Seafaring Story Collector Gifts

'Distracting the fish.'

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

The one that got away

'Are we there yet?'

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

Fishing with God

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

'Oh, no - I have to read each tentacle - that'll be extra, of course.'

Viking Loch Ness

'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...'

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

Pirates: "To absent Limbs."

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

"He's a keeper!"

Two Men Angler's In A Storm.

"Will thee not sayeth uncle?!"

Octopus Puppet Show (colour)

"How much did it cost to have your ears pierced?"

'It was this big. I swear'

'Ships plumber reporting for duty.'

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

Angler poses with mermaid catch.

'I win!'

A mermaid is on a rock at the sea: A mermaid falls in lover with her upper half and a shark falls in lover with her lower half.

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

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

"With the benefit of hindsight, I’d say no, Ed, it wasn’t ‘funny’ letting him steer the boat!"

A crab finds an alternative to walking sideways.

"Look lively crew, lest we be dashed upon these scrumptious shores."

"International trade"

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

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

'I told you that parrot didn't know how to navigate.'