B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for September 18, 2022

Beer.

“Bottled water…bottled water (gasp!)”

Specific or Pacific?

I just had to have Alexa play the song “Cool, Clear Water” I love that song!

Been thru the desert and I’m sincere

Asked myself “Wat-er ya doin’ here?”

Yep, I sea it.

You can at least cool down and wash your troubles away.

What’s he complaining about? All he has to do is invent the still, and he can get pure water.

I’ve been through the desert on a horse with no name……

Or maybe he “shoulda been more sPacific?”

Last night TCM showed the remake of Mutiny on the Bounty. A mutiny caused by the want of fresh water and a tyrannical captain. At least that was Hollywood’s version.

Gasp! Can’t drink it…..keep moving

If finding sea salt were the goal, then the result is that B.C. sought sea salt and was happy.

Water, water everywhere and all the boards did shrink. Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.

Well, just follow the shoreline south. You’ll find something. Probably cuban.

The Ancient Mariner sympathizes

Maybe it’s a lake!

You now have water, but you still can’t drink it. That’s the Atlantic ocean (salt water and sharks).

Ah, the Specific ocean, too salty to drink.

So that’s how the Pacific was named.

Water, water everywhere! And not a drop to drink!

Feast or famine.

Climate change. There’s are droughts… and this flooding all over. Stay tuned.

Just wait, a hurricane will provide all the fresh water you need. Till then, take a cooling swim, but avoid the box jellyfish.

Where’s the horse with no name?

When life gives you salt water, make taffy.

Met one of them once, really down on his luck.

Yes, specifying FRESH WATER would have helped.

Parapharse: You can lead a politician where you ought to, but you can’t make him think!

The Ancient Mariner…water, water, everywhere and not a drop to drink.

In the words of the late Eddie Money, give me some water.

Don’t give up, B.C.! It might be Lake Michigan! Or Huron, Superior, Erie, or Ontario — pre-industrialization, at that!

What? That’s not Pacific enough for you?