tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200855382390790123.post8665278292922389361..comments2023-08-02T05:22:50.500-05:00Comments on Tempus Fugit: FATHOM THE BOWLHMSAcasta.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00524563116891936222noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200855382390790123.post-51341972558505856242015-03-21T13:08:02.657-05:002015-03-21T13:08:02.657-05:00I realize this is a much older post, but I've ...I realize this is a much older post, but I've been reading "If a Pirate I Must Be" by Richard Sanders, a sort of narrative biography of pirate Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts, and doing a bit of research on shanties. According to Sanders, it seems when any heavy decision was needed to be made by the crew, such as electing a new captain, the crew would make a bowl of punchTeriDactylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03778139831966029293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200855382390790123.post-61337805954917476162009-04-10T00:30:00.000-05:002009-04-10T00:30:00.000-05:00As a great lover of Wiener Punsch, I think that it...As a great lover of Wiener Punsch, I think that it must be a double meaning, as many drinking songs are: to measure the bowl (is there enough for all of us?) and to contemplate the bowl (consider the profound thoughts and subjects that we gentlemen enter into while sharing a bowl of punch).<BR/><BR/>The double entendre is always present in songs about drinking!W. A. Mozarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661350230226099272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200855382390790123.post-45286292463605995702009-04-08T18:16:00.000-05:002009-04-08T18:16:00.000-05:00Oh, you may be on to something there! You may be a...Oh, you may be on to something there! You may be absolutely right on that one.<BR/><BR/>Well played my good man, well played!HMSAcasta.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00524563116891936222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1200855382390790123.post-68707925376247968812009-04-08T18:05:00.000-05:002009-04-08T18:05:00.000-05:00Learned colleague,I like to think that it is more ...Learned colleague,<BR/><BR/>I like to think that it is more about measuring the depth of the punch in the bowl, since the lyrics are "Hand me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl. As you might know, wisdom and reflection come from the quantity of punch consumed. If one is wise, one never wants to stop the learning process so it is important to keep a good quantity of punch available. -grin-Michael W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09400333370979393240noreply@blogger.com