STOKER JOKE

Vince · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:10 am Post subject: STOKER JOKE

Hm...have to put some thought into this one Wink

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Bushmaster · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:10 am Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

When a naval ship is being built they use a "golden rivet" somewhere in the ship. Usually in the bilges.

When a new recruit comes aboard we ol' salts tell them to go find it.

If you believe that there is a "golden rivet" Have a ball...Go find it.

Suzanne · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:27 am Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

Usually in the bilges because that's where the stinkiest of the stinky is.

Suz

PaulS · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

You have to polish all the rivets in the bilge to find the "GOLDEN" rivet because after being coated in the sludge and oil of the bilge there is no other way to find it...

and I was never in the navy Razz

Vince · Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:39 pm Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

Hm, methinks the “hidden” message in the pic is being missed. Scratch

English Mike · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 2:42 am Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

Vince wrote:

Hm, methinks the “hidden” message in the pic is being missed. Scratch

Methinks you're right mate.

The implications are lost over the Pond. Very Happy

Tremblay · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 3:01 am Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

Me thinks I don't know what y'all are talking about

Vince · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 3:17 am Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

Tremblay wrote:

Me thinks I don't know what y'all are talking about

It’s a bit of a standing joke in the Army of both Pomgolia and OZ. Young naive sailors are sent off to “find the golden rivet” by the old salts after an extended time at sea. Of course this involves a lot of bending over inspecting rivets. Now whether or not this is true I am not sure, but I know I would not be searching for a golden rivet.

Now go back and read the “joke” with this in mind.

dhc4ever · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 4:37 am Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

Does that go along with
"Rum, Sodomy and the Lash?

Bushmaster · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 10:19 am Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

I'm sorry Vince, but......Suz is correct. The "Golden Rivet" is normally found in the bowels (bilges) of the ship. You will not be bending over to find it. Instead you will be crawling around in the bilges with a rag and a flash light. And while yer down there if you happen to find any tools that have been dropped down there bring them up too.

And I WAS in the Navy.

Vince · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

Yes mate, I know and understand that...the “find the golden rivet” is simply a standing joke in the UK and Oz.

Bushmaster · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 7:52 pm Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

In the US Navy we didn't "bugger" anyone. If you did and got caught you were either over the side or confined for your own safety until the ship was pier side.

Vince · Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2018 9:58 pm Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

Bushmaster wrote:

In the US Navy we didn't "bugger" anyone. If you did and got caught you were either over the side or confined for your own safety until the ship was pier side.

Same here mate...not even remotely tolerated...didn’t stop the jokes though mate. Every Service out here pokes fun at the others.

Bushmaster · Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 10:20 am Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

Gone on pub exploring runs with Australian sailors and have spliced the main brace aboard English war ships.

pete4d · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:46 pm Post subject: Re: STOKER JOKE

Vince wrote:

Tremblay wrote:

Me thinks I don't know what y'all are talking about

It’s a bit of a standing joke in the Army of both Pomgolia and OZ. Young naive sailors are sent off to “find the golden rivet” by the old salts after an extended time at sea. Of course this involves a lot of bending over inspecting rivets. Now whether or not this is true I am not sure, but I know I would not be searching for a golden rivet.

Now go back and read the “joke” with this in mind.

So VINCE you're saying they don't have sheep in the navy......
Scratch