Hey, Jonah, where'd you say you saw that whale?
And who the heck let their karma insurance lapse????

whew!
-B
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AMAZING LUCK

In 1829, four days out of Sydney, Australia, a heavy storm struck the
vessel Mermaid, and drove it into a reef. All 22 on board jumped ship and
swam to a large rock. After three days of waiting, another ship, the
Swiftsure, found and rescued them. Five days later another storm struck.
The Swiftsure was swept into a ridge and wrecked. Both crews escaped and
waited for rescue on some nearby rocks. They were soon picked up by the
schooner Governor Ready, which caught fire three hours later. Once again
they abandoned ship, this time in lifeboats. Along came the cutter Comet,
which had been blown off course by a storm. The crew of the Comet loaded
the crews and passengers of all three vessels on board. Five days later a
storm snapped the Comet's mast, ripped her sails, and ruined her rudder.
The Comet's crew loaded into the longboat, leaving the passengers to
cling to floating bits of wreckage. After 18 hours passed the mail boat
Jupiter came along and rescued everyone, only to hit a reef and sink two
days later. Fortunately, the passenger vessel City of Leeds was nearby
and picked up everyone, finally delivering them back to Sydney. The
doomed voyage sank five ships, but incredibly not a single life was lost.

                --Uncle John's SUPREMELY SATISFYING BATHROOM READER
(c)2001

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