# Count To A Million Thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [September 2, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653 "2018-09-02T18:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 126
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653/2504 "2020-03-10T06:41:04Z")
2588 Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin ---
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2589 As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most ---
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2590 With a crew and good captain well seasoned ---
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2591 Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms ---
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2592 When they left fully loaded for Cleveland ---
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2593 And later that night when the ship’s bell rang ---
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2594 Could it be the north wind they’d been feelin’? ---
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2595 The wind in the wires made a tattle-tale sound ---
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2596 When the wave broke over the railing ---
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2597 And every man knew, as the captain did too, ---
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2598 ‘Twas the witch of November come stealin’ ---
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2599 The dawn came late and the breakfast had to wait ---
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2600 When the gales of November came slashin’ ---
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2601 When afternoon came, it was freezin’ rain ---
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2602 In the face of a hurricane west wind ---
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2603 When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin’ ---
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“Fellas, it’s too rough to feed ya.” ---
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2604 (Fixed that for you. ;)) 2605 At seven p.m., a main hatchway caved in, he said ---
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(oops, thanks) 2606 “Fellas, it’s been good to know ya.” ---
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2607 The captain wired in he had water comin’ in [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-to-a-million-thread/820653.md?page=127)