Track 2: Commodore Babbit

• SPEAKER_02: Hello?
  
• SPEAKER_00: Yes, I was looking for Jacob.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Yeah, this is he.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Hi, my name's WIP.
  
• SPEAKER_02: What'd you say your name is?
  
• SPEAKER_00: WIP.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Oh, I cracked that whip.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Yeah, my name's Wip.
  
• SPEAKER_00: I was on a frigate recently, and another shipman gave me this number to reach you at.
  
• SPEAKER_02: On a ship you were?
  
• SPEAKER_00: Yeah, on a Friot.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Yeah, on a frigate.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Yeah, uh-huh.
  
• SPEAKER_00: He was a swabby, you know.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm a ship, I know exactly what you mean.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Sure, sure.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Anyway, I'm Admiral Whip, Babbitt.
  
• SPEAKER_00: You can type that in your search engine, if you like.
  
• SPEAKER_00: I'm currently on the afterbrow here.
  
• SPEAKER_00: And just wanted to say a hoi to you a little bit.
  
• SPEAKER_00: O'Hoy to you, I think you got a couple things I wanted to touch base with you on navigate with you.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Starting a Neighborhood Task Force, we're going to use to commission.
  
• SPEAKER_00: a new anchor.
  
• SPEAKER_00: It's going to be the, like, the Cadillac of anchors.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Touch basis on that, see if you're giving mood for something like that.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Something drop-forged, maybe, and, um, uh, emblazoned.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Yeah, well, it'll come with a non-rolling horizontal winch.
  
• SPEAKER_00: And it includes a custom baggy wrinkle, too.
  
• SPEAKER_00: It's going to have everything.
  
• SPEAKER_00: So, are you leaning as the crow flies?
  
• SPEAKER_00: Are you affirmative?
  
• SPEAKER_00: on that? Because you're the only one I know who's ashore right now. All my crewmen are adrift
  
• SPEAKER_02: right now. The only real question I have is, are they biting? Yeah, I could pick you up in my
  
• SPEAKER_00: barge here, bring you back to my barracks. You can help me batting down the hatch up here.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I'll help you.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Now, once you step into my brig here, because look, this isn't some bum boat, okay? I've achieved
  
• SPEAKER_00: total buoyancy out here where I'm at. I'm buoyant. And all my crew have got channel fever.
  
• SPEAKER_00: They're off on some dingy somewhere or some donkey man. Could you call me barnacle or something like that?
  
• SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they're on their dingy there. I'm a Commodore and I need to hoist my dagger board. That's just what
  
• SPEAKER_00: it comes down to, sun up, sundown. What division are you in, anyhow?
  
• SPEAKER_02: I mean, I'm a landlubber primarily. As evidence of that,
  
• SPEAKER_02: I did take a catamaranang of some kind, I think, between the Hawaiian Islands one time,
  
• SPEAKER_02: and I became terribly seasick, and I'm going to get sick if I join you out there.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Well, I'll tell you, when we reach dry dock, you can go ahead and secure the dunsel and the
  
• SPEAKER_00: fifee if you still have your gaff.
  
• SPEAKER_00: I'll tell you, when we reach dry down, and after that, we can go ahead and hop on the gangplank.
  
• SPEAKER_00: I'll remain on the helm, but we can together,
  
• SPEAKER_00: at least hitch the jack staff or just swap out the jigger mast and lace the kickstrap just
  
• SPEAKER_00: according to your own comfort level because hey Jacob I just done a serious thing here
  
• SPEAKER_00: yeah I heard you had gone overboard on the mother ship
  
• SPEAKER_00: because hey Jacob can I ask it I just don't a serious thing now I want to tell you if that does
  
• SPEAKER_00: occur if that happens just remember a few things okay
  
• SPEAKER_00: I want to tell you if that does occur, if that happens.
  
• SPEAKER_00: To parbuckle your rope, forget all about containerization.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Maybe just piggyback off of a Chandler and his or her gantry.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Still, account for all warfage and prepare for shedage.
  
• SPEAKER_00: But, you know, hey, privately, you can even tug on your thruster.
  
• SPEAKER_00: And prepare for shedage privately.
  
• SPEAKER_00: If it's entered into your captain's log, of course.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Then I say, stow your slop tank and say a hole.
  
• SPEAKER_00: There, I'm a moffield, huh?
  
• SPEAKER_00: Well, I'm, I'm intimidated.
  
• SPEAKER_02: I'm intimidated.
  
• SPEAKER_02: And the only not I even know how to tie is a sheepshack.
  
• SPEAKER_02: And I'm not even sure why I was tired.
  
• SPEAKER_00: And like I say, hey, between you and I privately, you can even tug on your thruster.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Ain't no one ever died from it.
  
• SPEAKER_00: I got another crew in here that maybe you can touch base with him
  
• SPEAKER_00: and see if you like where he's coming from on the whole task force idea.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Just ask him if you have any further questions about the anchor.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Okay?
  
• SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Let me hand you over to him.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Come here, matey.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Here.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Talk to Jacob.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Hello.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Hello.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Hello.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Renee?
  
• SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Jacob, bud, I'm getting some kind of talk on the phone here about getting signed up to be on a boat.
  
• SPEAKER_02: And I'm, and I've hardly ever been on a boat, but once it got seat thick as all get out.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Does that make any sense to you?
  
• SPEAKER_02: Is this Renee?
  
• SPEAKER_02: No.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Oh.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Who is this?
  
• SPEAKER_02: This is Alex.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Well, yeah, I don't, uh...
  
• SPEAKER_02: I'm pretty confused about what's happening right now.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Well, I think there's somebody out there who seems to take a great deal of pleasure in cross-connecting three people
  
• SPEAKER_01: who just pick up their phones and say hello, and they don't know what the hell's going on,
  
• SPEAKER_01: and this guy seems to get a kick out of this.
  
• SPEAKER_01: So we just have to ignore the son of a bitch.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
  
• SPEAKER_01: He's got somebody on the third line, and they don't know it because they're just picking up the sirens.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Just hang up, and I'll do the same, and hopefully he'll get tired of bothering us today.
  
• SPEAKER_01: But he'll be around again.
  
• SPEAKER_00: Say what now?
  
• SPEAKER_01: I said, hopefully he'll get tired of bothering us today and wait for another day.
  
• SPEAKER_02: Who will?
  
• SPEAKER_01: The guy who takes pleasure in screwing with the phone.
  
• SPEAKER_01: system. We haven't been able to track them down, unfortunately.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Oh, yeah?
  
• SPEAKER_01: Yeah. So, have a good day. Stay safe.
  
• SPEAKER_01: What's your first? Who is your, who is this?
  
• SPEAKER_01: This is Alex.
  
• SPEAKER_01: Can't hear a word you're saying. You've got the background noise, and you're breaking up on your phone.
  
• SPEAKER_01: So take care. Have a good one. You too. Bye-bye.
  
• None: Thank you.