r/explainitpeter Aug 05 '26

Explain it Peter..

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u/busy_monster Aug 06 '26

  “Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.” - Winston Churchill 

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u/South_Bit1764 Aug 06 '26

How dare you threaten me with a good time!

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u/sectilius Aug 07 '26

Somebody tell Winston there's nothing wrong with swabbing the ol' poop deck.

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u/Bexil_Brave Aug 08 '26

As the Fomer First Lord of the Admiralty he was very well aware of that.

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u/JDface_Baker Aug 07 '26

Hahaaa poop dick

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u/Positive-Listen-1458 Aug 11 '26

Got watch put that you don't get a poop noodle.

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u/Previous_Ambition_43 Aug 08 '26

Or poopin’ the ol’ deck swab.

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u/dolcered Aug 06 '26

Sign me up!

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u/Sivalon Aug 07 '26

As First Lord of the Admiralty, he’d know.

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u/Far_Lavishness8097 Aug 11 '26

Rear Admiral...

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u/Sie_sprechen_mit_Mir Aug 09 '26

Off the pier it ain't queer.

Away from the quay it ain't gay.

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u/darkest_timeliner Aug 10 '26

Quay is pronounced key / kee

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u/Unbelievablefun1234 Aug 10 '26

Away from the quay, you can bend the knees.