Coils Of Ancient Egyptian Rope Found In Cave

Discovery Channel ^ | 6-20-2008 | Rossella Lorenzi

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for the ping!

[Tax-chick]

Very cool!

[Grimmy]

Seems to me that if a shipyard was getting relocated or abandoned, the stuff would have been moved along with the ships.

I prefer to think it was a plot of some sort that got disrupted. The shipyard was already abandoned and some yahoos were using it to store up materials for nefarious deeds. They got caught but never spilled the beans about where they’d laid up all their ill gotten gear.

[SunkenCiv]

A piece of string walked into a small town on a hot, dusty day. He was thirsty, so he sauntered into the first establishment he encountered and asked the waiter for a glass of water.

“Sorry”, said the waiter, “we don’t serve strings here.”

Discouraged, the string walked out. A little further down the street, he met a stranger.

“You look hot,” said the stranger. “Why don’t you go into that cafe and get a drink of water?”

“I tried that,” said the string, “but the waiter wouldn’t serve me anything because I’m just a string.”

“No problem” said the stranger. “I’ll fix you up.” He grabbed the string, tied him in a bowline and frayed his ends. “Now try it.”

The string slipped back into the cafe and asked the waiter for a glass of water. “Hey,” said the waiter, “aren’t you the piece of string that was just in here?”

The string replied, “I’m a frayed knot.”

[SunkenCiv]

The noose is out! ;’)

[Monkey Face]

You’re stringing me along, aren’t you?

[ApplegateRanch]

Feeding us a line, at the very least.

If it pulled that ‘frayed knot’ carp on me, I’d whip its frappin’ hind end!

[SunkenCiv]

...or maybe feeding you a line...

[SunkenCiv]

Carp? The deim is complete.

[SunkenCiv]

A tip of the capstan to AppleGateRanch for beating me to that.

[humming] Applegateranch, won’t ya pun out tonight...

[Monkey Face]

I think he’s slightly frayed from overuse.

[Monkey Face]

OK. That’s it. I’m checking in with Ahab as we speak. I know he has a line on what’s going on.

The other end is attached to a harpoon, so hang onto your britches!

[ApplegateRanch]

I know my carping; and I know my knots: I studied Marilyn Spike seamanship!

"Hey, Sailor! Looking for a good time?"

[Rocky]

That pun really struck a cord with me.

[SunkenCiv]

Am knot.

[SunkenCiv]

[singing] Whale meat again, don’t know how, don’t know when...

[SunkenCiv]

I tried rigging it so it would. ;’)

[GOPJ]

bump for later

[SunkenCiv]

cool pic and quote of Marilyn Mon-row.

[Monkey Face]

Belay that!