Christopher CoPlotnik's 4 Ships

Christopher CoPlotnik's 4 Ships
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It is History Friday. It is time to remember the great explorer Christopher CoPlotnik, who commanded the four ships sent by King Murray of Salamanca to the New World. (King Murray was the brother-in-law of Queen Isabella. He married Isabella's sister Lumps de Azucar.)

Christopher CoPlotnik commanded three of King Murray's ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, while the ill-fated fourth ship, the Sphinta, was commanded by King Murray's third cousin Jose 'Which Way Did You Say is East?' Nguyen-Plotnik-Sanchez. Sadly, Nguyen-Plotnik-Sanchez got lost five minutes after leaving port, and refused to ask directions. As the above photo clearly demonstrates, the Shpinta was pointed the wrong way even when they posed for the picture.

When Nguyen-Plotnik-Sanchez, ancestor of the entire Stiletto City Plotnik family, finally landed in Shmalibu, more than 400 years after he began his voyage, the first thing he asked for was some ruffage.