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prologos
03-01-08, 06:27 AM
Did you notice that the default Captain name when you start a U-boat campaign is Bernard?:rotfl:

http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/1396/sh4img20080301132749093zn7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Schnee
03-01-08, 10:44 AM
Maybe I'm dumb - but whats the significance of this? I've been plaing the SH series since it first came out and this doesn't ring any bells.
AVGWarhawk
03-01-08, 12:55 PM
Bernard is just the guy on you boat that messes things up for you and the others.
stabiz
03-01-08, 01:12 PM
I think this is a different Bernard.:hmm: Mine actually sink stuff.
Raptor1
03-01-08, 01:30 PM
Since ComSubPac is our double-agent commander person, he gave Bernard command to screw up the campaign, ComSubPac is a double-double-agent...
Madox58
03-01-08, 03:23 PM
Reading the Credits, I saw Comedians listed.
:lol:
Which one came up with the
"HEY! Let's name the Captain Bernard Von Unfal!!"

Now,
I know what Bernard means, and I know what Von means.

But what is Unfal?

Bernard Of ?
:huh:
Penelope_Grey
03-01-08, 03:26 PM
I called my U-Boat captain "Otto Von Blotto" I kid you not.
Raptor1
03-01-08, 03:29 PM
Just looked through a German dictionary, looks like Unfal means Mischance/Misfortune/Accidant...:D

Soz...Bernard of Misfortune?

Alas, i cannot have more Captain-name related misfortune because my Fleet Boat skipper was and always will be named Philip F. Queeg
Madox58
03-01-08, 03:36 PM
That is just to rich!!
:rotfl:
:up:
stabiz
03-01-08, 03:47 PM
:rotfl:
Gezoes
03-01-08, 04:25 PM
:rotfl::huh:

:up:
AVGWarhawk
03-01-08, 10:09 PM
That is just to rich!!
:rotfl:
:up:


:rotfl:

It is darn funny if you think about it. Looks like Bernard was transfered to the Pacific. It is Germany's only hope to win the Atlantic with Bernard out of the way. :rotfl:
Oberon
03-03-08, 05:06 PM
Bernard of Fail! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Nice one! :rock:
gj2020
03-11-08, 01:41 PM
My Bernard was Bernard Von Dumke
Rykaird
03-11-08, 03:50 PM
Maybe I'm dumb - but whats the significance of this? I've been plaing the SH series since it first came out and this doesn't ring any bells.

Bernard is the German equivalent of Gilligan.

He is one of the more indispensable members of the crew, because he's the guy you blame for every stupid mistake you make.
edjcox
03-15-08, 10:13 PM
:cool:

Bernard Von Unfal


Bernard of accidents



kinda cute...
:rotfl:
Sailor Steve
03-15-08, 11:19 PM
Maybe I'm dumb - but whats the significance of this? I've been plaing the SH series since it first came out and this doesn't ring any bells.

Bernard is the German equivalent of Gilligan.

He is one of the more indispensable members of the crew, because he's the guy you blame for every stupid mistake you make.
It all started one sunny day in the SH3 boards, when a ferret named Dowly needed a name for his newly-founded Humorous Pictures thread:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=84773

One simple joke and a legend was born.:rock:
Task Force
08-20-08, 01:31 AM
:huh: I think UBI is finaly paying attention to us, they used something we made up.:huh: (i think)
Sailor Steve
08-20-08, 02:47 AM
:huh: I think UBI is finaly paying attention to us, they used something we made up.:huh: (i think)
UBI has always paid attention. When people were complaining about the 'babysitter' Crew Management system in SH3, one player said what it really needs is a 'Watch Bill' automatic rotation system, since that's the way it works in real life; and look what turned up in SH4. They read these threads, and they pay attention to what the players want.:sunny:
LeeVanSpliff
08-20-08, 04:08 AM
Gotta love UBI for including a joke like that ... it won't mean a thing to most people but it'll put a smile on subsimmers faces.

I always want to name my German captains after Karl Heinrich, Graf von Altberg-Ehrenstein, Lieutenant-Commander in the Imperial German Navy from H.P. Lovecraft's submarine short story "The Temple". Unfortunately there aren't enough characters for that.

Short story can be found HERE (http://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/thetemple.htm) if anyone is interested.
SteamWake
08-20-08, 09:19 AM
[quote=Task Force] They read these threads, and they pay attention to what the players want.:sunny:

Strangley enough most were complaining that Bernard was on their boat and they got us back by making him the Captain :p

Now I know that Bernard was a 'stand in' for the american version of the same sort of thing... now what was that? Jonah? Murphy? cant remember.
Dowly
08-20-08, 09:26 AM
Soo, can I get... say... 10% of what Ubi got off SHIV? I mean, being the daddy-o of B and all. :hmm:

As a side note, Bernard's 3rd birthday is just around the corner, 25th of September. :up:
Sailor Steve
08-20-08, 10:00 AM
He seems to be quite precocious.
frenzied
08-25-08, 02:13 AM
Bernard even made it onto the Bismark!
I was watching 'Sink the Bismark', and at about 20 minutes the German Admiral and Captain on Bismark are given a weather report, and the Admiral says "Thank you Bernard" to the reporting officer. Now we know the true reason the Bismark was sunk...
Brag
09-13-08, 04:45 PM
This is absolutely hilarious. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Task Force
09-13-08, 11:16 PM
I just was playing around with my new boat, Went and checked my crews names, and there he was, Bernard was in my list.:huh: :rotfl:
spike12
09-22-08, 06:58 PM
Now I know that Bernard was a 'stand in' for the american version of the same sort of thing... now what was that? Jonah? Murphy? cant remember.

I think It was Dimsdale:hmm:
Task Force
09-22-08, 08:08 PM
I think we oughta make a new one up for the allies, gotta sound like Bernard.(Not Barney I dont like that dinosuar):rotfl:
Sailor Steve
09-23-08, 12:32 AM
Now I know that Bernard was a 'stand in' for the american version of the same sort of thing... now what was that? Jonah? Murphy? cant remember.

I think It was Dimsdale:hmm:
No. Dinsdale was British; a character from Monty Python.
Task Force
09-23-08, 06:24 PM
Try a search.;)
Ivan Putski
09-24-08, 10:58 AM
Well, there was "Kilroy", "Sad Sack", and "Jovie" for the Allies, they showed up on all fronts, and branches of service. Puts:D
Sailor Steve
09-24-08, 12:16 PM
Well, there was "Kilroy", "Sad Sack", and "Jovie" for the Allies, they showed up on all fronts, and branches of servie. Puts:D
I long ago nominated 'Ensign Parker' from McHale's Navy. Some liked it, others gave me a lot of flak.:lol:
Webster
09-24-08, 02:17 PM
i think on the US side "Bernard" was called "private Snafu"
Sailor Steve
09-24-08, 05:17 PM
I like 'Private Snafu', but your comment makes it sound like there was a Bernard on the German side. there wasn't - he was invented just three short years ago.

Did the Germans actually have a cartoon character who was a regular screw-up?
Kipparikalle
09-25-08, 10:52 AM
I like 'Private Snafu', but your comment makes it sound like there was a Bernard on the German side. there wasn't - he was invented just three short years ago.

Did the Germans actually have a cartoon character who was a regular screw-up?
Nope, the Germans didn't made anything like that. It would give a picture that Aryans actually screws up sometimes, but thats inpossible. No true aryan would make mistakes, or fail on anything.

Thats why
Dowly
09-25-08, 02:39 PM
Didnt we agree on Dinsdale ages before SHIV was even out!? :hmm:
HunterICX
09-25-08, 03:22 PM
Didnt we agree on Dinsdale ages before SHIV was even out!? :hmm:

Private ''Dinsdale'' Snafu :p

HunterICX
Dowly
09-25-08, 03:34 PM
Didnt we agree on Dinsdale ages before SHIV was even out!? :hmm:
Private ''Dinsdale'' Snafu :p

HunterICX

Yaaa! Get's my vote! Snafu's much better sounding than Dinsdale Fubar. :yep:
Task Force
09-25-08, 04:18 PM
Lets call him....... Dowly :rotfl:
Sailor Steve
09-25-08, 08:18 PM
Didnt we agree on Dinsdale ages before SHIV was even out!? :hmm:
Nobody ever "agreed" on anything. Some pushed one, some pushed another. Buncha pushers.
:rotfl:
Dowly
09-26-08, 05:59 AM
Lets call him....... Dowly :rotfl:

Har har har. I'll come haunting yer dreams! :stare:
Jimbuna
09-26-08, 06:09 AM
Belated birthday greetings to Bernard.

http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5862/birthdaycrazylr8.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Task Force
09-26-08, 03:49 PM
I was also thinking of Jimbuna for the allies bernard.;)
Jimbuna
09-27-08, 03:22 PM
I was also thinking of Jimbuna for the allies bernard.;)

Oh I can see you and I are gonna get on really well. http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/wolfcop.gif

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/7328/churchillpj8az3.jpg
Task Force
09-27-08, 04:35 PM
By the way Jimbuna, what service are you gonna be in, now that you are the Allies Bernard.;)
Metl
09-27-08, 04:38 PM
Did this all start over a screenshot someone had edited? I know about Bernard, but never understood exactly how the term was coined.
Task Force
09-27-08, 04:47 PM
When your boat gets a problem, It is more than likely bernards fauld. He was made up and people have used his name when something goes rong ever since.;)
Sailor Steve
09-27-08, 05:00 PM
Did this all start over a screenshot someone had edited? I know about Bernard, but never understood exactly how the term was coined.
:yep: :yep:

Yep, it's as simple as that. The best things usually are. Dowly made a funny, and somebody else repeated it, and pretty soon it took on a life of its own.
Jimbuna
09-27-08, 06:15 PM
When your boat gets a problem, It is more than likely bernards fauld. He was made up and people have used his name when something goes rong ever since.;)

There is an American equivalent....he's called Task Force :rotfl:
Task Force
09-27-08, 06:22 PM
Yep he is a german spy who travled to america to damage and distroy there ships then the Americans ship him to britian so the americans have a chance, then he his plan is to get picked up by a U boat that it waiting for him in the English Channel to go back to Germany.:D I will distroy your boat.:arrgh!: Amasingly my name starts with the same letter as Bernards.:rotfl:
USS Drum
11-23-11, 09:54 PM
I found out what Bernard really looks like...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg/470px-Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg

And he's really British.
Sailor Steve
11-23-11, 11:07 PM
And another one is dragged from the depths of time for no good reason. :nope:
Jimbuna
11-24-11, 01:10 PM
And another one is dragged from the depths of time for no good reason. :nope:

Starting to wonder if this is intentional :hmmm:
soopaman2
11-24-11, 01:27 PM
Bernard loads torpedoes backwards.
Bernard confuses meters with yards.
Bernard practices his drums when running silent.
Bernard thinks he can drink the water faster then the leak is letting it in.
Bernard thinks crush depth is another name for happy hour.

Bernard is my captain. Oh captain, my captain...

http://www.bartleby.com/142/193.html
GilligansBoat
09-02-14, 12:04 AM
Bernard is the German equivalent of Gilligan.

He is one of the more indispensable members of the crew, because he's the guy you blame for every stupid mistake you make.

You got a problem with my username? lol im Just kidding :salute:
Cybermat47
09-02-14, 04:57 AM
You got a problem with my username? lol im Just kidding :salute:

And another one is dragged from the depths of time for no good reason. :nope:

:har: :O:
Sailor Steve
09-02-14, 10:53 AM
You got a problem with my username? lol im Just kidding :salute:
I doubt he does, but I certainly have a problem with somebody replying to a comment made six years ago by a member who hasn't even visited this forum in almost three years.

Please read the date of posts you respond to before wasting the forum's space and everybody's time.