We haven’t had trouble from the Brits in over 200 years. Better keep an eye on this situation...
Sailors get drunk and rowdy. Who knew?
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Should have put them in the room with the Captain’s daughter...
They got drunk because they are sailors and because of the humiliation of being assigned to an aircraft carrier with no planes.
Sailors got into a drunken bar brawl... First sign of hope for the British Navy in a long time. Maybe they haven’t forgotten all their traditions.
Was stationed at San Vito Air Station in late '70s.
Went to Naples for a long weekend and spent one evening in the US/Europe Naval Base Service club - the Brit Navy was in and had put a bottle of champagne on every table no matter if it was empty waiting on someone or already had someone who wasn't Brit Navy at it.
As the night went on, they got "happier and happier". One was next to me in the restroom and leaning his head against the wall as he urinated - had a champagne cork in his teeth and it dropped into the urinal - he opened his eyes, retrieved the cork and put it back in his teeth. When I got back to the table to tell the tale, a fight broke out on the dance floor...funniest thing I ever saw as their shore patrol folks dove in to separate things - one's white hat fell off an he backed out of the fray until he could retrieve his hat and put it back on his head. I wondered about that and a more sober Brit at the next table said the hat was a symbol that the man was not to be touched unless one wanted to suffer serious consequences and the sailors knew it well - when the hat came off, so did his protection.
Arrrrg! They were even piloted by Captain Kyd. Read the article.
Those pesky limeys. Reminds me of a bar in hong kong years ago.
I’m more understanding of the brawling than the sailors standing on the pub balcony and urinating onto the street.
Charming.
“You Yanks call this cow piss beer?” was heard just before the trouble began.
Who do they think they are? American sailors?
Sailors being sailors. Shore Patrol was seldom dull. It pissed me off to no end when I had to stand inspection and got gigged when my dress blues didn’t pass after a night of Shore Patrol. SP was never a tea party.
Bfl
I am shocked!
I say we ought to shave their bellies with a rusty razor.
Preferable Earl-eye in the morning...
“tackled by a female police officer...” First, I’m shocked they could find a female cop willing to get into that sort of action. Second, we are depending on these guys as allies when a woman can tackle them? BTW, are drunken sailors expected to behave in Britain?
Happy to know Royal Navy keeping up with tradition
I guess with the all the cutbacks to HMR Navy, “Rum, Sodomy and the Lash” has been cut back to just rum. :P
For cryin’ out loud, a few British sailors get busted for brawling and peeing, big deal. Drop the charges, just boys being boys. Advise them to do their brawling, drinking, peeing in NYC or SF, where its legal. They can even do pot and better yet they can poop in the streets in SF.
Maybe somebody tactlessly pointed out how ugly their ship is.