Apart from A Royal Navy Officer, What is a Useless Thing to have Onboard a Yacht?
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Marsupial
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a snooker table
Beadle
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I believe an umbrella was one of the 3 most useless thing
Can't remember what the third one is
BTB I once went sailing with a retired very senior naval officer - and told him this
He thought it was hilarious
Really nice chap - but have not seen him for years
Can't remember what the third one is
BTB I once went sailing with a retired very senior naval officer - and told him this
He thought it was hilarious
Really nice chap - but have not seen him for years
Novachris
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Pilot cutter seamark had a mantle piece and a real fire IIRC.wasnt so useless in winter i bet.
EDIT...just read "Yacht" soooorrrry
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Novachris
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Vicar?
dombuckley
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A cow?
alahol2
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Actually, an umbrella can be very useful on those warm. showery days. A lot easier than climbing in and out of waterproofs. It gives the 'real sailors' something to laugh at as well.
Bobc
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Superb. I nearly spat wine over my keyboard!
MASH
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The sort of arrogant berk who assumes that Naval Officers know so little about sailing or the sea that they are a liability and they naturally know more.
Are other ranks acceptable on board then? One assumes so.
Are other ranks acceptable on board then? One assumes so.
xyachtdave
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Anyone want to play 'spot the sense of humour bypass'???
jac
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The original 3rd one was a wheelbarrow.
stuarta
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From a Royal Naval Officer... A lawnmower.
Manuel_Hung
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Why are navy officers so useless at managing staff? They are always absolute numptys to work with. Is it something to do with the training?
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An iron?
Vara
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I once had a naval officer on my boat, engine running a bit rough and she whipped off the top thingy and reset the tappets, checked the filters and the levels, changed the impellor and pronounced all OK, very easy on the eye too.
Yet to find a use for a wheelbarrow, but umbrella very handy.
Yet to find a use for a wheelbarrow, but umbrella very handy.
l'escargot
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A spirit level?
Romeo
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Flares. Carried them for 30 years, never used them once.
Seatrout
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Confession: There IS a standard lamp onboard my P&J. (bit of a conversation piece at the annual corporate entertainment)
MASH
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I suppose you could include people who pronounce on the sense of humour of others when they know nothing whatsoever about it. Equally those who jump to unsupported conclusions.
Seatrout
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....... and breathe out!
