I was waiting for my ship to come in! Luckily I was twiddling my thumbs in the Mediterranean town of Martigues (referred to by the locals as the Venise de Provence - a little hopefully perhaps), 30 degrees of luxury sun and nothing else to do except enjoy it!
As I was battling along in the midday sun, probably suffering from premature sunstroke with the shock of displacing myself from the cold of Edinburgh and whilst gasping for some much needed water I suddenly espied my new life ahead of me!
I am now a proud ship manager/boat owner with my first vessel on my books - be it as it may that I am owner, captain, chief, cook and bottle washer! I admit, it is not the best of boats, it is more under water than out and look as if it has been like that for some time now! I doth fear that should I pump the water I will find no bottom remaining, that should I leave it lying there till market rates rise I might come back one day to find that it is no longer and I fear that I may have been overcharged for what looks like a piece of drift wood but ....... well, at least I can say that I own a boat!
Gee, I'm extremely dehydrated! Another beer please waitress!
Merci!
I'm own a boat you know! Although I must admit, the bedraggled guy that sold it too me rushed off pretty fast with my fifty Euro! He looked as if he had just fallen out of a tree!
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