Submarines
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2025 7:10 pm
I couldn’t help thinking of a few here
Change the title and it works for pretty much any branch of the Navy
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Re: Submarines
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2025 8:52 pm
Re: Submarines
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:20 pm
The hard part isn’t the sinking, it’s the surfacing afterwards.
Re: Submarines
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2025 11:07 pm
'Operation Petticoat'Drunknsubmrnr wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:20 pm
The hard part isn’t the sinking, it’s the surfacing afterwards.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: The scuttlebutt is that we're going to try to submerge at daybreak, and I figured if you've got to go, you might as well go big.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Mr. Holden, it's past daybreak, and we are submerged.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: We are?
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: We are.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: You mean, we're under?
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Yes.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: Well, it isn't a permanent situation, er... What I'm trying to say is, I mean, we can come up if we like to.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Well, I like to think we can, but then, I'm an incurable optimist.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: What happens, sir, if we, er... What happens if we can't...?
[he motions upward]
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Oh, well, if we can't, er...
[he motions upward]
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: , then, we, er...
[he motions downward]
Re: Submarines
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 7:44 am
One of the most perfectly-cast movies ever filmed.Rocket J Squrriel wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 11:07 pm'Operation Petticoat'Drunknsubmrnr wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 10:20 pm
The hard part isn’t the sinking, it’s the surfacing afterwards.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: The scuttlebutt is that we're going to try to submerge at daybreak, and I figured if you've got to go, you might as well go big.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Mr. Holden, it's past daybreak, and we are submerged.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: We are?
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: We are.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: You mean, we're under?
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Yes.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: Well, it isn't a permanent situation, er... What I'm trying to say is, I mean, we can come up if we like to.
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Well, I like to think we can, but then, I'm an incurable optimist.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: What happens, sir, if we, er... What happens if we can't...?
[he motions upward]
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Oh, well, if we can't, er...
[he motions upward]
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: , then, we, er...
[he motions downward]
And they never did fix that port diesel.
Re: Submarines
Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2025 12:04 pm
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Well, I like to think we can, but then, I'm an incurable optimist.
Lt. Nicholas Holden: What happens, sir, if we, er... What happens if we can't...?
[he motions upward]
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Oh, well, if we can't, er...
[he motions upward]
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: , then, we, er...
[he motions downward]
.... Priceless.
Mike
Lt. Nicholas Holden: What happens, sir, if we, er... What happens if we can't...?
[he motions upward]
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: Oh, well, if we can't, er...
[he motions upward]
Lt. Cmdr. Matt T. Sherman: , then, we, er...
[he motions downward]
.... Priceless.
Mike