Overhauling Has Nautical History

Earlier we were talking about chock-a-block with Jennifer and you know if you have a situation where you do have two blocks up next to each other and they can’t move to fix that situation.

You put slack in the tackle that is you add a little bit of a slack to the rope and this is exactly where we get our word overhaul meaning to redo or remake completely. Oh no kidding, so it’s like hauling over.

Yeah, yeah. Well, haul, you know, is that classic nautical word. Haul is, you know, you’re pulling on the lines, pulling on the sheets to make sails go up or to move things around.

If you were overhauling a room in your house, you’re behaving like a sailor, I guess.

And you need to cut yourself some slack because it’s going to take longer and cost more than you ever imagined. And maybe some rum. There you go.

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