一天大副喝酒喝得大醉,這天正好輪到船長記航行日志。他寫道:大副今天喝醉了。
He begged and pleaded to the captain to remove that entry but the captain argued that once an entry was made in the company’s Log it couldn’t be deleted. 'The first mate decided to get even. The next time when it was the first mate's turn to write in the log, he wrote: The captain was sober today.
大副苦苦哀求船長不要把這個寫進去,但是船長說一旦寫進了航海日記就不能刪去了。大副因此決定要對船長進行報復。當輪到大副記航海日志的時候,他寫道:船長今天是清醒的。