Two of the essential knots for any boating person to know are the Cleat Hitch and the Bowline.
This was the third trip that the Cabin Boy had been roped into and in his case it proved to be true. Despite constant supervision by both of the other two crew, the Cabin Boy would only receive a grading of E- and the Captains report would be “William appears to get tied up in knots when it comes to the actual practical side of the art of knot tying and the only type of knot he appeared to like is the possibly that one day he may get dog-knotted himself whilst practising coitus interruptus”.
After several reprimands by the Captain, the Boy did however successfully complete a Cleat Hitch but promptly spoilt it by trying to hide his perfect knot with a knot of toads and for the readers’ education, a knot is the collective noun for a group of toads, and in this case Billy was a toad.
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