And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
You have heard the term "three sheets to the wind" haven't you? Complete loss of control of a very large expanse of canvas in extreme winds. Almost any real sailor has been there.
Don't like being out there? Don't drop the rope next time.
ReplyDeleteYou have heard the term "three sheets to the wind" haven't you? Complete loss of control of a very large expanse of canvas in extreme winds. Almost any real sailor has been there.
DeleteIt's a "line", not a "Rope" ...
ReplyDeleteackshually I think it might be called a sheet.
DeleteNot a good day when risks like this have to be taken.
ReplyDeleteOkay, who can see why he went out on the running bow sprit?
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