The Rip in the Fabric of the Universe ...
'Twas the night before the night before Christmas and all through the ship ....
the crew were wondering why the captain was prowling about the quarterdeck (windward side, of course), with his handy-size patented Captain's All-Purpose Repair Kit clutched in his fist while he gazed intently at a particular patch of sky, low on the portside horizon.
"Quartermaster!" he called.
"Aye, Aye, Sir!" said Seaman Staines (for it was he).
"Steer three points on the North-East quarter!" said the Captain.
"Three points it is, Sir!" quoth Staines.
"And send for the cabin boy! Can't bring his name to mind." said the Captain.
Staines, with a distinctly evil leer, said ...