Thursday, March 09, 2006

F.U.C.K. or "Fishing Unit of Considerable Karma"

Admiral's log; Stardate 0309.730
In two days, Saturday morning to be exact, I will finally put the
"Fishing Unit of Considerable Karma" (or F.U.C.K. for short) in the water, and she still has no name. I will have to break a bottle of
MOLSON Canadian brew upon her bow as per tradition and good luck. Tommorrow morning will be spent at Cabela's getting a few very neccessary items, and the afternoon will be spent toying with and messing around on the F.U.C.K.ing boat, doing last minute prep work: ie mounting the fire extinguisher etc. I dont think one can be too prepared in terms of safety, especially when the lack of safety will entail the unlucky person to becoming fish food, instead of the fish becoming the food.
Whoever coined the term "B.O.A.T.=break out another thousand" was a visionary and utterly truthful individual. The F.U.C.K.ing boat cost me bookoo bones, and just getting all the neccessary extraneous parephenalia and assorted peripheral items is adding up to be another K. Im having to become a free agent at work and leave Team Kennedy (ChristPunchers forever) and turn to the specialized crew to make the extra bones to pay for this increasingly expensive habit. As my wife so truly put it, this summer her marital status will in essence be "married but single" (still married enough to "christen" the F.U.C.K.ing boat though hehe.)
I just hope that this spring, summer and fall will be a good one weather wise, I'll have to offer up a few scandanavian vodkas up to Thor and whomever else is in charge of the weather. God knows that if I offered a polish vodka up, the polsi gods would make a real mess of it.
As for the naming of the boat, I was either going to name it after the wife, ie: Miss Kim, or after a goddess of the sea. It's a sexy boat, as my wife is, but the name "Miss Kim" lacks the neccessary attitude that both she and the F.U.C.K.ing boat possess. As for the goddesses of the sea idea, my ideas are:
a)
Eos (Greek) - Goddess of the Dawn, Mother of the West Wind
b)Tiamat (Mesopotamian) - In Babylonian myths, Tiamat is a huge, bloated female dragon that personifies the saltwater ocean, the water of Chaos. She is also the primordial mother of all that exists, including the gods themselves
c)One of the Valkyries (Norse) - The Valkyries ("Choosers of the Slain") are beautiful young women, mounted upon winged horses and armed with helmets and spears. Some of the Valyries are Brynhildr, Göll, Göndul, Gudr, Gunn, Herfjoturr, Hildr, Hladgunnr, Hlokk, Hrist, Sigrdrifa, Sigrún, and Svafa.
d)Aegle (Greek) - (renowned as the most beautiful of the Naiads) The Naiads were nymphs of bodies of fresh water. The Naiads presided over rivers, streams, brooks, springs, fountains, lakes, ponds, wells, and marshes. The Naiad was intimately connected to her body of water and her very existence seems to have depended on it. If a stream dried up, its Naiad expired. The waters over which Naiads presided were thought to be endowed with inspirational, medicinal, or prophetic powers. Thus the Naiads were frequently worshipped by the ancient Greeks in association with divinities of fertility and growth.

Im kind of leaning towards Aegle, or Eos.
(Above image of the Overlord at the Nock with another fine specimen of Micropterus salmoides)

1 comment:

Bart said...

you'll always be a ChristPuncher and no matter what we say we'll miss you this summer. Good luck with the F.U.C.K.ing boat this weekend....


Tiamat would get my vote out of the ones you got going there, but I can't believe you're leaving out the Egyptian godess'...
Hatmehyt - The Fish Goddess
Naunet - Godess of Water

and don't forget Angelo's fav...
Sopedu - The Border Patrol God