At the end of Build the New Instant Boats, Harold “Dynamite” Payson advises his reader/builders to respect the limitation of the craft they have built and stick to sheltered waters.
“You can’t throw bull with the ocean,” he cautions, “she won’t listen.”
Garish photos and paintings of sunsets often provoke condescension, but I’ve never heard anyone try to condescend to the real thing.
