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[Frank S.]

Came across this tidbit:
"Tell that to the Marines. Should anyone doubt the truth of a story he may make use of this expression in order politely to demonstrate the fact. Many and various are the origins attributed to this expression, and that well known writer, Colonel W.P. Drury, Royal Marines, gives an origin which accords so well that I am led to believe that such may possibly be the true and correct explanation. The “Merry Monarch,” KING CHARLES II., doubted the veracity of one of his attendants at Court, who stated that when serving in the Southern Seas fish had been observed which flew in the air. The King, loth to cast aspersions on the integrity of the raconteur, referred the matter to a Marine Officer who was attending his person, and the Marine Officer vouched for the truth of the assertion. The King thereupon remarked “That in future should we have any occasion to doubt any statement we will first ‘Tell it to the Marines .’”

From the ubiquitous nature of their service the Royal Marines are certainly very well qualified to judge of the facts of any “traveller’s tale.”

[John_D]

Jim


All the ones I have had have smelt fishy.
maybe I have been looking in the wrong places.

I;ll ask Dutchy the next time I see him

Aye

John_D

[JR]

For all the unbelievers or those of non Bootneck persuasion,Sit ya self down at the mess deck table grab ya 'port and starboard oars' (yaffling spanners) or for the more refined members of the forum K.F.S.
S**t on a raft or kidneys on fried bread lovely 'clacker' especially during a force eight.Aye Jr

[harry hackedoff]

Jim, that beats a crab air bagrat hands down mate
One eyed scouse,hmmm. Never heared it called that. In our house it was "blind scouse" and contained everything except meat. In those dark days before even restaurants thought McCain oven chips were acceptable, "housewives" used to actually "prepare" and "cook" meals
Never happens now
You wanna see me do full English brekkers on the barby, including beans Top man
I`m getting to be a bit of a waz at the old Thai scran.
What jew fink Scouse Tom Yum would go like?
Oi loikes it cold for me sarnies at work

[harry hackedoff]

shit on a raft

Elmer calls it " shit on a shingle" Jim
One of me fave Tex Mex dishes is " Huevos Rancheros" That`s Cowboy Eggs to y`all, and it`s easy as.
Using last night`s chilli as your start point, take a real thick slice of bread, a real 2" doorstop, and remove the centre. Fry one side on high. Turn down heat and flip bread over. Add dollop of cold chilli to hole in bread and crack an egg over the chilli. When the egg is cooked, splash with Tabasco( and soy works as well) a big blob of Hellemans and trough while still hot. Cold Semilon Chardonnay and immerse in Indian Ocean whilst fondling wife.
It`s on my list of " Perfect Breakfasts"

[JR]

'H', I can see you've dined in some strange places,but is that the norm for top table scran??? .Aye jr

[Andy O'Pray]

Came across this tidbit:
"Tell that to the Marines. Should anyone doubt the truth of a story he may make use of this expression in order politely to demonstrate the fact. Many and various are the origins attributed to this expression, and that well known writer, Colonel W.P. Drury, Royal Marines, gives an origin which accords so well that I am led to believe that such may possibly be the true and correct explanation. The “Merry Monarch,” KING CHARLES II., doubted the veracity of one of his attendants at Court, who stated that when serving in the Southern Seas fish had been observed which flew in the air. The King, loth to cast aspersions on the integrity of the raconteur, referred the matter to a Marine Officer who was attending his person, and the Marine Officer vouched for the truth of the assertion. The King thereupon remarked “That in future should we have any occasion to doubt any statement we will first ‘Tell it to the Marines .’”

Frank S. I believe that to be the accepted true version of the saying.

Aye - Andy.

From the ubiquitous nature of their service the Royal Marines are certainly very well qualified to judge of the facts of any “traveller’s tale.”

[Artist]

Two close Oppos called Huey and Ralph used to visit all the poor souls suffering from Seasickness when in a bit O roughers.

Breakfast used to be wonderful! We used to pig out and then take various offerings to the less than happy members of the various messdecks.

Pigs in Blankets covered in grease would really to the job. Fried bread with congealed Baked Beans was also equally unpopular. (and lets face it a pussers slice of fried bread was to say the least different, 50% bread and 50% grease!)

We'd sit down on the messdeck and slowly eat the various disgusting concoctions offering a Poorly Matelot/Bootneck a Bite of the wonderfully prepared food. The results were quite intresting to say the least.

Why do people always heave up Tomato Skins and diced Carrots? You had to be quick mind.

Artist

[El Prez]

You're a bad man. I once took a mate a pork chop, 'cooked for the use of' after lunch. He was very ill and somehow seemed to degenerate further as I munched on the lunch he refused while chatting to him. It may have had something to do with the Hurricane Hermes was navigating through on the way back from Narvick.

23 out of 28 was the count of landies flattened by chacons full of kit and weapons breaking loose from their moorings and bouncing over the VM's toys. (Andy o'pray may know more) We also lost the starboard side LCVP. "It was there last time I looked Colours!" Good blow that one Jan. My pit was in the PO's mess port side forward, close to the hook thingy. The goffers actually backed up the heads hydrant, smashed it into the deckhead and flooded the passageway. As a 'guest' and being on the top bunk I refrained from getting wet and messy while Jack cleaned up his boat.

[harry hackedoff]

being on the top bunk I refrained from getting wet and messy

Good job it wasn`t Sully on the top bunk
And allso,

I refrained from getting wet and messy

what you got up to, behind the curtain, is your business, mate

[Sully]

Personally I find the top bunk to be the only place to get wet and messy - the drainage is sooo much better (eh SYB?) although when your arse is as sizeable as mine you do need to go some to overcome the pooling tendencies of yer average vinyl skinned pussers mattress

[Pilgrim Norway]

Yer'll all be chuffed to find that 'over here' we have lapskaus as a regular
item on any menu - mind - it could be with anything from elk to reindeer....

Chicken on a raft anyone ?

[harry hackedoff]

Hoy, Allan
As long as iit`s not covered with raw fish sauce, mate

[Pilgrim Norway]

Ja - Ja .....

I seem to remember a Scouse mate of mine in the days of yonks
telling me about a lady who used to take the kids from the nursery
down to the 'shore' for a picnic .... they called her Tea Widows -
turned out that she always asked them - " Has ye got yeh teawidyez"

Mind you - when he told it it was in the shaggy dog style - took hours it did....

There again - we Geordie Orcs, raised and paid by the Romans, have our
unique Whale Song dialect don't we.....Ganoncannylad,divventdunshus.

Apart from lapskaus, shit on a shingle, chicken on a raft, hard boiled eggs
inside of sausage meat ( how DID they do that ?) and the hearts of some
poor animaal - we had Bubble and Squeek didn't we.....

The difference between lamb chops and pork chops was that if you were
given two they were lamb.....

'Aye

[harry hackedoff]

Why aye man woman, if you were given two, indeed
Still got me Ration Book an all
How many ounces of butter