alright so Sinbad has just gotten back from risking his life 3 times
he has all this money and his financial security is more or less assured
so what time is it?
BOOZE AND WHORES TIME OF COURSE
and he wakes up some morning
all covered in confetti with his legs wrapped around a transvestite orangutan
and he is like oh shit where is all my money
I GUESS I BETTER GO RISK MY LIFE AGAIN
so he gets some merchandise and he gets on a boat
and there is a totally predictable storm
and BAM now they are all washed up on some island
but it is okay because here come some naked dudes
who invite them to have some really gross food
and sinbad is like ew this food is gross
but everyone else is like YUM YUM YUM
and they just keep eating it
and being really disgusting
and getting fat and stupid like fat stupid cows
and then the naked dudes eat them
but when it becomes clear that Sinbad is not going to become a fat stupid cow
everyone kind of forgets about him
and he wanders off
you know
starving to death
and some other dudes who are not naked or cannibals find him
and they are like dude come chill with us in our sweet kingdom
and the king is like holy shit your stories are AMAZING
lemme hook you up with some bitches and riches right quick
and suddenly Sinbad is A RICH MARRIED MOTHERFUCKER
but oh shit what is this
apparently there is a custom here where if your spouse dies
you get buried alive with their corpse
so you can starve to death and be sad AT THE SAME TIME
EFFICIENT
and what do you know
Sinbad’s wife dies
so everyone is like get the fuck in the hole asshole
and he is like i don’t wanna
and they’re like tough tits sugarlumps
and they chuck him in the pit
along with 7 days worth of food and water for some reason
and he decides to make that shit last AS LONG AS POSSIBLE
and then pretty soon some other poor chick gets lowered into the pitcave
to die of starvation with her dead husband
and she is like OH GOD PLEASE KILL ME
and Sinbad is like SURE NO PROBLEM
and beats her to death with a skeleton and steals her food
he does this OVER AND OVER AGAIN
and people give him MONEY FOR DOING IT
and that is how he survives
until eventually he finds a tunnel to the outside and a ship picks him up
and they give him even more sweet treasure and he goes back to Baghdad
so he gets back to Baghdad and he is like hm shit
every time i do one of these voyages i have to endure horrible tortures
and i almost die a lot
maybe i should stop doing voyages
OH WHOOPS LOOKS LIKE MY LOVE OF BOOZE AND WHORES OUTWEIGHS MY DESIRE TO KEEP LIVING
ADVENTURE AHOYYYYYYYYY
BUT WAIT
I’M NOT RISKING ENOUGH IN THIS ADVENTURE
HOW ABOUT I BUY A SHIP THIS TIME
SO THAT WHEN WE INEVITABLY ENCOUNTER A STORM I WILL LOSE EVEN MORE MONEY
so that is what he does
and he gets a crew
and they set off
and pretty much immediately Sinbad’s crew starts fucking up
because they stop on some island and they see another one of those huge rukh eggs
and they are like well we are suicidally reckless
how about we throw rocks at this thing til it breaks
then kill the baby
then steal its meat
this will surely not upset the GIANT BIRDPARENTS
so they come back to sinbad like hey bro want some chicken
and Sinbad is like YOU IDIOTS
YOU UNAPOLOGETIC SACKS FULL OF FREEBASED STUPIDITY
and then Rukhs show up and totally ruin the ship with rocks and nonsense
but Sinbad survives obviously
and he wakes up on some island
and he dicks around for a while until he finds some old man
and the old man is mute but he is basically like dude gimme a piggy back ride
and Sinbad is like well shit what else am i gonna do
so he picks this dude up
and all of a sudden the dude is like YAHHH BITCH
except he doesn’t say it with his words
he says it with FURIOUS KICKS TO THE CHEST
and this goes on for DAYS
until finally sinbad is like fuck this
I’m going to hollow out some pumpkins
fill them with grapes
and make WINE
so i will still be miserable
but at least i will be SHITFACED AS WELL
and he starts gettin tipsay
and the old man is like what the fuck is this
and sinbad is like i have been drinking my friend
would you like some booze
and the dude is like YESSSSSSS
and he has never had any drunksauce before so he gets WASTED
and eventually falls off Sinbad and sinbad chokes him to death
and then gets picked up by some dudes who are like whoa
you just killed the old man of the sea
good job
but wait
Sinbad can’t go home yet
he hasn’t made his booze and whores allowance yet
so they go to some island called the island of the apes
because there are apes and everyone has to sleep on boats at night
otherwise the apes with fuck them to death
if it was me i would probably just use the boats to FIND A DIFFERENT ISLAND
but anyway Sinbad gets lost and everyone forgets about him
and he’s like FUCK now i am stranded
but it’s okay because he is the ULTIMATE BUSINESSMAN
and he pretty much just makes a fortune selling coconuts
and then another ship comes and they make a whole shitload of money
and then he goes home and settles down for some sweet whoretimes
although actually
i think he might have a family at this point?
I don’t know when he had time to start a family
with all the boozing and whoring
and i don’t know where he puts his family while he repeatedly disappears for years
but he’s got one and he’ll be damned if he’s going to leave again
oh wait that’s a lie
he totally leaves again
so he gets on some other boat
which just immediately sinks
and then he gets washed up on an island with a bunch of other dudes
and there are all these other ships washed up there
with sweet mounds of cash piled up everywhere
and also big barrels of beef jerky
but the beef jerky has gone bad apparently
because everyone gets fever and dies
one by one
except sinbad
who instead of dying builds a raft
covers it with riches
and sails down some river he finds
which leads him through a cave and into this really sweet kingdom
so he wakes up in this sweet kingdom
and some dudes are like whoa where did you come from
and Sinbad tells them his story
and they are like WHOA
THAT IS ONE BADASS STORY
OUR KING HAS GOT TO HEAR THIS
man
i wish we still lived in an era
where someone might find me passed out on the sidewalk
and then i might tell them a really sweet story
and then they might take me to see the president
but anyway the king is totally all about sinbad
he gives him tons of cash and whatnot
but finally sinbad is like i gots to get home
and the king is like well ok give this incredibly valuable goblet to your king
along with a really nice letter i wrote
and Sinbad is like that is really nice of you
and then he goes home with a ton of money and NO FURTHER PROBLEMS
so then he’s at home for a while
and he is seriously prepared to not have to engage in any more bullshit EVER
but then the king of Baghdad or whatever calls him up like dude
that was a very pleasant letter you brought me
I want to send a thankyou note
and YOU ARE JUST THE MAN FOR THE JOB
and Sinbad is like well really dude I would rather not
and the king is like FUCKING DO IT YOU PIECE OF SHIT
and Sinbad is like sure dude ok
so he takes a thankyou note to the other king
and everything is going great
until he is heading back home and OH GUESS WHAT SOME PIRATES ATTACK
and then they sell sinbad into slavery
but his master is a pretty okay dude
he just has him clean up the house a little bit
oh yeah and POACH ELEPHANTS WITH A GODDAMN BOW AND ARROW
yeah Sinbad has to sit in a tree all day every day
shooting elephants in the head with arrows
until one day the elephants get sick of his shit
and knock over the tree
and drag him to a bigass pit full of elephant bones
like dude
there is so much ivory over here
why you gotta keep murdering us man
and then sinbad tells his master about that
and his master hooks him up with sweet bling of all sorts
and sets him free
and he gets on a boat and he gets some pearls too
and probably just a whole deluge of unspeakable riches
really it doesn’t even matter at this point
the idea i am getting
is that sinbad could eat nothing but gold coins pure cocaine for the rest of time
and it would not be a problem
seriously this dude is rich as fuck
and the story ends with him inviting the dude he has been telling this story to
(Sinbad the Landsman, remember?)
to just come live in his palace forever
and be equally rich
but without any of the requisite effort
so the moral of the story is pretty clear
try to have the same name as rich dudes
they will hook you up
the end.
This is fabulous – and I have read through all of these because I have been sick and needing a laugh. So kudos to you for amusing a sick person.
However, your Smorgasbord is entirely in need of update-ment! I had to go hunt down many a myth that I could not find on the list 🙁
Still – this is awesome and you rock.
This site is making my entire hungover Sunday.
Except if you have the same name as a dude named Lebowski. Then your formula does not apply.
Ooh. Good point.
It really depends on whether the rich dude has any mind blowing stories to share with you.
So traveling with Sinbad, much like with Greek sailors, equals a gruesome and untimely death. Duly noted.
otherwise the apes with fuck them to death
is this a spelling mistake or my pet jinn is playing tricks on me again?