The Captain of the ship of fools

[Ghost in the Machine]

[Captain Angry]

1. Not all captains are crazy.

:-)

[madokie]

2. but that bush one is, I promise

[Captain Angry]

5. Actually, I think he was only a Lieutenant.

I outrank him. I'll have to give him a call and ask him to leave office.

[Ghost in the Machine]

3. True.. but Captain Dumbass is sure crazy...

[Individualist]

9. aka Captain Bligh

All that's missing are the marbles in his hand.

[Turbineguy]

4. Some are

drunks.

[DemoTex]

6. My favorite "Ship of Fools."

Hieronymus Bosch

In The Ship of Fools Bosch is imagining that the whole of mankind is voyaging through the seas of time on a ship, a small ship, that is representative of humanity. Sadly, every one of the representatives is a fool. This is how we live, says Bosch--we eat, dring, flirt, cheat, play silly games, pursue unattainable objectives. Meanwhile our ship drifts aimlessly and we never reach the harbour. The fools are not the irreligious, since promiment among them are a monk and a nun, but they are all those who live ``in stupidity''. Bosch laughs, and it is sad laugh. Which one of us does not sail in the wretched discomfort of the ship of human folly? Eccentric and secret genius that he was, Bosch not only moved the heart but scandalized it into full awareness. The sinister and monstrous things that he brought forth are the hidden creatures of our inward self-love: he externalizes the ugliness within, and so his misshapen demons have an effect beyond curiosity. We feel a hateful kinship with them. The Ship of Fools is not about other people, it is about us.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bosch/fools/

Since the early DU days in 2001 I have often posted this. I contend that it is the perfect BFEE rendition. Bu$hboy in the tree sipping wine, the burning Bu$h, the Skull and Bones. Rich. Way too rich!

[opihimoimoi]

8. Thank You for posting.....

[Catshrink]

7. Homer called him Commander Cuckoo Bananas

but I prefer Commander Bunnypants.