Show 1 Bishop Learns Swearing And Pumping Has Meaning r In the old days of sailing ships a bishop was crossing to America The vocabulary of sailors has always al at always ways been a lurid one and the swearing habits of the crew hurt the good bishop deeply writes W W. J. J Brown in So Far One night at his prayers he was interrupted interrupted interrupted inter- inter by a burst of profanity of ot more than ordinary color and intensity intensity intensity in in- in- in and was moved to complain complain complain com com- plain to the captain The captain replied cc Bishop you may not know it but this ship has sprung a leak Those men you can hear swearing are at the pumps While they're pumping and swearing you can reckon youre you're all right But if they stop pumping and start praying you youcan youcan youcan can reckon its it's all up |