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By *edmark07 OP Man
over a year ago
liverpool |
So many naval sayings are in everyday use, can you list a new one. I'll kick off with a cpl.
3 square meals a day from when plates were square so when they were stacked on edge they didn't role
Son of a gun from when certain ladies came on board and where fucked over the barrel of a cannon. |
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By *edmark07 OP Man
over a year ago
liverpool |
OK one more before this dies on its ass.
In the offing, meaning it will happen soon. The offing being the bit of sea between land and horizon so a ship spotted was in the offing, meaning it would arrive soon |
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By *asilForty77Man
over a year ago
a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road |
Let the cat out of the bag
The cat refers to the cat'o nine tails, which was a multi-tailed whip used as a severe form of discipline. The 'cat' – as it was often know – was kept in a cloth bag. If it was taken out, there would be trouble. |
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By *edmark07 OP Man
over a year ago
liverpool |
"OK one more before this dies on its ass.
I find this very interesting. It's difficult to contribute because I'm sure many of us don't have the knowledge, but I've certainly enjoyed reading it. "
Thank you. There's so many I thought lots would contribute there own but seems not. I could go but I won't, easy enough to google I guess |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Apparently bobble hats were invented by French sailors to stop banging their heads on the low ceilings of their ships..
Something random I heard. How true it is though? |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
There and to the left a bit |
"Freeze the balls OFF a brass monkey "
Hate to burst that bubble, especially as it used to be one of my favourites too but that story is a fallacy - the origination is actually from brass models of the three wise monkeys imported from China and Japan that used to sometimes have a fourth monkey covering it's genitals and it's thought the term originated from them.
The Navy story has been pretty much discredited as there is no record of a ring to hold the cannonball being called a monkey, brass or otherwise, and also because it is a physical impossibility as both the ring and the cannonballs would shrink so the "balls off" effect wouldn't happen - there's a few other reasons too. |
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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago
Camberley occasionally doncaster |
The term "bootneck" referring to Marines, derives from the aforementioned Marines tying strips of thick leather around their neck to prevent them having their throats cut in their sleep by peeved sailors (there was often rivalry on board). |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Let the cat out of the bag
The cat refers to the cat'o nine tails, which was a multi-tailed whip used as a severe form of discipline. The 'cat' – as it was often know – was kept in a cloth bag. If it was taken out, there would be trouble."
Similarly "not enough room to swing a cat" |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Port and starboard scran spanners.
RAS us the slide.
Pass the sea dust.
Going for a number 3.
A day ashore is a day wasted.
Pinky
Fairy
Greeny
Chock head
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Stoker
White death
That split’s got a fanny like a fleet chief’s Burberry cuff. 
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