Do Sailors really have a girl in every port?
I am really fed up with hearing this question everywhere I go. There is no truth to it. This is one of those urban myths and ancient legends that no one knows from whence it originated. First, there are tens of thousands of ports in the world. No Sailor has ever hit every port. They’d have to live to be over two hundred years old to do it! Most career sailors might top off at sailing into and out of a couple of hundred ports. Then, you have to consider that sailors aren’t in the richest profession on the face of the earth. We can’t afford a girl in each port. Therefore, it doesn’t take a lot of thought to realize that most sailors only have a girl in about one of every five ports they visit, limiting them to about ten to twelve at any given time. Whew! I’m glad I got that off my chest and I do thank you for asking. This is one myth, I am glad I had the opportunity to lay to rest. Q: Why do we have war? A: War is nature’s way of teaching us geography. Before 1992, who knew where Bosnia
