LISA DENTON: Barry, if you’ve been thinking it’s time to buy a boat, you can get a look at your options this weekend at the Chattanooga Boat & Sport Show. It runs Thursday through Sunday at the Chattanooga Convention Center.
To get ready, I’ve been practicing my nautical lingo: Ahoy! Avast! Yo-ho-ho!
I’m not sure why, but something about the show makes me want to talk like a pirate. Reckon I could find a ship with a Jolly Roger flying? I could spend my weekends drinking grog and counting doubloons. That would be a sight to see on Soddy Lake, aye?
BARRY COURTER: OK, I looked up some other nautical terms, and there are some pretty funny ones. A “sky pilot” is a priest, a “heavy lift job” refers to a top-heavy woman, and a “chunder box” is the toilet. It appeared we were all going to need to know those terms last week with all the rain.
Along with the boat show, there are a couple of interesting things happening this week. On Saturday, the John Cowan Trio is at Barking Legs which, as you know, is a great place to see a show. The same night, Bill Oberst Jr. will portray late columnist Lewis Grizzard at the Tivoli Theatre. Grizzard was one of the funniest people ever, but he could also make you cry with some of his stories.