Hmmm... interesting explanation friend, very interesting indeed. I can summarised it by this- there can only be one women only on a ship, and that woman is the ship itself- that is why the ship is always address as a "she"...
Thanks, 42RM.
Old Wives Tales, Myths (true or otherwise)
Hmmm... interesting explanation friend, very interesting indeed. I can summarised it by this- there can only be one women only on a ship, and that woman is the ship itself- that is why the ship is always address as a "she"...
Thanks, 42RM.
That is interesting... come to think of it, if te sniper do not do it, cancer eventually will take the life of a smoker... "Cancer cures smoking"...
Speaking of which, you guys may wish to note that this is my third month without a stick... I am trying to quit...
Your King was probably jealous of the pigs.... :whip:
and speaking on smoking, when I was one not too long ago- we used to have this pecularities- we do not bump a ciggie off a mate if that was the last stick he had. You also do not borrow money to buy a pack. just considered bad manners...
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
And Pongo's and Penguins and Leathernecks and and.......................................... :mrgreen:
I never knew that, just goes to show, one is never too old to learn.
Then again I knew you lot up there in the frozen north would have something to do with it.:hide:
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42RM
Banned
The exact reason is lost to history. A plausible theory is that ships are called "she" because in the Romance languages-the languages that descended from ancient Rome-the words for ship were always in the feminine gender. There are over 47 Romance languages, so it didn't take long for Mediterranean sailors to refer to their ships as "she." Over the centuries, English-speaking sailors adopted the same custom.
Modern times are changing. In current maritime legal matters, ships are now referred to as "it," not "she." The RN is gradually following suit.
Thank you 42RM, but correct me if I am wrong here- the Russians seems to to refer to ships as a "he"...
Referring a ship as an "it" would take away any character a ship may have. Why I am saying this is because my dad, the way he spoke of his boat- the patrol boat that he was assigned to- was as if he was reffering to real life person, a woman, to be exact. It used to drive my mom bonkers. He and three other patrolmate of his- he was the boat i/c. They really took great care of that boat. I knew because I used to follow my dad when the boat was up the slip yard for their regular servicing. kids are always wanting to follow their dads, I suppose...
I was at the Singapore National Day Parade this afternoon. I got one of those corner seats way up in the grandstand area. Great performance this year... they seemed to be getting better each year!
Anyways, what I saw at the corner was something interesting... Someone had placed a stalk of red chilli, a slice of onion and garlic, all skewered on bamboo stick. That meant only one thing- someone was praying for good weather.
Now, I don't really pay much attention to stuff like this, but we seemed to have good weather that evening! Maybe it DOES really work...
Do you guys have anyhting like this where you are residing? I mean doing stuff like this, trying to influence the weather, short of cloud seeding, of course...
Anyways, what I saw at the corner was something interesting... Someone had placed a stalk of red chilli, a slice of onion and garlic, all skewered on bamboo stick. That meant only one thing- someone was praying for good weather.
Now, I don't really pay much attention to stuff like this, but we seemed to have good weather that evening! Maybe it DOES really work...
Do you guys have anyhting like this where you are residing? I mean doing stuff like this, trying to influence the weather, short of cloud seeding, of course...
I3BrigPvSk
The Viking
I have heard; if you kill a spider, it will rain the next day so some axxhole killed a spider yesterday.
13, you are not serious? That would be cruel...
I was just discussing this matter with my family this morning, when we were preparing for fasting this morning. This was what my wife told me-
Back in the days when she was living in the villages- yes, Singapore had villages, there use to be like if there is a lunar eclipse going on, the villagers would shake their fruit trees- in the hope that it would bear fruits in abundance...
I was just discussing this matter with my family this morning, when we were preparing for fasting this morning. This was what my wife told me-
Back in the days when she was living in the villages- yes, Singapore had villages, there use to be like if there is a lunar eclipse going on, the villagers would shake their fruit trees- in the hope that it would bear fruits in abundance...
I3BrigPvSk
The Viking
There is a superstition about killing spiders here. I'm not into superstitions so I don't pay much attention to them.
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
My mum had another saying, "If you want to live and thrive, let a spider run alive."
She had another little ritual, if she found a tiny spider which she called a "Money Spider" she would pick it up by its web, wave it around her head 3 times and drop the spider in her hair for good luck.
Well she was Welsh, just about says it all.
She had another little ritual, if she found a tiny spider which she called a "Money Spider" she would pick it up by its web, wave it around her head 3 times and drop the spider in her hair for good luck.
Well she was Welsh, just about says it all.
84RFK
Active member
I can see weather and sailors are mentioned here...so I may contribute to that section. 
Setting sail/leave port on a Friday is bad luck, same goes for renaming a ship at sea, and I've even heard that a woman onboard is bad luck, but haven't experienced any of those.
Bringing a pack-pack onboard is taboo, same goes for whistling, unless you want to break loose a storm, but in case of no wind at all the skipper may whistle gently, or scratch the mast...obviously most interesting for sail-ships.
Oh, and for some reason rubber-boots is a taboo on our U-boats, same as having a picture of, of talking about, a horse... :roll:
Might as well sum it up by telling you that I live in a haunted house. :mrgreen:
Setting sail/leave port on a Friday is bad luck, same goes for renaming a ship at sea, and I've even heard that a woman onboard is bad luck, but haven't experienced any of those.
Bringing a pack-pack onboard is taboo, same goes for whistling, unless you want to break loose a storm, but in case of no wind at all the skipper may whistle gently, or scratch the mast...obviously most interesting for sail-ships.
Oh, and for some reason rubber-boots is a taboo on our U-boats, same as having a picture of, of talking about, a horse... :roll:
Might as well sum it up by telling you that I live in a haunted house. :mrgreen:
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
I can see weather and sailors are mentioned here...so I may contribute to that section.
Setting sail/leave port on a Friday is bad luck, same goes for renaming a ship at sea, and I've even heard that a woman onboard is bad luck, but haven't experienced any of those.
Bringing a pack-pack onboard is taboo, same goes for whistling, unless you want to break loose a storm, but in case of no wind at all the skipper may whistle gently, or scratch the mast...obviously most interesting for sail-ships.
Oh, and for some reason rubber-boots is a taboo on our U-boats, same as having a picture of, of talking about, a horse... :roll:
Might as well sum it up by telling you that I live in a haunted house. :mrgreen:
I knew about setting sail on Friday (Fryja explained why) and renaming a ship in the water, but what's a pack pack? If its bad luck to have the picture or talk about a horse, the Prince of Wales hadn't better talk about his missus or have a picture of her.:lol:
You live in a haunted house? Oh bugger, I'd never sleep.
I can see weather and sailors are mentioned here...so I may contribute to that section.
Setting sail/leave port on a Friday is bad luck, same goes for renaming a ship at sea, and I've even heard that a woman onboard is bad luck, but haven't experienced any of those.
Bringing a pack-pack onboard is taboo, same goes for whistling, unless you want to break loose a storm, but in case of no wind at all the skipper may whistle gently, or scratch the mast...obviously most interesting for sail-ships.
Oh, and for some reason rubber-boots is a taboo on our U-boats, same as having a picture of, of talking about, a horse... :roll:
Might as well sum it up by telling you that I live in a haunted house. :mrgreen:
I would think that having rubber boots would be good on a submarine- keeping silence, MAybe the rubber boots are equated to flooding?
But why is a horse something bad to to talked about in a submarine?
You stay in a haunted house. Ai chihuahua.... Now I know why you are able to handle us devils in this IMF well and cool enough, you have experience, probaba
ly ample of it!
Well, Opa Brit, I suppose every individual is entitled to his/ her fetishes. Just imagine, if our good friend is caught sleeping with a female ghostby the missus and she goes- I saw what you did! I saw you in bed with her! He can go- What, where? Prove to me... and nothing will appear on films, photographs, what ever... you see the advantage he has!
As for Prince Charles' consort (would that be the right word? I always thought "pet" would be more appropriate), she is not a horse. That is a rottwellier. So is okay to have a picture or talk about her... and no submarine will allow him on board- those ears, you see, they slap anything and everything off the shelves!
Geeessss, I better talk nice about him, he could be the next king...!
BritinBritain
Per Ardua Ad Astra
I bloody hope he's not the next king.
84RFK
Active member
Back-pack = ruck-sack, whatever you call the pack regular grunts carry on their back, sailors are supposed to carry duffel-bags etc.
Oh, and the ghosts here usually don't make much of a fuzz, they are rarely seen, and only heard when there's some disturbance (party or extra guests) in the house, I prefer sleeping here with them in the house, rather than sleeping with the Missus of Wales...
84RFK
Active member
So does the Queen..