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By *edmark07 OP   Man
over a year ago

liverpool

So many naval sayings are in everyday use, can you list a new one. I'll kick off with a cpl.

3 square meals a day from when plates were square so when they were stacked on edge they didn't role

Son of a gun from when certain ladies came on board and where fucked over the barrel of a cannon.

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By *edmark07 OP   Man
over a year ago

liverpool

OK some more

Learning the ropes

To fathom it out

Going at a rate of knots.

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By *asilForty77Man
over a year ago

a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road

How do they separate the men from the boys in the navy

With a crowbar

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

You can sail the seven seas?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pull your finger out.

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By *ustysailorMan
over a year ago

lowestoft

Freeze the balls iff a brass monkey

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By *edmark07 OP   Man
over a year ago

liverpool

To tide someone over

Batten down the hatches

Freeze the balls off a brass monkey. This is what held the cannon balls

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By *ustysailorMan
over a year ago

lowestoft

Freeze the balls OFF a brass monkey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"How do they separate the men from the boys in the navy

With a crowbar"
spooning?

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By *edmark07 OP   Man
over a year ago

liverpool

OK one more before this dies on its ass.

In the offing, meaning it will happen soon. The offing being the bit of sea between land and horizon so a ship spotted was in the offing, meaning it would arrive soon

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By *asilForty77Man
over a year ago

a hundred and sixty of us living in a small shoebox in the middle of the road

Let the cat out of the bag

The cat refers to the cat'o nine tails, which was a multi-tailed whip used as a severe form of discipline. The 'cat' – as it was often know – was kept in a cloth bag. If it was taken out, there would be trouble.

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip


"OK one more before this dies on its ass."

I find this very interesting. It's difficult to contribute because I'm sure many of us don't have the knowledge, but I've certainly enjoyed reading it.

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

Phantom wanker

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By *edmark07 OP   Man
over a year ago

liverpool


"OK one more before this dies on its ass.

I find this very interesting. It's difficult to contribute because I'm sure many of us don't have the knowledge, but I've certainly enjoyed reading it. "

Thank you. There's so many I thought lots would contribute there own but seems not. I could go but I won't, easy enough to google I guess

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

He can sleep on a clothesline.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In the navy you can sail the seven seas and you can get on your knees

For the other lads at sea

In the navy

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Left hand down a bit

Steady as she goes

Everybody down

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By *ickeymousesCouple
over a year ago

Lichfield

Where’s the heads?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"In the navy you can sail the seven seas and you can get on your knees

For the other lads at sea

In the navy "

YMCA

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apparently bobble hats were invented by French sailors to stop banging their heads on the low ceilings of their ships..

Something random I heard. How true it is though?

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

Time off make do and mend

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

Chip on your shoulder is a reference to shipwrights being limited on how much "offcut wood" they could take home from the yard

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By *upremexMan
over a year ago

liverpool. huyton. near yewtree

You can sail the seven seas" in the navy you can put your mind at ease" in the navy in the navy..

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

I often dismiss a not great situation or mini disaster with saying 'worst things happen at sea'

(Not sure if it's a Navy saying per se, but it sounds pretty nautical)

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"Freeze the balls OFF a brass monkey "

Hate to burst that bubble, especially as it used to be one of my favourites too but that story is a fallacy - the origination is actually from brass models of the three wise monkeys imported from China and Japan that used to sometimes have a fourth monkey covering it's genitals and it's thought the term originated from them.

The Navy story has been pretty much discredited as there is no record of a ring to hold the cannonball being called a monkey, brass or otherwise, and also because it is a physical impossibility as both the ring and the cannonballs would shrink so the "balls off" effect wouldn't happen - there's a few other reasons too.

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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster

The term "bootneck" referring to Marines, derives from the aforementioned Marines tying strips of thick leather around their neck to prevent them having their throats cut in their sleep by peeved sailors (there was often rivalry on board).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Let the cat out of the bag

The cat refers to the cat'o nine tails, which was a multi-tailed whip used as a severe form of discipline. The 'cat' – as it was often know – was kept in a cloth bag. If it was taken out, there would be trouble."

Similarly "not enough room to swing a cat"

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Port and starboard scran spanners.

RAS us the slide.

Pass the sea dust.

Going for a number 3.

A day ashore is a day wasted.

Pinky

Fairy

Greeny

Chock head

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Tow rag of course you all know.

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By *he Cheeky GirlsCouple (FF)
over a year ago

Benidorm SPAIN

Anyone found the golden rivet yet.

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Dock yard oyster.

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Give me a hand? It won't take more than half a dog watch.

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By *aylorsFlameCouple
over a year ago

North West

About an hour then??

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend


"Anyone found the golden rivet yet. "
it's usually in the bottom

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury


"About an hour then??"

Or less!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Port and starboard scran spanners.

RAS us the slide.

Pass the sea dust.

Going for a number 3.

A day ashore is a day wasted.

Pinky

Fairy

Greeny

Chock head

"

Stoker

White death

That split’s got a fanny like a fleet chief’s Burberry cuff.

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By *he Cheeky GirlsCouple (FF)
over a year ago

Benidorm SPAIN

Dobby.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit


"Dobby. "

Dhobi rash

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