But, Dave: any old-time boatman can cuss for two minutes without hesitation, repetition or deviation!

AggieD: there was a tv series not so long back which featured the anual around-the-BCN-in-48-hours race. One of the boats took a wrong turn up a dead end and found their prop wash was disturbing some very toxic mud. It was full of nasty stuff that had been dumped there from nearby factories, and it didn't legally count as dangerous and so couldn't be cleaned up) so long as no-one disturbed the mud; but when a boat did, it was grounded until everything had settled down!

Steve (BCN Society, 1976-7)