British CO sinks enemy vegetable
June 16th, 2009 | Blogs Foreign navies Royal Navy | Posted by Phil Ewing
"This is the captain. Any sailor caught eating brussel sprouts is to be keelhauled. That is all." // Royal Navy
In the grandest tradition of Nelson at Trafalgar or Jellicoe at Jutland, another Royal Navy commander has struck an audacious blow against an enemy of Britain and Her Majesty, the Queen. Capt. Wayne Keble, commander of the amphibious assault ship Bulwark, has given standing weapons-release authorization against a foe he has described as being in the employ of Satan himself — brussel sprouts.
“They are the devil’s vegetable and the only thing I do not like, and the only thing I hate,” Keble told Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper. “Brussels sprouts are absolutely banned on board HMS Bulwark. I do not eat them so I do not know what the after-effects are.”
Not that Keble is against all vegetables, or doesn’t support creating a culture of fitness, the Telegraph reported.
“Healthy eating is something I promote. I do promote that and I do a lot of exercise myself. I also promote adventure training and try to eat healthily. One of my roles as commanding officer is to ensure that we are fit and healthy and that we have a healthy lifestyle, moderate our alcohol intake and make sure we are not overweight.”
You read that right, “alcohol intake” — on Keble’s ship you not only won’t have to eat brussel sprouts, you can drink a beer in the ship’s bar. If you want to join up click here… we’re just sayin’…
Comments
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LaVikinga Says:
June 16th, 2009 at 9:51 amShades of Bush Senior’s rant on the evils of broccoli.
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The Scoop Deck – Three services in one? What color would the uniforms be? Says:
February 4th, 2010 at 9:53 am[...] addition to Anglophilia and a frank admiration for the tremendous heritage of Nelson, Jellicoe, et al., Scoop Deck likes to write about the Royal Navy because a case could [...]