Wizard of Id by Parker and Hart for March 23, 2022

Ummm – being pedantic, but an knot is a nautical mile per hour.

Knots is a measure of speed; furlongs or leagues are distance.

I didn’t know you could row that fast.

The faster you row the faster the knots go by.

Seems like a wisecrack about Knots Landing would fit in here somewhere…

Nice try, but it sort of falls flat with those who know that the knot is a measure of speed, not of distance.

When your rowing for that long, it doesn’t make much difference

Or until he makes the Kessel run in twelve parsecs.

Or until he resembles the one in the back. The very back…..

One time I was 11 years old. One time I rowed 10,001 knots.

Could it be how many times his muscles knotted up on him while rowing?

Then they start getting calls to get the extended warranty.

A modern version would have them sitting behind a computer for 8+ hours a day while the team leader beats out ramming speed from his seat in front. (Based on a True Story)

so, roughly 100 miles

That’s like a prisoner in a chain gang being given a target of rocks to break to get an early release.

If both hands are on the oars, how’s he going to tie 10,000 knots?!? ;)

now that’s a good service plan

Hortator, to the slaves, "I have good news and bad news. The good new is there will be extra gruel, the bad news is the Tyrant wants to go water skiing.

LOL! Love the skull…

I did knot know this…..

- a unit of speed equivalent to one nautical mile per hour, used especially of ships, aircraft, or winds.

HISTORICAL

- a length marked by knots on a log line, as a measure of speed.“some days the vessel logged 12 knots”

Probably 10 years in that case.

Quite the oar deal.

Row faster – The king wants to water ski.

Maybe he means knots in his shoulders and back.

Is that the coxswain that got skeletonized?

Not sure the the human body can produce such speeds. Maybe if they feed the crew beans and cabbage for a couple of months they can create enough “jet” propulsion to get there.

Figure Id hasn’t gone metric.

RAMMING SPEED !!

can anyone explain knothead?

at least in Athens, warships were payed for by wealthy citizens who then were the captains. Military service was universal for all citizens and they maned the oars - rich and poor alike side by side - a true demoracy