Nautical Sayings.

[Roger Dyer]

Roger, had you been with UCl or a number of other liner companies you may well have learned a different meaning to that saying.

John, mate, am I to understand that during your time with UCL while you and half the crew were working, the other half were indulging in sexual misconduct. I do hope
I put you with the right half of the crew


.................Roger

[Capt Bill Davies]

Whilst being reminded of 'Starvin' as in Hank Marvin (Cockney Rhyming slang) this evening, I thought of an expression I haven't heard of in years for people with good appetites.

'He'd eat the back out of a dockers Coat'


Bill

[john sutton]

dont know if this has been done already.
"that took the wind out of his sails"
it applies to me if somebody has already used it
john sutton

[happy daze john in oz]

John, mate, am I to understand that during your time with UCL while you and half the crew were working, the other half were indulging in sexual misconduct. I do hope
I put you with the right half of the crew


.................Roger

It was reported that there was a phantom one on board one of the UCL ships who came around in the dead of night.. Never found out if it was true

[Captain Kong]

[I]'He'd eat the back out of a dockers Coat' Bill.
.

Also I`m so hungry I could eat a Scabby Cat.
or, I`m so tired I could sleep with my head in a bucket of crap.
Brian

[j.sabourn]

Always thought the helm order Steady as she Goes was always a bit misleading, always wanted to say... Goes where. John Sabourn

[Keith Tindell]

The one i use today, on the rare occasion i see one is * a bottle screw biffta *, ie some one has a low slung ar**, and short legs, or the opposite, a high slung ar**, and extra long legs. KT

[j.sabourn]

Sitting on the ships rail, was for fools, firemen, and first trippers. John sabourn

[happy daze john in oz]

[I]'He'd eat the back out of a dockers Coat' Bill.
.

Also I`m so hungry I could eat a Scabby Cat.
or, I`m so tired I could sleep with my head in a bucket of crap.
Brian

Brian, I thoght you said you lived beside a bucket of crap!
As for the cat, I think your neighbours would most likely get there first.

[E.Martin]

I have got a mouth like a Vultures Crotch,most of us have said that a few times