All right, so tie me to the mast.

You tie me to the mast, and I'm going to beg and plead.

And no matter what I say, you cannot untie me from the mast.

And the first mate takes a rope and ties Odysseus to the mast in a nice knot.

Tying yourself to a mast is perhaps the oldest written example of what psychologists call a commitment device.

This repeats itself through the night rehearsal, tying to the mast, conning his way out of it, beating the poor first mate up mercilessly.

They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

During the day, the Nutmeg collects energy from solar panels on the roof of the wheelhouse, and from a 450 watt turbine up the mast.

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

Your rigging is untied. They couldn't strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn't spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey.

Your rigging is untied. They couldn't strengthen the foot of their mast. They couldn't spread the sail. Then the prey of a great spoil was divided. The lame took the prey.

Thy tacklings are loosed they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail then is the prey of a great spoil divided the lame take the prey.

Thy tacklings are loosed they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail then is the prey of a great spoil divided the lame take the prey.

So, I created this compilation of the two I took my skis and I took a board and I put a mast foot in there, and some foot straps, and some metal fins, and here I was, going really fast on frozen lakes.

The same applies to extensive government borrowing from abroad, to currency boards, even to currency unions. The creation of the euro is nothing but an extreme form of commitment European governments tried to lash themselves to the German mast of fiscal discipline.

Tying yourself to the mast is the oldest one, but there are other ones such as locking a credit card away with a key or not bringing junk food into the house so you won't eat it or unplugging your Internet connection so you can use your computer.

And so what I'm going to do is I'm going to pour wax in the ears of you and all the men stay with me so that you can't hear the song, and then I'm going to have you tie me to the mast so that I can listen and we can all sail by unaffected.

American flags flew at half mast President Barack Obama addressed the nation the country mourned with the families of the victims and with the young athletes who will never run again. But even amid a massive police manhunt and a citywide lockdown, planners were already focusing on ensuring that next year s marathon will redeem the tragedy of this one.

One of the creditors favored in the New York case, Elliott Capital, had already successfully requested the seizure in Ghana of the Argentine Navy s three mast sailing ship ARA Libertad. If the fallout of the New York decision is an extensive Argentine default on other obligations, foreign trade will become practically impossible, many goods will become scarce, and domestic inflation will increase further.