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2018-09-11 -Short Attention Span Theater-

The old term 'drunk as a sailor' validated once again

[Navy Times] The redcoats are coming, the redcoats are coming ‐ to fight at a bar near you.

Watering holes everywhere in the vicinity of Naval Station Mayport experienced a major boon in business this week after British sailors from the Royal Navy’s prized new carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in the northeast Florida port of Jacksonville Beach.

Hundreds of sailors rambled off the ship Wednesday following a weeks-long journey that marked the 65,000-ton vessel’s first transatlantic voyage. And as is tradition with navies around the world, a pressing matter had to be attended to immediately upon exiting the hulking ship ‐ the ancient mariner rite of drinking to the point of annihilation.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-09-11 08:17|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 "They're over paid. They're over sexed, and they're over here."

Posted by Besoeker 2018-09-11 09:18|| 2018-09-11 09:18|| Front Page Top

#2 And what is the second ancient mariner rite: chasing the local wenches...

All this press is said like its a bad thing.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2018-09-11 09:39|| 2018-09-11 09:39|| Front Page Top

#3 "They're over paid. They're over sexed, and they're over here."*

Ah, yes, the Brit refrain about the Yanks in the ETO, to which the reply was -
They were underpaid, undersexed and under Monty!

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-09-11 10:04|| 2018-09-11 10:04|| Front Page Top

#4 ...On the other hand, with a crew of 1600, a 02.6% arrest rate ain't bad...

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2018-09-11 17:18|| 2018-09-11 17:18|| Front Page Top

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