Royal naval game
Thread Starter
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 99
Likes: 0
From: Earth
Royal naval game
Hi there, i'm not military (yet) but i was speaking to a chap on holiday about the fleet air arm, me wanting to join and what-not, and he mentioned a game that the navy guys play on the ships.
He said its called 'Hookers' or something like that, can anyone shed any light on this?
cheers
SO
He said its called 'Hookers' or something like that, can anyone shed any light on this?
cheers
SO
Red On, Green On
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 6,490
Likes: 2
From: Between the woods and the water
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 203
Likes: 1
From: Mid-central South of England
Oh so many rules and variations.....
Rubiks Uckers, reversals and suck backs, mixi blobs Night Uckers(courtesy of cyalume) and end the evenings ents with a quick game of nails.................
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,078
Likes: 0
From: Ask OPS!
There are rules to Uckers????? 
FAA rules ALWAYS win, cheat like buggery if you can get away with it
Hookers sounds like fun, I think a suck back would be a more interesting rule than the blowback.
One up the spout, no mixies.
W2P
FAA rules ALWAYS win, cheat like buggery if you can get away with it
Hookers sounds like fun, I think a suck back would be a more interesting rule than the blowback.
One up the spout, no mixies.
W2P
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 150
Likes: 0
From: UK
Origin of the Name?
Could it have somthing to do with this...?
Found at www.wordorigins.org
What exactly is the old army game, and where does the term come from? There are several definitions, all stemming from the same source.
It is first recorded in the 1890s, but in reference to the US Civil War some thirty years earlier. As for meaning, first it can refer to any of a number of specific gambling games, chuck-a-luck (a dice game), poker, or a shell game—so long as the game is played ruthlessly or the game is rigged. From John Philip Quinn’s 1890 Fools of Fortune:
Chuck-a-luck...is sometimes designated as “the old army game,” for the reason that soldiers at the front were often wont to beguile the tedium of bivouac by seeking relief from monotony in its charms.
Second, it can mean any form of trickery or deception. This later sense (about 1910) grew out of the first—gamblers would cheat. From the New York Evening Journal of 23 April 1910:
Possums are too sly to be caught on this old army game.
Third, by 1930 the meaning had shifted to that of evading responsibility, to passing the buck. The gambling sense gave way in favor of another activity for which soldiers are known for, but retained the connotation of ruthlessness. From Theodore Fredenburgh’s 1930 Soldiers March!:
It’s the old army game: first, pass the buck; second: never give a sucker an even break.
All three senses, a ruthless game, trickery, or passing the buck, are still in use today.
(Source: Historical Dictionary of American Slang)
Found at www.wordorigins.org
What exactly is the old army game, and where does the term come from? There are several definitions, all stemming from the same source.
It is first recorded in the 1890s, but in reference to the US Civil War some thirty years earlier. As for meaning, first it can refer to any of a number of specific gambling games, chuck-a-luck (a dice game), poker, or a shell game—so long as the game is played ruthlessly or the game is rigged. From John Philip Quinn’s 1890 Fools of Fortune:
Chuck-a-luck...is sometimes designated as “the old army game,” for the reason that soldiers at the front were often wont to beguile the tedium of bivouac by seeking relief from monotony in its charms.
Second, it can mean any form of trickery or deception. This later sense (about 1910) grew out of the first—gamblers would cheat. From the New York Evening Journal of 23 April 1910:
Possums are too sly to be caught on this old army game.
Third, by 1930 the meaning had shifted to that of evading responsibility, to passing the buck. The gambling sense gave way in favor of another activity for which soldiers are known for, but retained the connotation of ruthlessness. From Theodore Fredenburgh’s 1930 Soldiers March!:
It’s the old army game: first, pass the buck; second: never give a sucker an even break.
All three senses, a ruthless game, trickery, or passing the buck, are still in use today.
(Source: Historical Dictionary of American Slang)
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 218
Likes: 0
From: between a rock and a hard place
Ring The Bell
Snow Owl, before you suggest a game of Uckers it is tradition that you ring the bell in the wardroom first.
This just lets everyone know that you want a game.
good luck.
MFWF
This just lets everyone know that you want a game.
good luck.
MFWF
is that what the bell really means? i can imagine a trick being played somewhere along the line! 