A green sailor, crossing the Atlantic for the first time, woke up the second
morning and anxiously inquired his mate.
"Do you think we're on time?"
The man peered out of the porthole and solemnly declared: "No, we're about
twenty minutes late."
The great brain took this right in stride. "Wonder what caused this delay?"
he mused.
The old salt suggested: "May be the captain fell overboard."