British sailors dancing a hornpipe

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Struck me as funny is all.

[ed]

Me doing a hornpipe

[solely]

Looks like a gay time.

[ed]

Who are you, of all people, to judge?

[ed]

And yes, it occurs to me that the whole hornpipe thing is pretty darn gay. Look at the name:
Horn
Pipe
that would even embarrass old Abdul.

And the hopping? Don't get me started.

Never really thought about it before.

I can see it now:

When: 8 months since land was last sighted
Where: To hell and gone, Pacific Ocean

Sailor 1: Say there matey, would you like to hornpipe with me?
Soley: Damn right. I thought you'd never ask.

[solely]

I can understand some thinking it a fun exercise.

[Ben Trovado]

Jacques Cousteau tapes located from 1992:

(begin reel)

"Hallo. It is day one of our voyage . . . and the brave and strong men of the Calypso set themselves against the sea."

(fast forward)

(Day one-hundred ninety at sea . . . and the brave and strong men of the Calypso are looking cuter and cuter."

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Jacques Cousteau tapes located from 1992:

(begin reel)

"Hallo. It is day one of our voyage . . . and the brave and strong men of the Calypso set themselves against the sea."

(fast forward)

(Day one-hundred ninety at sea . . . and the brave and strong men of the Calypso are looking cuter and cuter."

.... and they look increasingly fetching as they hornpipe ...

[Pyrrho]

[solely]

I've never seen the sword dance done that way, not what I expected.

[ed]

Swords. Hmmm

[ed]

Poopdeck Pappy dancing the hornpipe.

[Pyrrho]

Here are some manly men gripping their hammers to compensate.