In the Navy

Most MPs blogs are so boring they make me want to move to Palmerston North so in the words of the great John Cleese, I will finally have the inspiration to kill myself.

However I have enjoyed the blog posts by Amy Adams about her week “Amy in the Navy”.  An extract:

I do have do mention though that even in gently rocking open seas, showering was a bit of a skill. Washing shampoo from my hair without falling over involved deploying a three point bracing system of two feet and a shoulder in various parts of the stall, ungainly certainly but managed to complete the mission.

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When I nervously asked what the gun was for I got the simple response “sharks”. Not sure if that was good or bad news for the poor man overboard.

Highlight of the drills for me though was when, unexpectedly, up went the shout “man overboard!” I was on the bridge at the time and of course I rushed outside to watch what would happen next. What I wasn’t expecting was to see one of the crew immediately grab and load a semi automatic rifle and point it towards where the dummy was floating. Hell, I thought, that’s a little harsh as a way to deal with the situation; clearly there are few second chances in this Navy.

Heh I love the culture clash.