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Close, but the guy with the sextant and rippling muscles has no pocket
protector or horn-rimmed glasses. Rather he has a sou'wester cap
and an upside-down corncob pipe (for alternatives, see the waterfront
fern bar scene in the Perfect Storm movie). The guy floating off with
the non-functioning GPS is the one with the glasses and pocket protector.
DiD (Damsel in Distress) was enamored with nerd earlier in the voyage
when his cool expertise about things electronic and modern ever so
impressed her. Then the storm clouds gathered, the GPS wilted, and she
found her true love ...
Unfortunately for her, he's down below trying to reduce his damn sights
instead of paying attention to her stroking of his hairy chest...
Lu Abel
Robert Eno wrote:
> I have a picture in my mind -- in a 1940's/1950's cartoon motif -- of a
> nerdish fellow with horn-rimmed glasses, rippling muscles exposed by a torn
> shirt (complete with pocket protector filled with pens and pencils), amidst
> a storm-tossed sea. Our hero is clutching his trusty sextant in one hand,
> raised high in the air, in defiance of danger. His other arm is firmly
> wrapped around the waist of a beautiful damsel-in-distress, who in turn, is
> clinging to him as she would to a lifering, gazing up at him with total
> adulation. In the background is the quintessential football hero type
> bobbing up and down in the waves, clutching what remains of his
> non-functioning GPS.
>
> With apologies to the list for such a frivolous foray into fantasy......
>
>
> Robert
