To be honest I dont know, but my gut feeling is that the original person would be let off and another BM would flog the first flogger,(Who wouldn’t feel very friendly to the person he was trying to give an easy time to after the event).
But if you had some sort of Draco as Captain/Commander then both would be flogged but thats just my guess.
Off topic but connected,we like to hold our hands up in horror nowadays at the brutality of the naval punishments of that era but civilians would receive the death penalty for the same or lesser offences.
I share their doubt,a bagged up cat would sound completely different to a piglet,and cloth piercing,needle sized claws are not usually found on members of the Pork fraternity.
“My cahhh shit the bed” means ‘my automobile no longer runs for some expensive reason.’
“If my cat had kittens in the oven, I wouldn’t call 'em biscuits.” Said in reply to someone who claims he/she is a true Mainer since he/she was born in any other state but Maine, but moved to Maine when he/she was 6 months old and lived in Maine ever since.
“Thanks, deah.” Said in response to male or female waitstaff, toll attendant, etc.
“He’s so stupid he could f*** up a bucket of water.” (Self explanatory)
"He’s so stupid he can’t pour piss outta a boot with instructions on the heel. (Ditto)
“We’re rattling around like two beads in a bureau drawer.” Said in response to ‘how ya doin’?’
“You can’t make chicken outta chicken shit.” (The Maine version of 'you can’t make a silk purse out of a pig’s ear.)
“I should hope to kiss a pig!” An emphatic response to ‘Nah–ya don’t say!’
“Them docks usta be a good place ta fish til them outta-townahs put in all them BOWtiques.” Said by many old fisherman at any given port city in Maine.
"Wish in one hand, shit in the other–see which one fills up faster. Said in response to most any “I wish…” statement.
And my personal favorite:
“Here I sit
On the poopah–
Givin’ birth to a Maine State Troopah.”
“Don’t go visiting with both arms the same length.” (Bring a gift, which means that one arm would seem longer than the other.–Southern U.S.)
“He folded like a two-dollar suitcase.” (He gave in easily.–Western U.S.)
“Raining pitchforks and hammer handles.” (Raining hard–Midwestern U.S.)
“Can’t never could do nothing.” (Self-explanatory. U.S.)
“That boat’s only staying together because the termites are holding hands.” (It’s in bad shape–Maine, U.S.)
“You’re preaching to the Amen corner.” (You’re trying to convince people who already agree with you. Southern U.S.)
“He’s so ugly, if he fell in the Mississippi, you could skim ugly for a year.” (Southern U.S.)
“You can’t sweep sunshine off a porch.” (I don’t know what this means, but I like the sound of it. Western U.S.)
She almost never swore, but once or twice, I heard her come out with, “Well, shit fire and save matches!”
And if she wanted to imply that someone (usually my dad) was going to make a bigger mess of things by “helping”, she’d say, “Here, let Uncle Dudley show you how”.
For stupidity:
Dumb as a box of rocks.
A brick shy of a load.
A sandwich shy of a picnic.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Not the brightest light on the tree.
The wheel is spinning, but the hamster’s dead.
For a beautiful person with no personality:
Nice cage; no bird.
Fishing without success:
Drowning worms.
Self -explanatory:
Ain’t seen you in a coon’s age.
He’s got more money than God.
I’m so broke I can’t pay attention.
I’m allergic to alcohol. When I drink, I break out in handcuffs.
Oh, and River Hippie– “Built like a brick shithouse.”
I once had a gf who had never heard this expression until she heard someone say it about her (in high school). She thought it was a horrible insult and went home crying about it.
I once actually saw a group called Dick’s Hat Band.
I also like:
For someone overly enamored with another:
He thinks her shit don’t stink.
Also:
Drunk as Cooter Brown.
This is a common Southern expression and I’ve even heard Dolly Parton say it on TV, but nobody seems to know who Cooter Brown was. I reckon he was one helluva drunk sumbitch.