Humor Poetry posted January 4, 2025


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Oops! Sailor Errs

by Tom Horonzy

 

A sailor wet the fo'c's'le, also doused his pants
when he erroneously took a chance
urinating first into the wind
leaving him quite chagrin
'til he veered arear
and changed his stance.
 
It's hard to imagine this could happen
to a grizzly bosun' guzzlin' a flagon
but to an AG..? I cannot contemplate
for they are taught how to extrapolate
the direction from which the wind is blowing
calculating where their pee be flowing.
 
The lad must've been an airman apprentice!
 

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fo'c's'le, - also poopdeck or forecastle - the forward part of the weather deck of a vessel
bosun or boatswain -a petty officer on a vessel, in charge of rigging, anchors, cables, etc.
flagon - a sipping vessel bosun's use for holding rum
AG - Aerographer Mate - a weather guesser - a student of air and atmosphere.
Airman apprentice - a rookie squid or sailor

Credit Cotton Bro for the photograph - found on Pexels.com It was as close as I could find for the 'subject' in hand.
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