But there, I've said too much.
I think Sidebar was an inspiration for Rubio.
But there, I've said too much.
Indeed you have.
Speaking of the anchor poor Sidebar Moderator took along on his ... errh ... swimming adventure, I don't suppose I ever shared with y'all what happened to a good friend of mine.
A sailor was caught AWOL as he tried to sneak on board his ship around 0300 hours. The Chief Petty Officer noticed the sailor sneaking on board and yelled at the sailor to halt.
After dressing down the sailor about his being AWOL, the Chief Petty Officer then said "Take this broom and sweep every link on this anchor chain by morning or it's the brig for you!"
The sailor picked up the broom and started to sweep the chain. Just then, a tern landed on the broom handle.
The sailor yelled at the bird trying to scare it off, but it wouldn't leave its perch on the broom handle. The lad picked the tern off the broom handle and gave the bird a toss overboard.
The bird flew away only to return and light once again on the broom handle. The sailor went through the same routine all over again, with the same result.
He couldn't get any cleaning done because he could only sweep at the chain once or twice before the silly bird came back.
When morning came, so did the Chief Petty Officer, to check up on his wayward sailor.
"What on earth have you been doing all night? This chain is no cleaner than when you started! What have you to say for yourself, sailor?" barked the Chief.
"Honest, Chief," came the reply, "I tossed a tern all night and couldn't sweep a link!"