by Call me Fishmael August 30, 2003
Waves and spray, duh... not much else to see where there's nothin' but salt water from one horizon to da other! :P
In Lewis Carrol's hilarious "Hunting Of The Snark" poem, da "only knew how to navigate by tinkling his bell" captain was using a "map of da ocean" which contained nuthin' but "seanery" (i.e., just showing open water over da whole of da chart --- "Other maps are such SHAPES with their ISLANDS and CAPES!"); it's true dat da crew loved it because it was super-easy for their dim-witted brains to understand, but said "perfect and absolute blank" chart wasn't much good as far as being usable to actually plan a course for the ship to follow.
by QuacksO February 19, 2024
What you're promised on an ocean cruise, but generally it's only what you'd expect to see if you venture out on da "wavy water --- just endless expanses of brine and lots of herring gulls!
In Lewis Carrol's hilarious poem, "The Hunting of the Snark", da navigationally-clueless captain of da hunting-party used a "complete and absolute blank" map of "da sea", which was "without da least vestige of land". Just plain old "seanery" to be had out in da middle of da Atlantic, he probably figured, so why use a map dat shows anything different?
by QuacksO April 05, 2024