#GLUPPIT THE PRAWLING STRANGLES

[neosatsuma]

my favorite thing on earth is when he gets crabby about nautical nonsense he's my SPECIALEST little creature

[ola-na-tungee]

The Fortune of War

[domonicriley]

'You are a reasonably civil, complaisant creature on dry land,' said Stephen, 'but the moment you are afloat you become pragmatical and absolute, a bashaw – do this, do that, gluppit the prawling strangles, there – no longer a social being at all. It is no doubt the effect of the long-continued habit of command; but it cannot be considered amiable.'

The Fortune of War – Patrick O'Brian

[the-kutlass-kratch]

🫵 gluppit the prawling strangles

am i havin a stroke .

are you havin a stroke .

[xserpx]

"Stephen, there are the rowlocks: pull right ahead. Give way." He shoved off; the Arcturus's side receded; Stephen made several effectual strokes. "Boat your oars," said Jack. "Clap on to the halliard - no, the halliard. God's death - haul away. Bear a hand, Stephen. Belay. Catch a couple of turns round the kevel - the kevel." The scow gave a violent lurch. Jack dropped all, scrambled forward, caught two turns round the kevel and slid back to the tiller. The sail filled, he brought the wind a little abaft the beam, and the scow headed out to sea. "You are cursed snappish tonight, Jack," said Stephen. "How do you expect me to understand your altumal cant, without pondering on it? I do not expect you to understand medical jargon, without giving you time to consider the etymology, for all love." "Not to know the odds between a halliard and a sheet, after all these years at sea: it passes human understanding," said Jack. "You are a reasonably civil, complaisant creature on dry land," said Stephen, "but the moment you are afloat you become pragmatical and absolute, a bashaw - do this, do that, gluppit the prawling strangles, there - no longer a social being at all. It is no doubt the effect of the long-continued habit of command; but it cannot be considered amiable."

The Fortune of War by Patrick O’Brian

[ageofsailsuggestions]

Gluppit the prawling strangles, there!

[wepicy]

13 Maturin Quotes Of Patrick O. Brian

1.

“How much better a man feels when he is mixed with halibut and leg of mutton and roebuck” Patrick O. Brian – Post Captain

2.

“If I were a woman I should march out with a flaming torch and a sword; I should emasculate right and left.” Patrick O. Brian – The Far Side Of The World

3.

“Gluppit the prawling strangles, there!” – Patrick O. Brian

4.

“That would be locking the…