The origin of Messing About In Sailboats

  • The original quote is from Kenneth Grahame's Wind In the Willows: "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."

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February 11, 2010

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John Davey

You see Dick, if dis trophy was for hot-air ballooning or power boating, it would be dis high.

tillerman

Ummm. http://propercourse.blogspot.com/2010/02/caption-contest.html posted at 11:52 AM.

Great minds think alike?

Aongus

See, "Made in China"...

Baydog

First muddle sugar, lime, and mint. Then fill up to here with rum-hit with a little seltzer and, who needs to sail?

Gammon

Americas-Cup? Oh .. What Class ??

Ant

Mine comes right up to there...

Joe Rouse

I'm confused by all these caption contests!

tillerman

Me too. Why does everyone have to copy me?

baydog

Flattery, Tillerman, Flattery

Eric

See...this is when we got it back.

ken wilkinson

Richard saying-"Yeah that looks great but I came here to learn about Sailing not how to make a Wedding Cake."

Rob Falconer

Richard Branson looks down as his balloon passes the top of St. Paul's Cathedral

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