Russ Emerson | September 19, 2005
My broadband has been out all afternoon and evening. Just got it back. Someone at Time Warner Cable needs to walk the plank. Yarrgghhh. Yes, it is indeed International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Now, where in North Carolina might a fellow find a dead man’s chest and bottle of rum at this time of […]
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Russ Emerson | July 21, 2005
In naval parlance from the age of sail, the term “pooped” is used to describe what happens when a ship is struck from the rear by a large wave – travelling faster than the ship itself, obviously – which breaks over the poop of the ship. Ha-ha-he-said-poop. Grow up, people. Think “poop deck.” In those […]
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