Two master mariners were sitting at the bar one night getting well
tanked up when one turns to the other saying, "You know what gets me, is
the damn crew! They're OK for the first few weeks, but on those
three-month trips at sea they start getting pretty hard up. With all the
whacking off going on, it's a wonder any work is getting done, and it's
making a mess all over the ship. I don't know what to do!"
The other captain smiles knowingly at his companion. "Oldest trick in the
book. You take the crew and divide them into two teams, then you buy about
50 barrels and put them on the ship. You tell the crew that the team
that fills the most barrels wins a bag of gold."
"Hey! That's a neat way to keep the ship clean... but then I'm out a bag
of gold every trip!"
"Not so," replies the other captain. "After you get back to port, take all
the barrels together and sell them to the wax factory to make into
candles. You make a tidy profit every time."
The captain pondered this and the next day, he took his friend's advice
and divided the crew, bought a bunch of barrels, and set off to sea.
Before long, the crew took to the new system and began filling barrel
after barrel. When they finally reached port, the captain sold the barrels
for a huge profit. 'This is great,' thought the captain, 'before long,
I'll be able to buy a new boat!'
This went on, voyage after voyage. Then one day, the ship happened back to
that very first port. Coming down the gangplank, the captain was surprised
to see the police waiting for him. As they slapped the cuffs on him, the
captain cried out "What's the meaning of this?!"
"You sick bastard," replied one of the policemen, "Remember all those
barrels you sold to the candle factory last time you passed through here?"
"Sure," said the captain. "What about 'em?!"
"Well, they made them into candles, sold them to the convent, and now all
the nuns are pregnant!"
tanked up when one turns to the other saying, "You know what gets me, is
the damn crew! They're OK for the first few weeks, but on those
three-month trips at sea they start getting pretty hard up. With all the
whacking off going on, it's a wonder any work is getting done, and it's
making a mess all over the ship. I don't know what to do!"
The other captain smiles knowingly at his companion. "Oldest trick in the
book. You take the crew and divide them into two teams, then you buy about
50 barrels and put them on the ship. You tell the crew that the team
that fills the most barrels wins a bag of gold."
"Hey! That's a neat way to keep the ship clean... but then I'm out a bag
of gold every trip!"
"Not so," replies the other captain. "After you get back to port, take all
the barrels together and sell them to the wax factory to make into
candles. You make a tidy profit every time."
The captain pondered this and the next day, he took his friend's advice
and divided the crew, bought a bunch of barrels, and set off to sea.
Before long, the crew took to the new system and began filling barrel
after barrel. When they finally reached port, the captain sold the barrels
for a huge profit. 'This is great,' thought the captain, 'before long,
I'll be able to buy a new boat!'
This went on, voyage after voyage. Then one day, the ship happened back to
that very first port. Coming down the gangplank, the captain was surprised
to see the police waiting for him. As they slapped the cuffs on him, the
captain cried out "What's the meaning of this?!"
"You sick bastard," replied one of the policemen, "Remember all those
barrels you sold to the candle factory last time you passed through here?"
"Sure," said the captain. "What about 'em?!"
"Well, they made them into candles, sold them to the convent, and now all
the nuns are pregnant!"
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