Well, it’s the start of some new ink. It’s odd that he said a toast I gave at a dinner last year was the inspiration for it:
There are good ships,
And there are wood ships,
And there are ships that sail the sea.
But the best ships
Are friendships,
And may they always be.
I do recall I was, uh, already a few sheets in meself when I stood and rendered that to my motley crew.
This made me proud.
the rest of me 
At least you didn't give my typical few sheets in toast.Friends may come and friends may goAnd friends may peter out, you knowSo here's to friends until the endPeter out, or peter in!That ink wouldn't have been so lovely
Oh yeah, and I stole that inappropriate toast from a friend. Don't blame me!