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Overdenking:
Seaman of Yore
Between the innocence of infancy and the recklessness
of adultery comes that unique specimen of
humanity known as a seaman.
Seaman can be found in Bars, in bed, in arguments,
in debt and intoxicated. They are tall, short, fat, thin,
dark, fair but never normal.
They dislike ship's food, chief Engineers and Captains,
writing letters, sailing on saturday's and dry ships.
They like receiving mail, paying-off day, nude pinups,
sympathy, complaining and Beer.
A seaman's secret ambition is to change places with the
owner for just one trip, to own a brewery and to be
loved by everyone in the world.
A seaman is a sir Galabad in a Japanese brothel, a
psychoanalyst with ''Reader's Digest'' on the table,
Don Quixote with a dischargebook, Valentinio
with five dollars in his pocket and democracy
personified in a Red Chinese prison cell.
A seaman is a provider in war and a parasite in peace
No one is subjected to so much abuse,
wrongly accused
and so often misunderstood by so many as a seaman.
He has the patience of Job, the honesty of a fool and the
heaven-sent ability to laugh at himself.
When he returns home from a long voyage no one else
but a seaman can create such an atmosphere of
suspense and longing as he walk through the door
with the magic words on his lips:
Have you got the beer in????
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Maria, nu dan maar snel een kouwe jongen of iets anders
Je wint maar zo niet 100 punten in What Port @allen
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