Nautical Narrative Navigator Mugs

'You're doing what? You realise you're establishing a tedious journalistic clich?, don't you?'

'The church says the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round for I have seen the shadow on the Moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.'

Captain in a storm

"I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels."

"Mind the whale, dear."

'Are we there yet?'

Characters jumping out of a book.

How can I enjoy that clean, fresh, salt air when I'm up to my neck in garbage?

Goldfish bowl on raft...

"Just one more thump. . . just one more thump."

"Eww - that whale's breath smells awful!" "You could use a breath mint yourself, lady!"

"As I was only saying the other day..."

"More rescue efforts, less screenplay."

Library - Political Science section - 'What to do until the spin doctor comes'

'Slip Ahoy!'

'I'm not being punished! I'm reading because I happen to enjoy reading!'

"Touché"

"We have a potentially serious problem accruing on the poop deck."

'Well, it wasn't my lucky day... first there was that shark and then I bimped into a bunch of beaver!'

"We've done a rigorous examination of your business plan using the latest algorithms to model future profits. . . which way up would you like it?"

"What your memoir really needs is an addiction."

'It's true what they say: People often look like their pets...'

"This is a great school but it wasn't my first choice."

'Listen Honey! Sounds like there might be a little white water close by!'

The writers group met every Tuesday for support and fellowship.

"You're on a low sodium diet so watch the salty talk."

Captain looks out of a porthole and notices that the ship is sinking.

Moustached gentleman

Ishmael's First Day on the Pequod was Full of Surprises: "A harpoon!? Don't you practice catch and release?"

Saved...life is good!

"That was too many fresh original voices for one night."

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

Titanic: How's my steering.

Pirates: "To absent Limbs."

"I feel that I have at least one more unpublished novel in me."