Old Sea Story

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[Neil E. Wright]

Subject: Old Sea Story

There's an old sea story in the Navy about a ship's Captain who inspected His sailors, and afterward told the Chief Boson that his men smelled bad.

The Captain suggested perhaps it would help if the sailors would change underwear occasionally. The Chief responded, "Aye, aye sir, I'll see to it immediately!

The Chief went straight to the sailors berth deck and announced, "The Captain thinks you guys smell bad and wants you to change your underwear.

Pittman, you change with Jones, McCarthy, you change with Kwiatkowski, and Brown you change with Schultz. Now get to it!!!"

THE MORAL:

Someone may be promising "Change" in Washington; but don't count on things smelling any better!

[Neil E. Wright]

The moral is TOO TRUE! Late Friday night humor post.

[smellmygunpowder]

Hey, not only is the moral true, but that’s a true sailor story.

I had three pair of issued underwear when I got out of bootcamp (Great Lakes) complete with my stenciled name on them. I immediately went to A school down in Meridian, MS afterward. I rotated between those three pair of underwear for 3 months while in school. I only did laundry once a week. Do the math on that one.

[Neil E. Wright]

ROFL .... sounds familiar. I got my issue stuff when I finished bootcamp in early ‘70, and went to RM “A” School in Bainbridge MD. I had to do my laundry almost twice a week. And with studying and all the watches I had to stand, didn’t get much sleep.

[cva66snipe]

I remember being the only guy in the shop with a pick up truck. We pooled about 10 bucks a piece and I went and got a washing machine before each MED Cruise. I think all the Snipes did their own laundry on the ship.

By the way the Chief you posted about musta been a MAA :>}

[dr_lew]

Hey, not only is the moral true, but that’s a true sailor story.

Reminds me of an old Reader's Digest HUMOR IN UNIFORM anecdote, dating from the Pacific War:

The flagship hailed a destroyer whose crew were all stripped to the waist ... "WHY ARE YOUR MEN HALF NAKED?" The captain replied, "BECAUSE WE MAKE THEM WEAR PANTS."

[exnavy]

Hey, wait a minute.

We didn't do that!!!!!

LOL

[oldsalt]

Kinda reminds me of the time we pulled into Taranto,Italy back in '68 I think. My bro-in-law was in the USAF stationed at some Comm station in San Vito,so he and my sister came to Taranto to see me,hadn't seen my sis in a couple of years.

I was in a Vigilante squadron on board USS Independence,we were in a 155 man berthing compartment on the 01 level forward of Hangar Bay 1.

This was the morning after the first night in port and my bro-in-law wanted to see how we lived in the Navy so I took him up to berthing while my sister waited in an electronics shop in the "tunnel".

When we entered the berthing compartment my bro-in law asked how I could stand the smell...I,of course,said,"What smell?". Bro-in-law needed to take a leak so I showed him where the head was and he went in and promptly threw up in the sink.

I guess it's a matter of becoming acclimated.

[astyanax]

Not to be picky, but a boson is a particle.
Should be bosun...
From a quondam squid who now works with particles. ;o)

[Non-Sequitur]

You know the difference between a sea story and a fairy tale, don’t you? Fairy tales begin “Once upon a time...” Sea stories begin “Now this is no shit...”

[BlueNgold]

Ahem...
“Bos’n”

It’s short for Boatswain.

[astyanax]

Or “bo’s’n”...
I’m aware what it is.
And it’s generally spelled bosun.
And certainly not boson.

[Old Professer]

Never push a rope...

[astyanax]

Well, at least you didn’t start your comment by clearing your throat...

[astyanax]

But a fine (and funny) story, btw!

[Neil E. Wright]

I just cut/pasted from the email. I KNOW how to speel “bosun” .... :)

[astyanax]

LOL! Her's another one for you:

The Five Most Dangerous Things You'll Ever Hear in the US Navy...
A Seaman saying, "I learned this in Boot Camp..."
A Petty Officer saying, "Trust me, Sir..."
A Lieutenant (JG) saying, "Based on my experience..."
A Lieutenant saying, "I was just thinking..."
A Chief chuckling, "Watch this shit..."