A belated promotion

 

 

"Please, sir, morale is low enough as it is."

The subject of today's Remake Monday was first posted on 2017-11-08.

Welcome to my island

 

"I must confess I've been disappointed with the public's lack of response to my constant invitations."

Corporeal incompatibility

 

It's a safety issue.

Look out below

 

hello inventors society, it's me again wondering why you won't return my calls

Amphibious clothing

Sometimes I scribble some weird nonsense in my notebook & look at it & think, "I can make people look at this on the internet. I shouldn't, but I can. And I probably will."

Swears like a sailor

(Concept by Sharah Meservy, poring through nineteenth-century nautical lexicons by yours truly.)

The boat

I got out of the boat*, and I'm really glad I did.
*the boat is not quarantine/social distancing/etc. Obviously.

The subject of today's Remake Monday was first posted on 26 March 2016. It also included the following text:

"It's just the ocean playing tricks on us. Just because it looks like we're on land, and it doesn't seem like we're moving, doesn't mean we should risk getting out."

_"Our ancestors wouldn't have sacrificed so much to stay in the boat if it wasn't really on the water. And I wouldn't feel such a dark, frightened feeling every time my doubts say we've been fooled."

"Absolutely. There's no other explanation for it."

Mast and furious

[Author's note: Do I feel good about this one? No, of course not. But they can't all be winners, and I'll be back tomorrow to try again.]

Devastating lexical information

Self-sorting

The subject of today's Remake Monday was first posted on 10 March 2017.

No nautical takebacks

What's the rush?