Remember to keep off the beer before you go, pump ship, and try and hold on for an hour or so.
Reminds me of the occasion when, early in the evening I had to 'pump ship' as you so quaintly put it and on returning to the gathering, the hostess exited the room only to return a few moments later to confront her husband and declare loudly "well,
he is a gentleman -
he puts the seat and lid back down"!
