Loading ...I know the story behind that wreck. There once was a famed skipper who piloted his ship with great skill through the rough seas of the markets. His name becoming synonymous with another Goldbug, King Midas, also of international fame.
Well, one afternoon after mess, Cpt Wanka asked one of his crew members to dump the slop bucket of remains overboard after cleaning up the galley. As it so happened Seaman Buygold, being the ultimate slacker aboard the ship, spotted a hatch in the very bottom of the hull. Rather than lift the heavy bucket up and over the railing, he decided a quicker, and easier route, would be to quickly open the hatch, toss in the contents of the slop bucket and slam it shut.
The rest is history as your picture depicts. It was a sad day for the Goldbug Navy as the Captain was so rudely awakened from his afternoon nap by cold water rushing into his quarters. So quickly did it happen that even the trusty cat on watch had no time for a warning.
You might ask, “What happened to Seaman Buygold”? Well, since there was no plank left from which to march BG, he was forever after incarcerated in the House of Wanka as an indentured servant. Never to be allowed near any vessel, at any time, in fact he was denied to get within a 100 yards of the ocean again. Instead, to this very day Seaman Buygold spends his days and nights doing yardwork and sleeping in the toolshed on shovel and rake.
That is the story I have been told. I will leave it up to others to decide upon the ‘moral’ of the story. (LOL)