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Cue the galley slave jokes.
1) A new slave joins a galley and is put to work on the oars. That lunchtime they are served good quality meat and vegetables, with a nice dessert , coffee and sweet snacks. The newcomer remarks that the food is much better than he expected, or had been warned about. Another veteran slave replies that they don't get that sort of food every day, only when the Captain wants to go water skiing.
2) The galley slaves were at the oars, keeping up a steady rhythm when the slave master starts walking between the benches, and begins to flog the slaves with a cat o' nine tails. One of the veteran slaves asks what is going on, and is told that it is the new captain's birthday so there will be a whip round amongst the crew.
(As told by Tommy Cooper. R.I.P.)
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