i’m supposed to be painting my downstairs kitchen today, but I’ve taken a break to keep reading the reviews :-)
“If my experience does not stand as a testament to Captain Trimmer’s literary prowess, then I suppose nothing ever could. Please, shadow council of Nobel scholars, consider Captian Trimmer for the literary Nobel Prize. Please bestow upon this man the recognition he deserves. I tried sending him a Nobel Prize that I made myself, but he keeps sending it back.”
I keep thinking freepers must’ve written these, they are so funny.
I wonder if Captain Trimmer is still alive. The first edition of the book appears to have come out in the early 1980s - at least, I found an ad for the book in a 1983 issue of ‘Yachting’.