Hocus pocus
17 January 2012 | Barra navidad
Admiral Lori
Rich was doing his last morning La Paz Cruisers Net before we left the great city of La Paz. Jason is giggling in the background waiting for his turn to get onto the net. He had asked me if he could do a Swap and Trade on the Net. I said sure. That surprised him as he thought I would never go along with his joke but I figured why not? As the Swap and Trade section came up Jason was standing by the stairs waiting impatiently. There was a few seconds of silence and then the following commenced:
Jason with a scratchy, twangy voice: This is sailing vessel Hocus Pocus and I have a Swap and Trade.
Rich: Go ahead Hocus Pocus.
Jason: I have a used bar of soap and it is getting too small and I want to trade it for a bigger one.
A few seconds of silence followed as Rich was trying to compose himself, but he laughed anyway…
Then after the Net was over we got a call from Just a Minute.
Jack: Hocus Pocus, Hocus Pocus this is JAM.
Jason in his crazy voice: This is Hocus Pocus. Go up to channel 77.
Jason on Ch 77: Do you have some soap for me?
Jack: I would like to trade a half roll of TP for your soap.
Jason: Is it used or unused?
Jack: Well, after I use it I put it back on the roll so it is still in pretty good condition. It is only a little crunchy.
Jason: rolling on the floor cannot respond. Jack signs off….
Another good day in the anchorage.