{"id":35771,"date":"2026-08-29T23:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/?p=35771"},"modified":"2026-08-29T23:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T22:07:20","slug":"is-the-sea-to-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/29\/is-the-sea-to-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"is the sea to drink"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>First Conversation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The phrase dates back to the 17th century<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was famously used by the French poet Jean de La Fontaine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> In his 1678 fable <em>Les Deux Chiens et l&#8217;\u00c2ne Mort<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drinking the entire ocean is an impossible colossal task<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So saying something is the sea to drink originally meant an undertaking  that was impossibly hard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over time people began using it in the negative (<em>ce n&#8217;est pas C mer \u00e0 boire<\/em>) to mean a job <em>isn&#8217;t<\/em> that crazy or overwhelming after all<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Beach<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was sitting on a nudist beach with my cousin  Julie <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let me sat that I am not a nudist <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although I do understand those who enjoy the recreation <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julie is a rather large girl <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who prefers to be naked <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As she feels invisible <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And does not feel judged <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because of her weight <br><br><br><strong>Second Conversation <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quite why we were discussing the origins <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the phrase was lost<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the history of our  afternoon <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I should not have known the answer <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as I am something of a sponge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am full of useless information  <br><br><br><strong>Swimming in the Sea<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the day was late of Afrika<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We decided to swim together <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The water was as warm as the day <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julie asked if she seemed smaller <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When swimming underwater <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I said there was a reduced illusion <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that she should not worry about it <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Conversation The phrase dates back to the 17th century It was famously used by the French poet Jean de La Fontaine In his 1678 fable Les Deux Chiens et l&#8217;\u00c2ne Mort Drinking the entire ocean is an impossible colossal task So saying something is the sea to drink originally meant an undertaking that was 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