During
the Shellback Ceremony, while crossing the Equator, the pollywogs crawl
through a pit of water tainted with bug juice, body sweat, coffee grounds, and
lord knows what else. Some even repeat the process if they fail to satisfy the
Royal Court. Upon the end of ceremonies, while sitting around and discussing
the day’s events, one of our shipmates asked …
“The
water in that pit was disgusting. Did any of you fellas get any of that water
in your mouth?”
There was
a lot of laughter and someone stood up and asked …
“How many
of you scallywags pissed in it?”
( FiN )
Had to go back threw twice didn’t have the cheerie to give the royal court
ReplyDeleteAboard the old Independence CV-62 in 1980, they filled half of a jet engine storage can with sea water and untold other foul things. And yeah, I made sure to keep my mouth tightly closed. When presented before Neptune's Royal Court I was asked "What are you?" My reply, "After all this bullshit, I damned well better be a Shellback, Your Highness." It appears I met with Royal approval
ReplyDeleteand how many threw up in it?
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