Jacob: Hello?

LPC: Yes, I was lookin’ for Jacob.

Jacob: Yeah, this is he.

LPC: Hi, my name's Whip.

Jacob: What’d you say your name is?

LPC: Whip.

Jacob: Oh, like “crack that whip”?

LPC: Yeah, my name's Wip.

LPC: I was on a frigate recently, and another shipman gave me this number to reach you at.

Jacob: On a—On a ship, you were?—

LPC: Yeah, on a Friot.

LPC: Yeah, on a frigate.

LPC: Yeah, uh-huh.

LPC: He was a swabby, you know.

Jacob: Yeah, I'm a ship, I know exactly what you mean.

LPC: Sure, sure.

LPC: Anyway, I'm Admiral Whip, Babbitt.

LPC: You can type that in your search engine, if you like.

LPC: I'm currently on the afterbrow here.

LPC: And just wanted to say a hoi to you a little bit.

LPC: O'Hoy to you, I think you got a couple things I wanted to touch base with you on navigate with you.

LPC: Starting a Neighborhood Task Force, we're going to use to commission.

LPC: a new anchor.

LPC: It's going to be the, like, the Cadillac of anchors.

LPC: Touch basis on that, see if you're giving mood for something like that.

Jacob: Something drop-forged, maybe, and, um, uh, emblazoned.

LPC: Yeah, w—it’ll come with a non-rolling horizontal winch—

LPC: And it includes a custom baggy wrinkle, too.

LPC: It's going to have everything.

LPC: So, are you leaning as the crow flies?

LPC: Are you affirmative?

LPC: on that? Because you're the only one I know who's ashore right now. All my crewmen are adrift

Jacob: right now. The only real question I have is, are they biting? Yeah, I could pick you up in my

LPC: barge here, bring you back to my barracks. You can help me batting down the hatch up here.

Jacob: Yeah, I’ll help ya!

LPC: Now, once you step into my brig here, because look, this isn't some bum boat, okay? I've achieved

LPC: total buoyancy out here where I'm at. I'm buoyant. And all my crew have got channel fever.

LPC: They're off on some dingy somewhere or some donkey man. Could you call me barnacle or something like that?

LPC: Yeah, they're on their dingy there. I'm a Commodore and I need to hoist my dagger board. That's just what

LPC: it comes down to, sun up, sundown. What division are you in, anyhow?

Jacob: I mean, I'm a landlubber primarily. As evidence of that,

Jacob: I did take a catamaranang of some kind, I think, between the Hawaiian Islands one time,

Jacob: and I became terribly seasick, and I'm going to get sick if I join you out there.

LPC: Well, I'll tell you, when we reach dry dock, you can go ahead and secure the dunsel and the

LPC: fifee if you still have your gaff.

LPC: I'll tell you, when we reach dry down, and after that, we can go ahead and hop on the gangplank.

LPC: I'll remain on the helm, but we can together,

LPC: at least hitch the jack staff or just swap out the jigger mast and lace the kickstrap just

LPC: according to your own comfort level because hey Jacob I just done a serious thing here

LPC: yeah I heard you had gone overboard on the mother ship

LPC: because hey Jacob can I ask it I just don't a serious thing now I want to tell you if that does

LPC: occur if that happens just remember a few things okay

LPC: I want to tell you if that does occur, if that happens.

LPC: To parbuckle your rope, forget all about containerization.

LPC: Maybe just piggyback off of a Chandler and his or her gantry.

LPC: Still, account for all warfage and prepare for shedage.

LPC: But, you know, hey, privately, you can even tug on your thruster.

LPC: And prepare for shedage privately.

LPC: If it's entered into your captain's log, of course.

LPC: Then I say, stow your slop tank and say a hole.

LPC: There, I'm a moffield, huh?

LPC: Well, I'm, I'm intimidated.

Jacob: I'm intimidated.

Jacob: And the only not I even know how to tie is a sheepshack.

Jacob: And I'm not even sure why I was tired.

LPC: And like I say, hey, between you and I privately, you can even tug on your thruster.

LPC: Ain't no one ever died from it.

LPC: I got another crew in here that maybe you can touch base with him

LPC: and see if you like where he's coming from on the whole task force idea.

LPC: Just ask him if you have any further questions about the anchor.

LPC: Okay?

Jacob: Yeah.

LPC: Let me hand you over to him.

LPC: Come here, matey.

LPC: Here.

LPC: Talk to Jacob.

Alex: Hello.

Jacob: Hello.

Alex: Hello.

Alex: Renee?

Jacob: Yeah.

Jacob: Jacob, bud, I'm getting some kind of talk on the phone here about getting signed up to be on a boat.

Jacob: And I'm, and I've hardly ever been on a boat, but once it got seat thick as all get out.

Jacob: Does that make any sense to you?

Alex: Is this Renée?

Jacob: No.

Alex: Oh.

Jacob: Who is this?

Alex: This is Alex.

Jacob: Well, yeah, I don't, uh...

Jacob: I'm pretty confused about what's happening right now.

Alex: Well, I think there's somebody out there who seems to take a great deal of pleasure in cross-connecting three people

Alex: who just pick up their phones and say hello, and they don't know what the hell's going on,

Alex: and this guy seems to get a kick out of this.

Alex: So we just have to ignore the son of a bitch.

Alex: Yeah, yeah.

Alex: He’s got somebody on the third line and, ah, they don’t know it because they’re—they’re just picking up the sirens and stuff, so—

Alex: Just hang up, and I'll do the same, and hopefully he'll get tired of bothering us today.

Alex: But he'll be around again.

Man: Say what now?

Alex: I said, “hopefully he’ll get tired of bothering us today and wait for another day.”

Man: Who will?

Alex: The guy who takes pleasure in screwing with the phone.

Alex: system. We haven't been able to track them down, unfortunately.

Man: Oh, yeah?

Alex: Yeah. So, have a good day. Stay safe.

Man: What’s your first name? Who is your—who is this?

Alex: This is Alex.

Alex: Can't hear a word you're saying. You've got the background noise, and you're breaking up on your phone.

Alex: So take care. Have a good one. You too. Bye-bye.

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