Tar for Tar's Sake

Tar for Tar's Sake is the title of a popular drinking song and the unofficial slogan of the Dyslexic Sailor's Art Association.

The song recommends Extract of Radium as a cure for scrimshaw abuse; in fact, Extract of Radium is the leading cause of scrimshaw abuse.

Fiction cross-reference

• Compulsive Saint Elmo's Disorder - see Rumbustious lightning.
• Dyslexic Sailor's Art Association
• Scrimshaw abuse
• The Little Petroleum Sample That Could