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Postby SSBubbles » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:15 am

supporttheunderdog wrote:Until about 150 years or so ago, It was almost (but only almost) acceptable for British sailors adrift at sea to eat the Cabin boy,
(when of course he was no longer fit other purposes .....
..... send up another cabin boy!
This one be Split!


Poor Roger! :lol: :wink:
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Postby SSBubbles » Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:17 am

bill cobbett wrote:Well this whinging, miserable Brit is off down the road for the traditional GB Friday night treat, the delicacy that is Fish 'n' Chips........ :D ...... extra salt and vinegar on the chips please darlin'.



:shock: WHAT? :shock: No beer to wash it down? Sacrilege :roll:
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Postby CBBB » Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:27 am

SSBubbles wrote:
supporttheunderdog wrote:Until about 150 years or so ago, It was almost (but only almost) acceptable for British sailors adrift at sea to eat the Cabin boy,
(when of course he was no longer fit other purposes .....
..... send up another cabin boy!
This one be Split!


Poor Roger! :lol: :wink:


It wasn't Roger, it was Tom that was a shipmate of Master Bates and Seaman Staines!
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Postby SSBubbles » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:36 pm

CBBB wrote:It wasn't Roger, it was Tom that was a shipmate of Master Bates and Seaman Staines!


Aye aye Captain Pugwash :lol:

(There was always a Roger the Cabin Boy! :wink: )
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Postby supporttheunderdog » Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:35 pm

SSBubbles wrote:
CBBB wrote:It wasn't Roger, it was Tom that was a shipmate of Master Bates and Seaman Staines!


Aye aye Captain Pugwash :lol:

(There was always a Roger the Cabin Boy! :wink: )


For those who want the truth about Captain Pugwash......

http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/pugwash.asp

a bit disappointing really...

Now I believe in a carton version of "Rupert Bear", Rupert was one caught in one frame with salacious literature - I think "Spankers' Weekly" was one...[/url]
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Postby quattro » Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:13 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jh3k8oV4Vc
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Postby georgios100 » Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:39 pm

On the lighter side...


Self-confessed Cannibal wrote

In my time, I've eaten many girls.
Most of them loved it... came back for more...
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Postby georgios100 » Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:05 pm

quattro wrote:
georgios100 wrote:On the lighter side...


Self-confessed Cannibal wrote

In my time, I've eaten many girls.
Most of them loved it... came back for more...


a po xoumisi to spitin tou enna ppesi na ton i tsillisi :shock:


The self confessed cannibal comment was c/p from CNN blog (see page 1 of this thread).

In this sense, my house is still intact...
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Postby quattro » Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:09 pm

georgios100 wrote:
quattro wrote:
georgios100 wrote:On the lighter side...


Self-confessed Cannibal wrote

In my time, I've eaten many girls.
Most of them loved it... came back for more...


a po xoumisi to spitin tou enna ppesi na ton i tsillisi :shock:


The self confessed cannibal comment was c/p from CNN blog (see page 1 of this thread).

In this sense, my house is still intact...
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby CBBB » Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:31 pm

SSBubbles wrote:
CBBB wrote:It wasn't Roger, it was Tom that was a shipmate of Master Bates and Seaman Staines!


Aye aye Captain Pugwash :lol:

(There was always a Roger the Cabin Boy! :wink: )


No, they did roger the cabin boy, but his name was Tom!
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