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12-30-06, 12:28 PM
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Officer
 Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Diego, CA.
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Dang,
Here I thought I had it bad when I first crossed the equator in 1985.... 
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12-30-06, 01:10 PM
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A-ganger
 Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: breda, the netherlands
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Ive got some pictures if the ritual somewhere, Ill look them up and scan them when I have the time
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12-30-06, 01:15 PM
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Bosun
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Location: Kentucky, USA
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We had to take a dose of "truth serum" for the blue nose ceremony, which was a blended mix of hot peppers, sardines, and God knows what else...it would make a billy goat gag, but I don't remember it working as a laxative (or maybe I blocked that out of my memory). It was a thick, grey, lumpy, sauce that they put into sqeeze bottles and fed us while we sat on a huge block of ice and getting sprayed with icy seawater. I can still remember vividly the smell of garbage that we crawled through in the aft part of the torpedo room as we waited our turn on the ice block. It was a relief to get the blue dye on your nose...although it wouldn't come off for days, we weren't going to being seeing anyone anyhow!
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12-30-06, 05:45 PM
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Lieutenant
 Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Beverly, OH
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Sheesh...
I could never be in the Navy. How assinine. Disgrace ones self as such, or then be ostracised from the crew for having some personal dignity. 
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12-30-06, 09:25 PM
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Watch
 Join Date: Nov 2006
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i was watching a documentary on the history channel or something on the uss enterprise. they where doing the same ritual and from what they said it is a common ritual of european sailors.and thus the america's as well. dunno about other contries outside of europe.it very well could thought as greek mythology is widespread since they where a commercial ppl back in the BC's
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12-30-06, 11:03 PM
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Bosun
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12-31-06, 12:46 AM
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Engineer
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Location: Pennsylvania
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Not only do they have to do the Navy rituals like Shellback if they're aboard ship, but the Corps has some fun ones of their very own. So you get the best (worst?) of both worlds. :rotfl: And God forbid you get TDY with an allied force that has rituals of their own too... 
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12-31-06, 06:24 AM
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Chief of the Boat
 Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: 250 metres below the surface
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My ceremony was a pleasure in comparison with those already posted....first night ashore the older hands clubbed together to get you pis*ed then pay for your session with a 'nice girl' lol
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12-31-06, 11:27 PM
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Lieutenant
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Beverly, OH
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Sensitive's not the word I'd use - more along the lines of knowing exactly how far he's willing to make an ass of himself.
Never wanted to be a squid, or a jarhead. Now, a flyboy?? You're damn right. 
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