Brilliant thread.
Not so long ago, whilst undertaking Initial Sea Training in the mighty 'O' a rather unfortunate OC happened to lose his name badge. This fellow is not the brightest spark, and after the Captain mentioned the loss of his name badge, he decided to make a new one. All he could find was a sheet of A4 paper upon which he wrote his name in giant letters. Walking back to the mess deck in nothing but a pair of shorts, he happened upon the Captain, held up his new name badge, pointed to it saying 'Got me a new badge now Skip'!!
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A friend was on exchange to E'cole Navale (sp?). On his first morning there, he parade with the rest of the college for Colours. As is tradition in the RN, he saluted and wondered why the French Navy did not salute. He later discovered that they "are not allowed to salute their Ensign as a result of losing at Traf". Talk about rubbing their face in it!