Post #318913 by The Gnomon on Mon, Jul 16, 2007 9:14 AM

I am Ishmael.

In his quest to vanquish Moby Dick, Captain Ahab has brought a giant tiki onto the Pequod, a tiki known as Tangaroa, one of the great gods and god of the sea. The captain commanded Tangaroa to guide the ship to the great white whale.

What the captain did not realize was that this tiki god represents all sea creatures and not humans. So when Moby Dick was sighted and the captain cast off in the harpoon boat he was in for plenty of trouble.

Captain Ahab shot the harpoon into the white whale, but Moby Dick was too powerful and was only angered. In the process, the captain became entangled in the harpoon line, was snatched from the boat into the rough sea, and soon found himself lashed to the whale, unable to free himself.

The first mate shouted out from the Pequod, "Captain! What are your orders?"

The captain shouted back, "Ask the tiki and hurry!"

So the first mate called out to the great Tangaroa, "Oh, mighy tiki god of the sea, what is your order?"

Then, in a deep resounding voice that could be heard throughout the entire ship the tiki god spoke, "I'll have a venti triple shot, double pump, no whip, skim, Raspberry Mocha and a doppio skim Espresso Macchiato".

Whether that's a joke or not remains to be seen. I just made it up today on my way back from Starbucks. This 'joke' assumes that everyone knows Starbuck was the first mate.