tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327778823495975786.post3404115954816159528..comments2023-10-29T05:10:31.844-07:00Comments on Japes for Owre Tymes: And a Great Light Shone About Her, and the People Were AmazedAngry Kemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12922460027569086541noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327778823495975786.post-69275070152022510312008-11-10T16:10:00.000-08:002008-11-10T16:10:00.000-08:00On that note, the first time I saw HMS Pinafore, a...On that note, the first time I saw HMS Pinafore, as a particularly innocent 13 year old, I was terribly embarrassed by Little Buttercup because the way she sang her first number convinced even me that she was actually a prostitute.<BR/><BR/>So, yes. "Buy of your Buttercup, buy!" Hem hem.Hannah Kilpatrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06750010843246514032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2327778823495975786.post-34691797213431475982008-11-10T12:49:00.000-08:002008-11-10T12:49:00.000-08:00Just as a note, a bum boat was a boat carrying mer...Just as a note, a bum boat was a boat carrying merchants who sold commodities, provisions, and, er, other things to sailors on board anchored ships.<BR/><BR/>Back in the bad old days, when ships were made out of wood and men were made out of steel, naval sailors were not allowed on shore when their ships were in port (at least, this was the rule in wartime). So bum boats would come out to the ships to sell alcohol, tobacco, and other goods and, er, <I>services</I> (wink wink, nod nod, say no more) to the sailors.<BR/><BR/>In Gilbert and Sullivan's <I>HMS Pinafore</I>, Little Buttercup is a bum boat woman.<BR/><BR/>In these enlightened, post-press gang days, sailors are allowed to leave their ships when in port. So bum boats have become a thing of the past.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375973697938997176noreply@blogger.com