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Old 05-10-2016, 16:57   #16
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I have tried to work the foot pump in a land side kitchen sink. Also looked for the pump handle on the toilet a time or two.
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Going to the market involves a wet spot.....
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Old 05-10-2016, 17:15   #18
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When giving direction to someone driving, you use port and starboard instead of left and right.

"Turn to port after the light"

This a beautiful, marital saving tactic.
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When you walk out of a meeting at work muttering "I gotta use the head." And you later realize nobody at all knew what you meant.
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When you walk out of a meeting at work muttering "I gotta use the head." And you later realize nobody at all knew what you meant.
Oh dear, I do that all the time too. Though my friends now know what I mean.
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We were at some ruins in Cambodia. that had really steep stairs, we started going down backwards and before you know it, everyone turned around and was going down backwards lol.

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(The Admiral does this...)

If you high-step (over the transom) when you leave the powder room.


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...you have formal flip flops

You mean that's odd???


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...you have tethers on ALL your spectacles and sunglasses.
...you put your keys in a zipped pocket.
...your clothes may be mismatched, but they're DRY.


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... if you spell it 'boatie'.

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Re: You might be "Boaty" if…

....if you know when high tide is, but not who the Vice presidential candidates are.

..........If you say "over" when using Skype to make overseas phone calls and you're ready to listen to whoever you're talking to...

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....if you know when high tide is, but not who the Vice presidential candidates are.

..........If you say "over" when using Skype to make overseas phone calls and you're ready to listen to whoever you're talking to...

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... if you spell it 'boatie'.

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the imaginary Dictionary of the Deep probably defines "Boatie" as the noun, and "boaty" as an adjective
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the imaginary Dictionary of the Deep probably defines "Boatie" as the noun, and "boaty" as an adjective
Yep.

I stand corrected.

PLS bear with my foreigness.

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