Naval History - Page 2

clive bradbury · 04-30-09, 11:46 AM

Simply as a point of fact, the 'second best' navy quote was a signal by Lord Mountbatten to a USN ship visiting Malta in the 1940s or 50s. I suppose it may have been oft used since, but that was the source of the witticism.

Sailor Steve · 04-30-09, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

I proved my point. Point being - Lighten up Already!

-S

Exactly what point was that?

SUBMAN1 · 04-30-09, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Exactly what point was that?

You can't read? Read what you quoted once more. Might help you understand to take a second look.

-S

mookiemookie · 04-30-09, 10:09 PM

If they captured 40,000 gallons of single malt in Scotland on Jan 26th, and then arrived home with no liquor on Feb 20th, that means each of the 475 men would have had to drink 3.36 GALLONS of scotch a day to drink it all up in 25 days.

Jimbuna · 05-01-09, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

If they captured 40,000 gallons of single malt in Scotland on Jan 26th, and then arrived home with no liquor on Feb 20th, that means each of the 475 men would have had to drink 3.36 GALLONS of scotch a day to drink it all up in 25 days.

Now if it had been rum I might have believed it

But not that Scottish paint stripper they call whiskey

Sailor Steve · 05-01-09, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

You can't read? Read what you quoted once more. Might help you understand to take a second look.

-S

A your point was to have some good fun! That certainly excuses posting a lie and calling it Naval History. Of course Naval History is my favorite thing in the whole universe, so please pardon me if I don't get it the first time around.

I don't know if Jim's yarn is true, but the one misquoted by Tribesman is one of the oldest BS stories I know. I especially love it when they try to qualify it with "This comes from official records!"

Jimbuna · 05-02-09, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I don't know if Jim's yarn is true,

Debatable...but seeing as I got it from a humour forum

....possibly not

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clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Simply as a point of fact, the 'second best' navy quote was a signal by Lord Mountbatten to a USN ship visiting Malta in the 1940s or 50s. I suppose it may have been oft used since, but that was the source of the witticism.