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Show Bishop Learns Swearing And Pumping Has Meaning In the old days o sailing ships, a bishop was crossing to America. The vocabulary of sailors has always al-ways been a lurid one, and the swearing habits of the crew hurt the good bishop deeply, writes W. J. Brown in "So Far . . ." One night at his prayers, he was interrupted inter-rupted by a burst of profanity of more than ordinary color and intensity, in-tensity, and was moved to complain com-plain to the captain. The captain replied: " 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 you're all right! But if they stop pumping and start praying you can reckon it's all up!" |