I had an order in for a new rig for our jaunt. This is what we have been issued, bit of help from the chippy and an old hatch tarp, some dunnage and some whammy, we will be ready to go. Are we down-hearted? are we hell.

Come on, let's get to work.

He is much more skilled on the encomium, though I believe after an over long session on it he rubs himself down with some panegyric and wraps it up in some eulogy.

Oh the joys of keeping a Thesaurus, they are such a rewarding animal.

Weren't dinosaurs technically reptiles? :huh:

Please refer all technical things to the Injuneer Department.


Please refer all dinosaur things to the Dick Department.

Please, dear ES, tell us about the dinosaurs.

My dearest FJ I no knothing abart aforementioned Dynosirs, suggest you contact your oul china Dartskipper who introduced the damned things on board. He is a Marc Bolan fan.
The word DYNO has me thinking Varley has a hand in this pie, as we all know if there is a pie cooked V will be in the vicinity. Four and twenty Varleys baked in a pie as the nursery rhyme goes.

Yes, we have an excellent reference book called a "Dickshinery" which reminds me that the injuneering department has been somewhat negligent in recent weeks as the Golden Rivet is in need of a good deal of polishing to bring it to it's original resplendent glow. :egg:

Pie? S&K? Not as to my taste as the pudding version but ES, for once, has hit nail on head. Although rendition of nursery rhyme suggests that is where he has been hit too.

Talking of mechanical fixings, gold does not tarnish. Has someone been talking to the scrap man again? I wondered why there was the remains of a brass dolly left in the lathe chuck.

See how the old scouse vernacular emerges when meat is mentioned?

Hey Chuck some bugger sneaked Hilda Ogden onboard.
Careful or Stan will drink every drop of Mild in the Wardroom and if he brought Jack Duckworth with him watch your wallets.
The good news is that Bet Lynch and Vera Duckworth will polish the Golden Rivet for Tom. Stand by for heavy rolling. Sorry heavy petting.

Did the below decks gang say something? I wasn't paying attention, listening to my T Rex Collection.....:big_tongue: :hippy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZkTh_T75QY

Where's my feather boa?

What? Large dinosaurs and snakes with feathers? I must check the instrumentation on the Gripe still, I fear I might have allowed a little methyl to condense out. If I find anyone has been trying to rush production I'll stop feeding the pink elephant.

If we've got pink elephants aboard, we should harness them to the anchor capstan -- they've probably got a lot more get up and go to get the job done. The last time we hauled the anchor, there was a rain shower and the cutouts get up and go got up and went. :balloon:

Don’t tell me I’m supposed to be an elephant trainer as well!

Having said that we do have elephants in Malaysia and in Vietnam too!

McC

Yes... errr...ummmmm....HIC!!
well, its the err....ummmmm
What was the question again?

Simple "would you like a drink?"

Nod if you heard that.

Pink elephants in Siam, orange ones in Vietnam.

Drink you say! Dont mind if I do FJ. Is the Focsul bar open then? Not sure i could handle the ladder down to No 1 hold heh heh
Orange? Pink? What about the green ones we used to ship over the Bow?

Cheers FJ. Long life and good health to you shipmate

Do you think I'm deef? I could hear you up by the capstan. Those elephants are quite well fed already all they need is to hear a hornpipe played and it'll be all "hoo-ray and up she rises".

Nelly asked me about trunk calls. Can one do that on the SP 'Phone?

Nelly the elephant packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the fo'cle.


Nelly's had quite enough of Mccloggie's circus.

And the very same to you, Sir William. I hope the local weather has not troubled you.

Nelly the elephant packed her trunk
and said goodbye to the fo'cle.


Nelly's had quite enough of Mccloggie's circus.


Not at all - Nellie has gone for some dancing lessons so she can do a hornpipe and assist with the capstan.

McC

That's good to hear. I figured you were not too affected by the wind, but wondered about the rain - I know you've had some serious flooding before and wondered how your new house withstood the onslaught?

I think we should all gather in the pax lounge for a "happy" drink to celebrate the good fortune. :pint:

Nellie will have to be fairly nimble on her pins to waltz in and around the Snap Back Zones on our wee foc'sle. Suggest she be made the winch operator, she can heave, veer and put on the brake at the same time, multi-tasking at its best and the spare hand can be retrained as Tmac's Tiger.
Capital idea, broons aaa roon, henny.

If Nelly's a hunting elephant I don't think the tiger would be very happy to have her in charge of the forecastle. A Can-can would not need so much space as a waltz, surely?

First I knew I was getting a Tiger and where pray am I supposed to keep such an animal in my injun room? Squeek and Eric are in a state of panic at such a development as they can see themselves as being lunch or perhaps just a snack. :eat_arrow:

Anyhoo before ANY additions to the injuneering crew are approved by moi I will require sight of said Tigers indentures and at least a 40 gallon drum of TSR located on the machinery flat. If you do not know what TSR is the Tiger will bunk in YOUR accommodation.

This ship is getting worse, chickens, pigs, assorted colours of elephant, rats, mice and squirrels and now tigers .... bloody floating zoo we are :bad_mad:

No Tigger then.
You can make your own bunk and wash your own skiddies, oul scabby arse.
I'll keep the Tiger and live like a Lord, or Farmer John as he's known on this fine and commodious vessel.
A pint of Federation my good man.
What!!! No Federation, ok so I'll have a pint of Hull Brewery Bitter.

I always admire people who can say "Thanks" in foreign languages.

Well done ES, didn't know you could Deutsch Sprache……….:pint:

McCloggie is lucky he has no sheep on the ForeCastle cause Nelly is female.

Do Svidaniya ES, I am fluent in two languages English and gibberish :curtain_call: FYI I do NOT was my skiddies, the recognised procedure is to remove same and throw against the bulkhead. If they stick a new pair is called for otherwise they are serviceable for a few months yet :big_tongue:

Barman, a pint of Black Bush if you please and put a cherry in it as I need to eat more fruit :pint:

AND he has no wellies !! :wink::wink:

Or a small stepladder.

Why not wear them for a few days more and save on the Devcon?

Thoroughly enjoyed the Sea Shanty Competition in the PX Lounge, a great night was had by all.
However, as they say on the Great British Menu, Varley's winning ditty did not ring true to my C sharp ears.
"Fifteen men on a dead mans chest
yo ho ho and a bottle of gripitini"
A bit of plagiarism I believe. My objections to the committee lead to a lot of unpleasantness and the ensuing melee was not helped by Tmac shouting "Lets' Rumble"


Senior Officers must persuade head Office to employ a Ships Nurse without delay before anymore thick lips are seen at breakfast.

Our ships nurse will be returning quite soon I believe.

As I have no wish to get involved in any interdepartmental melee. I do however wish to point out that in the event of such a melee arising i should be forced to join the Engineering department. as that is where my forte lies. Never had much to do with ropes or spew bowls you see.

Don't say Forty lies, Sir William, simply a cluster of terminological inexactitudes. We of the deck will initiate you into the plotting of positions on charts, that is the pinnacle of deception and it can be backed up by the figures.

'Our ships nurse will be returning quite soon I believe.'

Hope so!
Red's temporary replacement (or her broomstick), has not been mentioned herein before for good reason.

Ah! Reminds me of when we were in darkest Africa -- seem to remember Tmac finding a cherry in a black bush there --- to everyone's surprise. :)