My wife and I recently took a great riverboat cruise on the Ohio River. I took my Axtell bird along (easy to pack) "just in case". Willie Wingnut (Vern The Bird) and I entertained the Captain in the Pilot House for an hour and a half (no the
bird did not steer the boat).
Later the Captain, Willie and I did about an hour for the passengers at dinner.
It was a great success. So after a 20 year absence and about a year of practicing, I'm back into vent.
Thanks Steve for giving me the bird.


Tom Farrell

Now tell me who could give you the bird if not AX 'Did someone say Duck'

Tom... welcome back after 20 years away.. That is VERY COOL! Great to have you using Axtell stuff!

Ax

Any ideas for a potential riverboat captain for library shows?

World's Oldest Captain?

"I've been a riverboat captain since the Mississippi was just a tributary!"

I am that Old Man River Captain
Yes That old Man River Captain
I don't know nothin'
But must say somethin'.
Cause I am that old Man River Captain
The old man River Captain
and I just keep floating along

A preacher finds himself caught in a tremendous rainstorm. the motel he's staying in is flooded. As the water rises, the preacher climbs to the roof and starts praying.

Just then, an old coast guard Captain and his rescue party float by in a boat. "Let's go, mister, into the boat."

"I'll stay here," the preacher says "The Lord will save me."

The men in the boat move on. An hour later,they return to find the preacher still on the roof "Sir, you better get in. The water is still rising."

"No thanks," says the preacher. "The Lord is my salvation."

Toward evening,The captain of the boat come back again looking for stranded people, the motel is almost completely under water, and the preacher is clinging to the satellite dish on the roof. The captain shouts out "Hey buddy, get in the boat! This is your last chance."

"I'm all right," says the preacher, looking toward heaven. I KNOW the Lord will provide."

Well that was the last time the captain and the boat could rescue him, just then the satellite dish is struck by lightning, and the preacher is killed. When he arrives at the Pearly Gates, he is furious.

"What happened?" he shouts. "I thought the Lord would provide!"

The Lords thunderous voice shout out to the preacher "Hey! I sent out a captain and his boat in that thunderous rain three times and three times you refused.... When someone lends a hand reach out and grab it...you never know when the next hand will be out stretched....

Hope this helps

Very nicely done. Thanks. I'll have to file these under the riverboat captain idea in case I sail with that one.