Originally Posted by
ShyTorque
“To our wives, girlfriends, ladies and lovers……and may they never meet!”
Usually rendered simply as "Wives and sweethearts. May they never meet" but then it's a Naval toast so Heaven knows how it gets delivered in Guttersloh.
Wednesday's Naval toast is traditionally "Ourselves (as no one is likely to concern themselves with our welfare.)" There are earthier versions...
The grace I always liked was "Good friends, good meat, good God, let's eat", a commendable improvement on the earnest, endless hand-wringing platitudes you get when the "Bish" is invited to perform that office.