China-going P. & O.'s <br />Pass Pau Amma's playground close, <br />And his Pusat Tasek lies <br />Near the track of most B.I.'s. <br />N.Y.K. and N.D.L. <br />Know Pau Amma's home as well <br />As the Fisher of the Sea knows <br />"Bens," M.M.'s and Rubattinos. <br />But (and this is rather queer) <br />A.T.L.'s can qiot come here; <br />O. and O. and D.O.A. <br />Must go round another way. <br />Orient, Anchor, Bibby, Hall, <br />Never go that way at all. <br />U.C.S. would have a fit <br />If it found itself on it. <br />And if "Beavers" took their cargoes <br />To Penang instead of Lagos, <br />Or a fat Shaw-Savill bore <br />Passengers to Singapore, <br />Or a White Star were to try a <br />Little trip to Sourabaya, <br />Or a B.S.A. went on <br />Past Natal to Cheribon, <br />The the great Mr. Lloyds would come <br />Whith a wire and drag them home! <br /> <br />. . . . . <br /> <br />You will know what my riddle means <br />When you've eaten mangosteens.<br /><br />Rudyard Kipling<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-crab-that-played-with-the-sea/
