The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63951 Message #1043317
Posted By: Rapparee
28-Oct-03 - 02:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Methane Sinks Ships?
Subject: RE: BS: Methane Sinks Ships?
I heard about the old oysterman on Chesapeake Bay who could tell where the boat was by the taste of the bottom on the lead line. Could tell to withing a few feet, in fact.
So his sons decided to really test the old man and loaded the bottom with the "soil" in a chicken coop.
That night, out in a fog, the old guy called for lead and then took the line and tasted to bottom.
"Back 'er!" he cried, "Back 'er! We're three feet into old lady Wentworth's chicken yard!"