The cruise ship captain had a very smart parrot that loved attending the shows aboard ship. He'd perch on the beams above the stage and carefully observe the entertainer throughout the show.

After a while, he'd know the routine so well that he'd often start singing along, if a band had performed the same song a few times. This sometimes added to the entertainment. But when a new illusionist started to perform, the parrot's close observation became a problem.

The NSRI in Cape Town picked up a faint radio distress signal from a sinking pleasure yacht:

Yacht radio operator: May...ay ...ayd... Mayday ... is yacht Nal...i ... am sinking fast... need assis...

A ship sailed under command of a new captain and the crew did not know what to expect from their new commanding officer.

One morning, while sailing the seven seas, the ship's look-out spotted a pirate ship. The crew became frantic.

Sarah approached her house doctor with a medical problem: "Doctor, James is snoring very loudly every night, and I am not getting any sleep! Isn't there anything you can do to help him stop snoring?"