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As they sailed, the waters seemed to grow

substantially rougher. Hugh had spent most of his

morning the next day throwing up overboard. Hugh was

a relatively strong man, so he was helping out above the

deck. Bernard, on the other hand, was talking with Al in

Al’s bar below deck.

“Hey, what does the ship’s name mean?” Bernard

asked Al.

“Oh yeah, I was hopin’ you’d ask. It means

‘Bearer of Whisky,’ only it's in Irish. I’m Irish ya see.”

Bernard just sat there. “Really?” Al ignored this

and was drinking a bottle of whisky very fast.

Al was starting to get drunk. “Ya know what

would sound nice? A nice jump overboard.” He said.

“Don’t do that,” Bernard said as he tried to hold

Al back from walking up the deck and jumping