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Beare's Law of Accelerating Catastrophe at Sea - BLAC 

At sea a problem can accelerate into a crisis at a rate proportional to the conditions
An example of Beare's Law of Accelerating Catastrophe at Sea - BLAC.

Imagine you are at sea and sailing along nicely a few miles off the coast of Corsica. You have the Genoa poled out and are running downwind. You are single handed. You pop down below to make yourself a cup of tea. Everything is fine. All of a sudden the wind shifts and you gybe. The pole slams across the forestay bent; the genoa is backed and the pole is trapped under the sail. As the boat lurches you are scolded with coffee. You rush on deck to sea the wind picking up and the boat floundering.

You are confident you will soon bring things under control. However, the wind is gusting alarmingly. A squawl from the hills. You cannot get the whisker pole off to furl the sail. You look up and in horror you see a ship coming at you dead ahead. The wind gusts and the boat is knocked down. You slip and land hard on deck bruising your arm.

And so it accumulates as you experience Beare's Law of Accelerating Catastrophe at Sea - BLAC.

Beare's Law 

The law of accumulating catastrophe. Often applied to nautical situations. Often a disaster beginning with one simple error that causes a domino effect.
Bill was sailing along when a shackle parted on the jib stay. The mast fell over the side. When Bill tried to engage the engine, the prop picked up some of the rigging and stalled. The wind and current pushed his boat until it ran aground on the beach. He had become an unwitting victim of Beare's law of accumulating catastrophe.
Beare's Law by Aquarama January 5, 2011

teddy beare

really good person really soft huggable most likely fat a good friend but nothing more you love them to death but you would not ever fuck this person or even go out with them.
you are my best friend you are just teddy beare.
teddy beare by ken winger October 2, 2006

We Bare Bear Jay 

Having oral sex while watching We Bare Bears or any other cartoon.
Him; laughing
Her; Are laughing during this We Bare Bear Jay?
Him; Pan Pan is killing me in this scene!

barefooting

To walk around barefoot, a verb
I Love barefooting in the park & on the lawn!
barefooting by Starchylde January 15, 2015

Bare Shelf 

The shape of a womans tits when she has used a push up bra to lift her saggy deflated tits so high that it gives the look of a bare shelf, empty shelf or mantlepiece

You can always spot them because the top of the shelf is flat as opposed to rounded. A genuine full pair of tits would have a rounded top
What's with the bare shelf? Just let them sag and be proud of them. You ain't fooling anyone darling, there's no shame in being a punctured princess
Bare Shelf by Working Class Hero November 24, 2020
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