Oceanic Storytellers Gifts

"The source of all those mystery tweets."

For his next book, he would write an epic novel of the sea.

"Hey grandpa, tell us more about the time you were in that Steven Spielberg movie."

The one that got away

'Are we there yet?'

'So Captain Ahab, I put it to you that you were deliberately stalking my client!'

Naval Veterans Drinking at Greenwich Pub

Fishing with God

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

'I wonder why scuba divers always fall backwards off their boats.'

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

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

'Son, I told you before: If you circle your prey for too long, you get dizzy...'

'Look Reg, a ship...we're saved!'

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

"You may be in love, but can you support my daughter on what a herring makes?"

Scuba: 'You call that a knot, now this is a knot.'

Octopus Puppet Show (colour)

"Will thee not sayeth uncle?!"

'It was this big. I swear'

Two Men Angler's In A Storm.

"He's a keeper!"

'Fear of getting caught is understandable but fear of water, I think, requires counselling.'

'I win!'

Angler poses with mermaid catch.

'I've told you time and again, if you didn't east so fast, you wouldn't swallow so much flotsam.'

'It's grossed over a billion dollars. Let's go see the Titanic wreck.'

'To think we used to complain about a little flotsam and jetsam.'

"Have ye seen a whale that matches this swatch?"

"We're a great team, Sash—you with your small and large motor skills, me with my spatial awareness and hand-eye coördination."

'Well, so much for whale-whispering.'

"I thought it was deeper here."

'I'm afraid the motion has been carried and you lost.'

'Believe me, it's overrated up here.'

"I forget who, but he's somebody's kid."