[Public-List] A CHRISTMAS MESSAGE

[Wes Gardner via Public-List]

Nice...

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Jay Davenport via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Twas The Night Before A Sailor's Christmas
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>  T’was the night before Christmas, I swung on the hook
>  With snowflakes a’landing, asleep with my book
>  When up on the deck I heard footsteps and stuff
>  “I’ve been boarded!” I thought, and I tried to be tough
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>  Then down the companionway hatch came a dude
>  He was dressed like a nut and I thought, “I’m so screwed”
>  But he laughed and he hummed as he surveyed my junk
>  So I figured he must be the resident drunk
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>  His eyes were lit up and he worked at fast speed
>  He gave me a whole bunch of stuff that I need
>  Like rum and cigars and new charts and a dinghy
>  And some kind of fancy electrical thingy
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>  This stuff could have been stolen but I wasn’t telling
>  I just hoped he was giving and wasn’t just selling
>  And I poured him a grog which he downed with a wink
>  Then I poured one for me (Lord I needed a drink!)
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>  Then he staggered above to the dark snowy night
>  As I peeked I beheld an incredible sight
>  Eight tiny dolphins and a beautiful sleigh
>  And the dude hopped aboard and prepared to make way
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>  The dolphins were ready to power the sled
>  But the guy raised a genny and mains’l instead
>  With a burp and a chuckle he gathered the breeze
>  And called to the dolphins, now swimming with ease
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>  “Hey Stalker and FEMA and Cancer and Nixon!
>  On Stinky and Pepper Spray, Mason, and Dixon!
>  Or whatever your names are, you cute little fishes,
>  Here’s to every last sailor, my best Christmas wishes!”
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>  As he sailed away leaving a wobbly wake
>  I hoped he had not many stops left to make
>  He got close to shore and he soon was aground
>  But the dolphins proceeded to pull him around
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>  And I heard him exclaim as he sailed out of sight
>  “Merry Christmas to all, and to all a goodnight!”
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>  From Jay Davenport
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