Model Boat Mayhem

Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: Circlip on December 08, 2011, 03:45:09 pm

Title: New sad day for the Navy
Post by: Circlip on December 08, 2011, 03:45:09 pm
Well, the numpties in Whitehall have finally screwed the last bastion of male supremacy.

   Femails to crew on Submarines.  O0

  Regards   Ian.
Title: Re: New sad day for the Navy
Post by: pugwash on December 08, 2011, 04:10:17 pm
Well the fairer sex have been working for several years in Norwegian diesel subs.  Might make for interesting hot bunking though.

Geoff
Title: Re: New sad day for the Navy
Post by: unbuiltnautilus on December 08, 2011, 04:25:44 pm
Good news though, there are still cultures were it is considered right and correct for the woman to follow her husband a number of steps behind him, maybe that would cheer you up if we introduced that?
Title: Re: New sad day for the Navy
Post by: Netleyned on December 08, 2011, 04:33:31 pm
Could alway give them the outside wreckers job  %%

Ned
Title: Re: New sad day for the Navy
Post by: Daemon on December 08, 2011, 04:59:49 pm
Good news though, there are still cultures were it is considered right and correct for the woman to follow her husband a number of steps behind him, maybe that would cheer you up if we introduced that?

Hahah, this made me laugh...

Has anyone seen the number of female military personell who have been pulled back from the middle east due to pregnancy? It's nearing 400 I think, or that might have been the morning after pills handed out... Either way - lol.
Title: Re: New sad day for the Navy
Post by: Jonty on December 08, 2011, 05:36:54 pm
  UBN's post reminds of the story about Thesiger visiting the desert for the first time after the war. Meeting an old Bedouin friend, he remarked on the signs of social progress: whilst the man still rode on the donkey, his wife now walked in front of him rather than behind. 'No social progress', said the old Bedou, 'landmines'.
Title: Re: New sad day for the Navy
Post by: Circlip on December 08, 2011, 05:45:58 pm
Nowt to do with chauvanism UBN. Working enviroment is totally different between skimmers and boats.

    Regards   Ian.
Title: Re: New sad day for the Navy
Post by: Norseman on December 08, 2011, 08:02:05 pm
considered right and correct for the woman to follow her husband a number of steps behind him

That happens in my house lads - wife follows me round tidying up after me. Now that's bad enough on a normal day but when I am are trying to strip wallpaper it drives me absolutely nuts. As for the comment on hot beds - I am a night worker and the hot bed routine works very well for me .............only the wife gets into a cold bed. O0

Dave