Sailors are only young once – for this sailor it’s once a year at Kiel Week.
Racing With The Settees, The Kids, And A Roaring Fire
“Free the wang (sic)”, “keep the horse clear (ditto)”, “babies below (what?)” and “shall I serve lunch before the next tack (yes!)” are not the sort of phrases one expects to hear during a race. However, this is fairly common…
Fifty Ways To Cut Your Mustard
Those who know me, know my weakness: “The problem is all inside your bread”, she said to me,
Revolving Door Etiquette
As one of the few people, other than Chuck Norris, who can slam a revolving door, imagine my delight when a major concern over etiquette is finally resolved:
Haxen Maria
HAXEN MARIA Pfersdorfer warten schon morgens
Pirates & Pinafores
Franken My Dear? I Don’t Give A Damn.
(Dedicated to the Memories of Markus Reuß and Various Other Prejudices)
Harrendous
PIGEONHOLER
ISTEL DEFENCE MARKET THRUST SPEARHEADED BY INNOVATIVE PRODUCT [this April Fool’s spoof came out on 1 April 1985 in the corporate magazine of British Leyland’s IT arm, ISTEL, in Redditch, Warwickshire]