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RE: Name that carrier!
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:25 pm
by Disco Duck
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
"Perineum"...good one but it sounds like a Greek god so it would be a good name for the replacement for Hermes, which hasn't sunk yet either (I think).
"Martha Washington" [:D][:D]...does the USN names ships after women? I don' think so.
"Artifical Reef" (and the like).....hard on morale. [:)]
"Wil-E-coyote"...two pluses..1) easily recognized by largely illiterate crowd....2) funny to hear Japan-mens try to prounuce it.
"Baffins Bridge"......[:D][:D][:D]..that is just ******* hilarious. It really does sound like a Revolutionary War battle. Martha Washington might have even been familiar with it and George certainly would have been. This is the leading contender. The question is, the person who submitted it, is he affiliated with M&M Enterprises?
According to the urban dictionary it is spelled Biffens bridge.
The things you learn on this site.[:D]
RE: Name that carrier!
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:05 pm
by sprior
ORIGINAL: Disco Duck
According to the urban dictionary it is spelled Biffens bridge.
The thinks you learn on this site.[:D]
See, that's what happens when you don't have a fourth rotor.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:07 pm
by Cap Mandrake
***************D-ring, Pentagon, July 4, 1943(c)*************
Adm. King: I really like the Revolutionary War battle notion, given the significance of today....now where is that suggestion from the British Naval Attache?
Aide: <looks at notes> Hmmm...Baffins Bridge, sir. It's apparently part of the Saratoga campaign. A probing attack or some such thing.
Adm. King: How did we do at Baffins Bridge?
Aide: I'd say we had our way with them. Had to be.
Adm. King: I love it! Let's go with that. Now, what do you have for me on the Western Aleutians? How come they seem to be moving East?
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:11 pm
by Cap Mandrake
[font="Courier New"]ADMIRAL LORD SPRIOR
VICEROY OF CEYLON
DEMI-KING OF BURMA
KANDY HOUSE, CEYLON
WE CONFRIM PROPER SPELLING "BAFFINS" BASED ON 4TH ROTOR STOP SUGGEST WE PROCEED AS SUCH END
FLEET ADMIRAL MANDRAKE[/font]
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:17 pm
by Argos
Try and class up the joint with an actual medical term and end up being trumped with misspelled slang... sigh
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/b.htm baffies is apparently Scottish for slippers...
Is there a futures market on the Brazilian camo schem/bleaching jokes yet?
http://www.hmscarysfort.co.uk/MessageBo ... ssions.htm uses the Biffins spelling as well
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:19 pm
by sprior
You see that's "baffies", which isn't the same as "Baffins", which is an area on the east side of Portsea Island. Really.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:23 pm
by Cap Mandrake
Hory crap! Engrish ranguage rearry compricated.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:29 pm
by Argos
Wait, does 'east side of Portsea Island' mean something else as well?
The HMS Carysfort site was a good 20 minute cultural experience.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:30 pm
by sprior
No, it just means on the east side of Portsea Island.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:44 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Argos
Wait, does 'east side of Portsea Island' mean something else as well?
[:D][:D] Yes, that is my concern. You never know when you will get some tittering. A good example is "Free Willy".
It's like some secret society with 50 million people in it. [:)]
Wait until
USS Baffins Bridge makes a port call at a Royal Navy port.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:58 pm
by Argos
You'd have to think that tickets to the launch/christening would be a huge morale booster for Royal Navy types (active and retired).
Not to mention would Elanor Roosevelt be the logical sponsor?
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:24 pm
by Cap Mandrake
ORIGINAL: Argos
You'd have to think that tickets to the launch/christening would be a huge morale booster for Royal Navy types (active and retired).
Not to mention would Elanor Roosevelt be the logical sponsor?
That's brilliant! Eleanore can christen the ship. And Lorena Hickock can sit next to her if FDR is off with his sexretary or something. We can throw some carpet down so nobody slips on the champaign.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 5:58 pm
by uncivil_servant
So..many..bad..puns...in the above
Can you spread em a bit so we can take our time to peruse (the jokes)
Does this mean that if the USS Baffins Bridge gets in a tight spot in a battle the Brits will say she got tangled in a sticky wicket?
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:12 pm
by Cap Mandrake
************Christening ceremony, USS Baffins Bridge, Brooklyn Navy Yard, July 5, 1943(c)************
FLOTUS:....this fine ship is dedicated to the honor of those men...and..perhaps even those women <solo clapping from Ms Hickock> ....who, in the confusion and terror or even the ecstasy of the moment, perhaps not knowing which way to turn or where to aim their gun....gave their last full measure...at Baffins Bridge so long ago. <loud applause> ....But let us not be premature in our praise for this is a long and terrible war and it is likely that those who serve aboard her will have their own moments of terror or confusion or...yes...even ecstasy <solo clapping again> on Baffins Bridge......
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:29 pm
by sprior
You never know when you will get some tittering.
Their last full measure
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:39 pm
by Cap Mandrake
"Bull" meets "Bull Dyke". Eleanore, Halsey and Harmon before their famous 2 on 1 Greco-Roman wrestling event at Noumea, May 1942(a). It was officially a tie but Halsey was never the same afterward. He got some kind of rash.
RE: Their last full measure
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:26 pm
by uncivil_servant
I guess Halsey was on the receiving end of her payload.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:29 pm
by Cap Mandrake
I've had a sink faucet that has been leaking in an exam room for about 6 months. Two chaps from "maintenance" finally came by. Huzzah!
The good news. It's not leaking!
The bad news. They turned the water off.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:31 pm
by Cap Mandrake
Important epidemiological notice from the CDC today. It's a warning about purchasing candles from Brazil due to health hazards. It seems you never know where the wax has been.
RE: "Fukoku Maru, pal!"
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:42 pm
by Chickenboy
ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
I've had a sink faucet that has been leaking in an exam room for about 6 months. Two chaps from "maintenance" finally came by. Huzzah!
The good news. It's not leaking!
The bad news. They turned the water off.
Well, it's not like you need to-you know-wash your hands between patients or anything. Yeah, who needs running water in a medical setting?