It's time someone did this

FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS I’ve been meaning to pass on to you a fascinating article that appeared in The Onion.  It will be meaningful to anyone interested in sailing, and especially to those who have sought to gain publicity from some or other sailing adventure on the high seas.

Without further ado, I hand you over to the tender mercies of “America’s Finest News Source.”

http://www.theonion.com/articles/man-to-sail-around-world-to-decrease-awareness-of,26640/

Today’s Thought

Live by publicity, you’ll probably die by publicity.
— Russel Baker (on President Reagan’s changing image after news of Iranian arms sales) NY Times, 3 Dec 86

Tailpiece

“Advertising costs me a fortune.”
“What advertisements do you place?”
“I don’t place them. My wife reads them.”

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