Lister CS6/1 wanted

[Any Old Iron]

Come on Bob nobody likes a know it all ,about time you volunteered to join the crew on the sea scopium search vessel as may be a deck hand or tour guide with your vast knowledge of all things

[weidner]

Far from knowing it all , I wondered myself , looked it up in the dictionary , and shared it with those who were curious . That little word ' apparently ' was there to tell you that .

I fear that I would be little use on your expedition , the sea scares me shitless , and I am allergic to scopium . There was a nice 12/2 sold on ebay last week . You could have done with the extra power for trawling . How about a nice Kelvin KR6 ?

[00000]

Originally Posted by weidner

Apparently from the French poupe and the Latin puppis - poop , the after part of a ship .

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Ha. an old wives tale.

[00000]

Originally Posted by weidner

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Pooping was done from the ' heads ', the overhanging part at the bow .

Good grief! We'll have non of that on the scopium trawler ! No Sir! The scopiums are allergic to it!

[HERCULES 9068]

Who is going to scrape the POOP off the poop deck ?.....................................

[weidner]

Originally Posted by HERCULES 9068

Who is going to scrape the POOP off the poop deck ?.....................................

Whoever is on punishment as ' The Lord of the Heads ' .

[HERCULES 9068]

I wonder what that means in English ?

[weidner]

Originally Posted by HERCULES 9068

I wonder what that means in English ?

Naval slang for sanitary wallah . For ' heads ' see above . The part at the over hanging bow where you stuck your arse out and relieved yourself , incorporated with the bow chains in a square rigger . The navy still talks of ' heads ' for the shithouse . .

[Any Old Iron]

Look what you have started jim,if only you had looked it up yourself and then kept stub

[Any Old Iron]

should be stum