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Step 31Put Toxic Waste in Drinking Water Containers
On one of the Free Yacht cruises I needed to untie the jib sheets to try out a different jib. I thought I'd demonstrate the handy trick method of untying hard knots.
1. soak it with water
2. pound it with a hammer from all angles
3. wiggle it loose and untie it.
Unfortunately someone had filled one of our water bottles with dirty engine oil.
The bottle was still clearly labeled "WATER".
I'm glad I didn't drink it. Instead, there I was up on the foredeck in kind of a hurry, dumping black drain oil all over the sail, sheets, and foredeck.
Yay! we already have plenty of mud on our sails, which announces "keep well clear" to competent boatmen we pass. Now we've got oil stains also, which goes great with the fenders we drag through the water to make sure no one misunderstands our skill level.
1. soak it with water
2. pound it with a hammer from all angles
3. wiggle it loose and untie it.
Unfortunately someone had filled one of our water bottles with dirty engine oil.
The bottle was still clearly labeled "WATER".
I'm glad I didn't drink it. Instead, there I was up on the foredeck in kind of a hurry, dumping black drain oil all over the sail, sheets, and foredeck.
Yay! we already have plenty of mud on our sails, which announces "keep well clear" to competent boatmen we pass. Now we've got oil stains also, which goes great with the fenders we drag through the water to make sure no one misunderstands our skill level.
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Jul 28, 2011. 10:26 PMFoehammer358
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Euuuuurgh! NEVER drink any used container straight from the bottle.. that would've been..A horrendous death!
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Oct 8, 2008. 11:08 PMRishnai
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Hopefully at least the oil acted as a good lubricant for the knot!
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Sep 25, 2008. 5:02 PMlordofthedonuts
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Ok, that one is really funny.
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Aug 5, 2008. 8:39 AMwatermelonhead
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wow...
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