Hole in boat, version 1.30.19 (beta)

by. Ron Daly

I’m no Brother Grimm or Mother Goose or any other storyteller by trade, but I do have a little fable I’d love to share. It’s about a group of bankers (or “credit-unioneers”, in this case) that were sailing a large boat down a river.

The crew all worked very well together, but one day the first mate noticed something was out of the ordinary. For some reason, the ship was lower in the water than it had been the day before. The first mate called the rest of the crew together.

“We’ve got a problem,” he said. “For some reason, the ship is lower in the water than it was a day ago…”

“Nonsense!” cried the helmsman. “This ship is sailing as high and fast as it ever was.”

“I don’t know…I think we should check for any holes in the boat.”

After several hours of deliberation, the crew split up, searched the ship and found the hole. They reconvened on the deck.

“Well, we need to plug the hole,” said the first mate.

“Now, now, let’s not get in a big hurry here…that’s going to take a lot of time and energy. Do we have what it takes?” said the watchman.

“Yeah, and who’s going to pay for all this?” said the helmsman.

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