Humor
What Shall We Do With A Drunkenly Affectionate Sailor?
Dr. Folklore’s Dating Advice for Mythical Folks (№86)
Origin Story: Sea Shanties were written as early as the 1830s and are work songs sung to help pirates and sailors keep in time while rowing, or boost morale during long days in the ocean. This traditional shanty has the sailors contemplating how to handle their completely inebriated comrade. CLICK HERE for the full song.
Ahoy Dr. Folklore,
What I’m about to say shivers me timbers more than the threat of catchin’ scurvy from a lady with more sandy crabs crawlin’ on her than there are hidden among the beach.
After long hours out workin’ in the ocean sun, me ‘n the crew tend ta spend our nights below deck drinkin’ our cares away — like how our skins are so melted and burnt that we now look like talkin’ sea otters with legs. Luckily, most of the lads and me are either two kinds of drunk: “innocent-reckless drunk” (slappin’ each other’s precious little pearls) or “nostalgic drunk” (reminiscing ‘bout some white whale they fought named “Dick”).
However, a close feller o’ mine in particular gets teased more than the others, so when I pull him away and we end up alone, he morphs into “affectionate drunk” and starts tellin’ me the…
