down with the ship

"Now is there any new business," says Giblets."Well the boat's sinking," says me."Giblets seems to recall that coming up at the last meeting," says Giblets, "which would make that old business.""Well it's more sinking-er than it was last time," says me. "That's kind of new.""And under Old Business we agreed to form a Boat Sinking Committee to launch an investigation into the possibility of making