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posted by [personal profile] elanya at 02:47pm on 09/04/2005
Half Mast, flying the flag at
A custom of mourning.  The custom originated as a sign that the invisible flag of death was flown above the flag at "half staff," which isn't half at all, but rather should be lowered to a point where such a flag would be if another flag the same size was flying over it.

- From The Illustrated Dictoinary of Vexillology
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posted by [identity profile] altacoustic.livejournal.com at 06:58pm on 09/04/2005
I realise this is a very purile question, but was there ever a famous cabin boy called Roger?
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 07:09pm on 09/04/2005
well... It's a pretty common name/nickname, so chances are good, but none that I know of specifically! how's that? ;)
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posted by [identity profile] altacoustic.livejournal.com at 08:41pm on 09/04/2005
*alledgedly* a character from the uk kids TV series "Captain Pugwash" was called "Roger the Cabin Boy"
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 08:51pm on 09/04/2005
*snigger*

~The cabin boy, the cabin boy
That dirty little nipper!
He shoved some glass,
Up his ass,
And circumsised the skiper!~

ARRR!
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posted by [identity profile] altacoustic.livejournal.com at 09:04pm on 09/04/2005
*giggle*
There were also *allegedly* a character called Seaman Stains
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 03:09am on 10/04/2005
I had to go and spoil the fun and find out there wasn't, boo! But that's okay. It just leaves room for some creative dirtyminded folks to use it later ^-^
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 08:52pm on 09/04/2005
also...
~The Cabin boy, the cabin boy,
He pulled a litte caper!
The little slut,
He lined his butt,
With No. 4 sandpaper!~

ARRRR!
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posted by [identity profile] altacoustic.livejournal.com at 09:02pm on 09/04/2005
*wipes tears from her eyes, and attempts to stop rolling around on the floor shaking with laughter like a jelly in San Francisco*
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posted by [identity profile] altacoustic.livejournal.com at 09:03pm on 09/04/2005
By the way - I came accross a pirate re enactor the other day (I think she was a member of WHIPS) called Rosie Buttocks. Cool alter ego name or what?
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posted by [identity profile] skjaere.livejournal.com at 08:58pm on 09/04/2005
I learn so much, just from knowing clever people.
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posted by [identity profile] elanya.livejournal.com at 03:07am on 10/04/2005
...invisible flag..... of DEATH!!
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posted by [identity profile] vureoelt.livejournal.com at 06:07pm on 11/04/2005
Heh. It is pretty awesome to say. Invisible flag... of DEATH!

Interesting how they couldn't have an actual flag of death... perhaps bad luck or something to carry such.

So, "of death" probably gives it +5 and invisibility gives it +2, when... huh, what? Oh. Nevermind. :)
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