There's no Coastguard in France. They let the French Navy do it. They have to give them something to do. It's not good for national pride to have to disband it so they turned it into a Coastguard. I think it does a few other bits and bobs too.
Tim FitzHighamTag: humour navy the-french coastguard
In a French accent developed through a lifetime of using English I said, 'Hello sir, I would like to row the English Channel in a bath please.'
What actually arrived in the ear of the French Navy man was, 'Hello sire, I would like to fight a condom across a bath if you please.
Tag: humour nautical translation misunderstanding miscommunication navy the-french
I phoned the Admiral back.
'It's no use, Admiral, the French speak nothing but French.'
There was a short pause on the end of the line then his voice rattled into life like a sabre.
'They're lying, Tim!'
'What?'
'The French Navy must by law speak English, as English is the international maritime language of the sea.'
'Has anyone told the French that?'
The line went dead for a moment before he thundered, 'Yes Nelson. At the battle of Trafalgar.'
I tried to stifle an irresistibly British giggle not knowing if the Admiral was making a joke or not. I got it right. He was serious.
Tag: communication humour language maritime nautical navy the-french french-navy
The world is a navy in an empty ocean.
Dejan StojanovicTag: wisdom poetry world literature ocean empty quotes thoughts navy emptyness poetry-quotes quotes-to-live-by the-creator literature-quotes dejan-stojanovic
Semper fuckin' fi
Kristen AshleyTag: inspirational navy marine uniform semper-fi
There is no honor in sending men to die for something you won't even fight for yourself
Mark OwenTag: war fight die honor navy seals bin-laden no-easy-day seal team-6
You are a reasonably civil, complaisant creature on dry land,' said Stephen, 'but the moment you are afloat you become pragmatical and absolute, a bashaw - do this, do that, gluppit the prawling strangles, there - no longer a social being at all. It is no doubt the effect of the long-continued habit of command; but it cannot be considered amiable.
Patrick O'BrianThus was this expedition finished...after having, by its event, strongly evinced this important truth; that though prudence, intrepidity and perseverence united are not exempted from the blows of adverse fortune, yet in a long series of transactions they usually rise superior to its power, and in the end rarely fail of proving successful.
Voyage Around The World, 1751
Tag: adventure sea ocean pirates navy south-america admiral history-sea-faring
Do not wait and hope to be discovered...make yourself so you cannot be denied!
Jamie McCallTag: self-help spirituality hollywood recovery author veterans sober actress navy how-to aa 12-steps
See it, learn it, do it ALL.
Jamie McCallTag: adventure travel self-help actresses lifestyle author veterans spiritual-growth law-of-attraction loa navy adventurer high-life
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