Hoskins, just because you found "round ship" in the dictionary . . .

All ahead, astern, athwart-ships FULL!

- Ed

Well, we were awash with good entries! I was in a spin trying to decide on the winner - after much naval [sic] gazing, the ones that floated my boat were (in no particular order):

Chu Chu: She may be an ugly duckling, but in battle she shows no quarter.

NutLoose: Parliament reduces the size of the proposed third carrier.

cynicalint: Kenny manned the guns....

But steaming ahead of the pack is Wensleydale: After Nelson had crossed the "T", the Navy decided to dot the i as well.

Well done Sir, the trophy is circling around, covered in coal dust, but will get to you eventually.

I wonder what he is singing?

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"You wanna be in my gang...my gang...my gang. You wanna be in my gang, oh yea!"

"Everybody's talkin' 'bout me, I can't hear a word they're sayin'...Only the echoes of my mind"

All the right notes not necessarily in the right order!

thank to Morecambe & Wise

I’ve been stringing them along for years, why stop now!

Give me an ‘A’

"Stealings, nothing more than.... stealings.... Stealings, nothing more than Stealings,
Trying to forget my Stealing of Kyiv.
T-80s rolling down my face,
Trying to forget my stealing of Kyiv.

Stealings, for all my life I've tried it.
I wish I've never bet you, Volod; I'll never steal again.

Feelings, wo-o-o feelings,
Wo-o-o, Steal you again by my arms.


UNSG: Russia is or is not a terrorist nation, make up your feeble minds.

Hello London!

Money, money, money
It's so funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha
All the things I can do
When I steal the nation's money
It's a rich man's world
It's a rich man's world

Visiting his local music emporium, Vlad tells the owner to give him this guitar or he'd instigate a special task force to take it.

Computer imaging can make a Vlad Dracula guitar float in mid-air, or even make a sewer rat look like a musical genius.

Ground Control to Comrade Tom
Ground Control to Comrade Tom
Take your pep pills and put your helmet on
Ground Control to Comrade Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may our tanks all be with you

This is Ground Control to Comrade Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the tank if you dare
This is Comrade Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the hatch
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

For here
Am I sitting in my turret
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

Though I'm past one hundred feet
I'm feeling very still
And I think my Turret knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
Ground Control to Comrade Tom
Your tank is dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me, Comrade Tom?
Can you hear me, Comrade Tom?
Can you hear me, Comrade Tom?
Can you?

Here am I floating in my turret
Far above the Earth
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do

"Did someone call me a plucker?"

By Willie Nelson

Three days that I dread to see arrive
Three days that I hate to be alive
Three days filled with tears and sorrow
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

There are three days I know that I'll be blue
Three days that I'll always dream of you
And it does no good to wish these days would end
'Cause the same three days start over again

Three days that I dread to be alive
Three days that I hate to see arrive
Three days filled with tears and sorrow
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

There are three days I know that I'll be blue
Three days that I'll always dream of you
And it does no good to wish these days would end
'Cause the same three days start over again

Three days that I dread to see arrive
Three days that I hate to be alive
Three days filled with tears and sorrow
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

They should be coming to take me away,
Haha, they should be coming to take me away,
Ho ho, hee hee, ha ha,
To the funny farm
Where life is beautiful all the time
Because I'm mad you see
Yes, I've flipped my lid
And my mind is completely gone
So they should come and take me AWAY,
HA HAAAA

Where have all my rivals gone?
Long time passing
Where have all my rivals gone
Long time ago?
Where have all my rivals gone?
Fell from windows every one
Oh, when will you ever learn?
Oh, when will you ever learn?

Where has all my navy gone?
Long time passing
Where has all my navy gone
Long time ago?
Where has all my navy gone?
They're feeding fishes every one
Oh, when will you ever learn?
Oh, when will you ever learn?

Where has all my air force gone?
Long time passing
Where has all my air force gone
Long time ago?
Where has all my air force gone?
Destroyed for vanity every one
Oh, when will you ever learn?
Oh, when will you ever learn?


Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone
Long time ago?
Where have all the young men gone?
They're pushing sunflowers every one
Oh, when will I ever learn?
Oh, when will I ever learn?

John Denver:

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn
The Aircraft's waiting, they're blowin' the horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on an A-50 plane
Don't know if I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
and if I come back, I'll bring you my puckering ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on an A-50 plane
Don't know if I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go