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Traditional Cruise Liners use a lot of fuel and disturb the
tranquility of the sea by being very noisy. They would be
much quieter and cheaper to run if they were driven by
oars.
Naturally a large ship would require many oarsmen, and as
they would tend not to be willing participants in this
grueling
task, a "captive" crew would be necessary. I'm thinking of
the
entire population of a mid-sized prison being offered a
reduced sentence in exchange for a stint on the galleys. A
large liner would need up to two thousand rowers stationed
on either side, with each of the hundred foot long oars
being
operating by perhaps twenty men. The oars themselves
enter
through holes in the side of the ship, which would be
protected from the elements by waterproof grommets.
Teams of rowers are to be named after Roman and Greek
Gods
to maintain the theme. Passengers invited to visit the lower
levels of the ship, of an evening, to view the galleys, would
show favour to their adopted team by throwing in tit-bits
and
left overs.
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Perhaps you could persuade loads of S&M submissives to power your holiday liner, then you wouldn't have to pay 'em. |
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Their work is their reward. |
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Capital idea [xenzag] - bagsy first on the kettle drum. Pull harder scum! |
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Picturing some kind of "fat farm" deal, where people pay to be an oarsman and eat many small, lowfat meals every day while exercising steadily. |
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"I lost fifty pounds rowing around the ocean and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" |
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for the s&m crowd, you'd call it Cruise Control |
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You're going to need some industrial-strength dominatrices to keep all those rowers in line. |
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I gave a bun, but I hope in doing thus I get a discount on the super cool rowing cadences CD. (some bad ones ran through my mind today, but I was ultra-busy.) |
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Anyone who can afford to go on cruise liners more than three times every year should be put on the rowing teams. |
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Because people who've been able to go on cruise ships 3+ times a year, every year of their lives, have undoubtedly thought of owning a slave rowing team. |
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Ramming Speed! Dum! Dom! Dum! Dom! Dum! Dom! |
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Possibly! - all that leather and chains and all!. I was quoting from the original film but can see where I was wrong (or rather right but missed it). |
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