Saturday, May 27, 2006

Love boat

Beyond the crowds besieging the barman with demands for their favourite cocktails (rum, more rum and a dash of something else), a sign warned: "Sexual harassment will not be reported here." Political correctness, it seemed, had not yet reached this corner of the British Virgin Islands. But few people were paying much attention as they lounged about the deck in various states of undress. The mix was eclectic: wealthy yacht owners with leather deck shoes and perma-tans, wannabe pirates with ponytails and tattooed torsos, muscle-bound marines and scantily clad American college girls armed with Daddy's Amex card...

5 comments:

The Darkroom said...

such a shame that one has to leave the shore to find a truly civilized place.

Tecumseh said...

The long-running dispute between Dutch and French settlers was finally settled when a citizen of each country met on one side of the island, stood back-to-back, and set off to walk around it in opposite directions. Their starting point would mark one end of the new boundary; the point at which they met again, the other. So why were the Dutch left with just a third of the island? Simple, explained JD: the Frenchman chose as refreshment for the journey a bottle of Bordeaux's finest; the Dutchman, armed with a bottle of the local rum, found the going a little tougher.

If you can find a Chateau Margaux, that is.

Tecumseh said...

Things ain't like they used to be...

Arelcao Akleos said...

As a Daddy, with some small hope of having an Amex, I'll make sure Little Devil never leaves home with it.

Tecumseh said...

I just found out they let kids be added to a credit card once they turn 14. Little girls pining after designer clothing are dangerous!!