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07 Nov 99 - 07:13 AM (#132803) Subject: Banana Boat From: Penny S. Day-O, Day-ay-ay-O, Dole Bananas hit a lighthouse in Portsmouth. Day-O, Day-ay-ay O, The boat she's holed and is sittin' on the bottom. Left hand down a bit, left hand -crunch! Nobody's hurt, but she's blockin' up the harbour. Should have gone right, but we're out to lunch, Pity 'bout the light, it was the oldest in the harbour. Penny |
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07 Nov 99 - 07:15 AM (#132804) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Penny S. Day-O, Day-ay-ay-O, Dole Bananas hit a lighthouse in Portsmouth. Day-O, Day-ay-ay O, The boat she's holed and is sittin' on the bottom.
Left hand down a bit, left hand -crunch! |
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07 Nov 99 - 07:39 AM (#132807) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Micca Do I detect "Navy Lark" overtones? Quick throw some Ice Cream in and make the BIGGEST banana split in the World!! is that Portsmouth UK or one of the American ones? |
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07 Nov 99 - 08:30 AM (#132815) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Penny S. UK, it's just been on the news again. The boat hit the rocks at the base of the Nab light at the entrance to the Solent, apparently. Dutch salvage experts are on their way. Could we add some Advocaat, do you think? |
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07 Nov 99 - 08:45 AM (#132819) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Penny S. Oh, and Micca, you are quite right, Navy Lark it is. What amazes me about the human brain is that within a few seconds of hearing the words banana, boat and Portsmouth, the Banana Boat song arrived, and by the time I got to the verse, the Navy Lark, which I have neither heard nor thought about for years, had joined it. Watch the headlines tomorrow, I bet I'm not the only one! |
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07 Nov 99 - 11:45 AM (#132853) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Micca I don't know about Advocaat(the drink) I suspect they will need Advocaat( the lawyer) befor long. I know what you mean.tho', a juxtaposition of words/phrases and before your very eyes you jave a song/poem. |
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07 Nov 99 - 04:10 PM (#132914) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: wildlone Just seen the news. Who put that there here Fancy putting a lighthouse where a ship could hit it Lighthouse? What lighthouse Well Officer its like this, I was sailing north when this bloody great lighthouse came from nowhere and hit me. |
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07 Nov 99 - 04:16 PM (#132915) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Llanfair I haven't seen this on the news, yet. How come you folks south of the Wash have all the fun!!! I think all those bananas will cause problems for "the boy". Hwyl, Bron. |
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07 Nov 99 - 05:14 PM (#132934) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Gint Blows the treat of England as a bannana republic though |
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07 Nov 99 - 05:37 PM (#132941) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Barry Finn Naval situation. From the bridge of the USS....... The watch sees lights dead ahead & notifies the skipper who hails who ever's ahead on the radio & says "this is the Heavy Cruiser the USS.... you are on a collision course with us so change course or well be forced to run you down, please reply ASAP". "This is the ........ Lighthouse, please alter course directly as we have no power to maneuver or prepare to run down a lighthouse". Barry |
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08 Nov 99 - 02:13 AM (#133117) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: roopoo Did my ears deceive me or has it also got pineapples on board? It also seems that the lighthouse it hit is visible from 14 miles and conditions were clear. "Long range scanners down, cap'n....er, how do you open the viewscreen?" mouldy |
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08 Nov 99 - 04:21 AM (#133128) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Micca I started to think about adding verseses and strayed in to jamaica farewell which I think is a different song but for what its worth Dole Banana farewell Portsmouth way where the Seas are grey And the sun shines rarely on the mountain top The took a trip on a Banana Ship And when they reached Nab Tower they made a stop
Chorus
There'll be bananas everywhere
Chorus
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08 Nov 99 - 07:14 AM (#133145) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Penny S. Wasn't that lighthouse joke on the being rude to Americans thread? |
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08 Nov 99 - 07:15 AM (#133146) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: PS. great verses Micca. PS |
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08 Nov 99 - 08:23 AM (#133154) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Micca Yes ,But is it the same bloody song ?, Its been driving me nuts all morning, by the 2 tunes mixing and matching in my head, Oh and BTW for this you are not popular with my colleagues either (You are with me, I think its a hoot) |
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08 Nov 99 - 08:30 AM (#133156) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Roger the skiffler Serious thread creep:The Joe Offer for the People's President campaign must be involved. The ship is called Dole America and was scuppered by a lighthouse! Strictly speaking, I suppose the Nab Tower isn't a lighthouse but it's a bloody big structure as I remember from my boyhood Sea Cadet days when we had steering practice: "Aim for the Nab Tower and then turn left" The Navy Larkwasn't far wrong! RtS |
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08 Nov 99 - 09:07 AM (#133173) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Micca Hey Rog there was a "story" current when I was at sea that a small (about 800 tons) ship came out of Avonmouth late at night after everyone had been on the p**s except a first trip young sailor, the skipper told him to steer straight for the Runnelstone lighthouse off Cardiff, and went below for a rest. 4 hours later the ship tried to climb the side of the Runnelstone!! It was lost , all hands saved. |
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08 Nov 99 - 01:20 PM (#133246) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Penny S. It isn't the same song. They are different. We had them in Singing Together, or at least Jamaica Farewell was in it. And I am not responsible for the use people make of my parodic outbursts. Penny |
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08 Nov 99 - 01:51 PM (#133255) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Bert Here's the report. I couldn't believe it was true. Had to take a look for myself. |
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08 Nov 99 - 01:59 PM (#133256) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: MMario "The ship is registered in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, and with the Norwegian skipper were Indian officers and an Oriental crew. The vessel has Costa Rican agents and is owned by an American bank. " Wow! mini united nations on board. their simultaneous translation probably broke down. |
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08 Nov 99 - 02:02 PM (#133258) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: wildlone Great song Micca.Permission to sing it at the next folk club I go to |
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08 Nov 99 - 02:41 PM (#133277) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Micca Hi, wildlone Yeah go for it, I am flattered you think its good enough, if I add more I'll post it, it begs a verse on the lines of not being nabbed on the dole but Dole on the Nab. |
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08 Nov 99 - 04:34 PM (#133328) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Blackcat2 ya know - another execllent possiblity is Harry Chapin's "30,000 pounds of Bananas" . . . |
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09 Nov 99 - 06:58 PM (#133879) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Micca During an idle moment today I thought of the other 2 verses (for the Trans-ponders the dole is the colloquiql UK expression for welfare) Norwegian skipper is in despair And the Indian officers stand around The Chinese crew only stand and stare As the they watch their ship as it runs aground chorus The Dole America was the ship And it hit the Nab off the shipping lane Today the crew were all on the Dole And tomorrow their on the dole again chorus |
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10 Nov 99 - 04:45 PM (#134277) Subject: RE: BS: Banana Boat From: Penny S. I'm really glad it wasn't Geest or Fyffes: just been reading about the farmers on the Windwards - they can't take much more. If this free trade business carries on, we may look back on it like the potato blight. Penny |