In this section... Media enquiries The crew Mission statement Editor interviewed Advertise with us Button ads Privacy statement   ship of fools what ship plays with icebergs and plays soft music as it sinks into the ocean? what ship on the throw of a dice feeds a prophet to his fishy destination? what ship breaks its spine on the rocks and turns the waves black with lubrication? a ship of fools but there are fools and those who seem to be what ship is built on a dry highland is launched by a downpour and flies on watery wings to the peak of a mountain? what ship has a crew of taxmen thieves and fishermen who decide in the howling storm to make a small sleeping carpenter their captain? yes a ship of fools but there are fools and those who only appear to be Simon Jenkins, 1979   Sign up for the Ship of Fools irregular newsletter.