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Click for larger imageDr Bob Comments: Worse things happen at sea.
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Published 1988
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Dr Bob Comments: Worse things happen at sea.
You might remember this from here.
Published 1988
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April 27th, 2020 at 11:36 am
Remember folks, if you’re planning to merge with a boat make sure it’s one of those snazzy ones with the fins at the front. Nothing else will do.
April 27th, 2020 at 12:47 pm
“Agh! Prickly heat!”
April 27th, 2020 at 1:27 pm
Boaty McBoatface always let his hair down on the weekends.
April 27th, 2020 at 1:54 pm
What do you call a half man, half boat centaur?
A jacktar
April 27th, 2020 at 2:29 pm
There might have been less objection to the name Boaty McBoatface if people had known that ‘Boaty McBoat-arse’ was a possible alternative.
April 27th, 2020 at 2:46 pm
Instrumentality. Game of Throne’s theme on air cello?
April 27th, 2020 at 3:28 pm
“Is that a U-boat?”
“Why-a yes, that’s-a me.”
April 27th, 2020 at 4:06 pm
Gollancz perpetrated this atrocity?? What was the art director thinking of? Even passing up an opportunity for a cat-girl? (And a dog-girl, and a turtle-girl, and a bull-man …)
April 27th, 2020 at 4:45 pm
Heh, dude’s got a slim body but he’s a bit wide in the beam.
April 27th, 2020 at 4:48 pm
Is this supposed to represent ‘Drunkboat’? Or maybe they found a lost paragraph of ‘A Planet Named Shayol’ where someone had a dinghy growing out of him.
April 27th, 2020 at 8:13 pm
🎶🎶
Row row row myself
Gently down the stream
Got a splinter
In my scrotum
Think I’m gonna scream
🎵🎵
April 28th, 2020 at 12:18 am
I stand corrected: it’s not ‘Drunkboat’, it’s I’m-not-drunk-I-can-pat-my-head-and-rub-my-tummy-at-the-same-time-boat. Because they can’t chalk a straight line on the sea.
April 28th, 2020 at 2:30 am
Now, the Instrumentality certainly had plenty of animal-human hybrids, but no boat-human ones.
I see Tag has created “boat people” and “ahoy matey” just for this! GSS.
Why does the boat have fins?
He’s apparently showing off his odd torso in a “Hello, sailor!” sort of move. Looking for someone to ride him, literally. Or bail him out, literally.
What is his means of propulsion?!
Was he also hybridized with an outboard engine on the back that we can’t see? He’s moving at a decent speed, judging by the bow wave, but he’s not paddling with his hands. Got to be some sort of motor somewhere.
April 28th, 2020 at 2:50 am
Does my bum look big in this?
April 28th, 2020 at 4:53 am
@Tag W—just would like to second @GSSxn’s shout out for the new “ahoy matey” and “boat people” tags, and note the apt use of the “weird pecs” tag. Trifecta! 😉
April 28th, 2020 at 6:44 am
If you’re shipwrecked and find a magic lamp, don’t ask the genie to “make me a boat.”
April 28th, 2020 at 7:53 am
Maybe it’s just an Americanism, but I’m surprised by the lack of comments about dinghies.
April 28th, 2020 at 10:12 am
“Being a boat wouldn’t be all bad… if it wasn’t for those pesky barnacles!”
April 28th, 2020 at 1:58 pm
@Bruce 16: GSS.
April 28th, 2020 at 2:33 pm
@GSS & Tag Wizard – the cover artist is John Avon. Should I include artists in the comments when I submit covers?
April 28th, 2020 at 2:49 pm
@Dr Bob – That would be useful, but the artist is usually easy to get at from the good people at The Internet Speculative Fiction Database.
April 28th, 2020 at 2:56 pm
The fins are just cheap “bowsprit” symbolism.
April 28th, 2020 at 2:57 pm
‘This cold water’s shivering me timbers.’
May 8th, 2020 at 3:24 pm
@Tor #7: Gave me a good laugh. GSS!