There is an old saying that a man lost his precious sword when sitting on a moving boat. Instead of jumping into the water, he simply left a mark on the side of the boat where presumably the sword slipped into the river. "What are you doing?", his friends asked curiously. The man replies, "Oh, I think it's too dangerous to get into the water right now, so I'll mark the place and get into the water when the boat arrives. It's safer!"