... for some reason, this suddenly re-entered my head:
Here lie the bones of Jimmy Day
Who died preserving his right-of-way.
He held to his right, and he held to it strong:
But he's just as dead as if he were wrong.
(The refererence in this anonymous (?) quatrain is to the right of sail to
take priority over steam. To assert this right, The Said James sailed a wee
skiff in front of a doon-the-wa'er Clyde paddle-steamer. With predictable
results.)
Robin
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