Oh dear, the old noddy boat chestnut. My comment is this skit deliverer at this year's Ellesmere Port Easter Gathering - An hommage to Cleese, Barker ^ Corbett's 3 classes sketches on the Frost Report
Went down well with an hNBOC audience. Enter 3 boaters - Upper - Tall, in waistcoat & trilby Middle is, well, medium, bare headed in fleece and perhaps Gore-Tex Lower is short &, scruffy - Jeans & bobble hat Upper I am an Upper class Boater. I have an immaculately restored Josher motor boat with a vintage engine and lots of brass Middle I am a Middle-class Boater. I have a floating cottage with all mod cons and a mooring with mains services Lower I am a lower-class boater. I have a 20 foot cruiser with a seagull 2-stroke outboard Upper I look down on them. My boat is the aristocrat of the waterways. The brass is always dazzling, the ropework and fenders scrubbed immaculately Middle I look up to Him (Faces Upper) when I'm not dazzled by the brass and ropework. I Look down on Him (Faces Lower) because I have a washing machine, satellite TV and tons of comfort Lower I Know my place. My boat has two sleeping bags, a gas ring, a radio an elsan and a shovel Upper I spend most of my boat time polishing and painting. I don't boat as much as I'd like because the licence, mooring and maintenance cost so much I can't afford the time and the diesel Middle I seldom go boating. None of my home comforts will work for more than 10 minutes away from the mains hook-up in the marina, and if I carried enough batteries to run them my boat would draw more than His (Points to upper) Lower I know my place. I boat around all over the system. I can weekend my boat from club to club and have a wonderful time. So while I look up to them in terms of boats and comfort, I Look down on them (Other two bob down) because I have more fun Upper My boat does 4 hours to the gallon...... .....Of Brasso Middle My boat does 4 hours to the gallon ..... .....of battery top-up water for the electricals Lower My boat does 4 days to the gallon of 2-stroke for the outboard All We all love the cut. We keep it alive in our own ways, and we all think there's no such thing as a noddy boat - There aren't half some noddy boaters about though Exeunt No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.71/2334 - Release Date: 08/31/09 05:50:00
