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Originally Posted by bob10

Well you are wrong. It was a link within a link. You shouldn't assume, you know what happens.

It is even worse the next day after the whole world has had a chance to read it overnight, whatever "it" is.


"WTF is he/she on about?"

Originally Posted by 4bee

HELL! No Medicare or NHS in those days then?

However, a Queen Anne Dresser would look nice in the Wardroom of that era or in that case the Captain's Cabin, to keep one's drinkies in, especially the makings for the Pink Gin set. Although probably a bit on the Gay side for a RN Ship of War.

I think I have met a Doctor like that, rough as guts & he would have have used a Stihl Chainsaw.


"****! I pulled a clanger. Better take the other arm as well so he won't fall over." I know I know, Monty Python has done that already.

Probably the best modern depiction of life in Nelson's Navy was " Master and Commander " , it is regarded as being very accurate. Sodomy was regarded as bad as thieving ,which was the very worst thing you could do to a shipmate. And usually resulted in the person running the gauntlet. There is argument over whether Nelson's last words were " Kiss me Hardy", but who knows.












NELSON’S LAST WORDS: "KISS ME, HARDY" OR "KISME

“Kiss me, Hardy” or “Kismet, Hardy”? Both versions are commonly used, the former being clearly more universal . The easy answer is that, whatever variation, these were not his final words (that is a trick question!).
It is a common misconception that Nelson’s last words were “Kiss me, Hardy”, spoken to the captain of HMS Victory, Thomas Hardy. Nelson did say this to Hardy, but Hardy was not present for Nelson’s last words, having been called back on deck at that time. Contemporaneous sources report his last words to Hardy as being “God bless you, Hardy”, spoken after Hardy had kissed him (which he did, so there is no doubt what Hardy thought he heard).
Nelson’s final words (as related by 3 written accounts of those who were with Nelson when he died) were “Thank God I have done my duty”, which he is said to have repeated until he became unable to speak. Although this is recorded by Surgeon Beatty, he was not actually present when Nelson became unable to speak, having been called away, and returning just before Nelson died. The Chaplain, Scott and the Purser, Burke, appear to have been with Nelson throughout, and Scott supports the “Thank God I have done my duty” as the last words.
At a more human level, throughout the three hours of pain Nelson suffered, it is reported that his continuing refrain was “Rub, rub… fan, fan…. drink, drink” as the instructions to those around him for the three things which gave him some comfort. There is a chance that those were his last words in fact, but there was no possibility they would ever have been recorded as such, certainly not by the Chaplain.
The misconception that Nelson actually said “Kismet Hardy”, (kismet comes from the A meaning fate or lot) seems a Victorian invention, since the earliest recorded use in the English whose family friendly versions of Shakespeare were first published in 1818), and there is no doubt Victorian teachers would have thought “Kiss me, Hardy” was an unmanly and dangerous thing to teach impressionable boys in boarding schools.
The teacher
“Kiss me, Hardy” or “Kismet, Hardy”? Both versions are commonly used, the former being clearly more universal . The easy answer is that, whatever variation, these were not his final words (that is a trick question!).
It is a common misconception that Nelson’s last words were “Kiss me, Hardy”, spoken to the captain of HMS Victory, Thomas Hardy. Nelson did say this to Hardy, but Hardy was not present for Nelson’s last words, having been called back on deck at that time. Contemporaneous sources report his last words to Hardy as being “God bless you, Hardy”, spoken after Hardy had kissed him (which he did, so there is no doubt what Hardy thought he heard).
Nelson’s final words (as related by 3 written accounts of those who were with Nelson when he died) were “Thank God I have done my duty”, which he is said to have repeated until he became unable to speak. Although this is recorded by Surgeon Beatty, he was not actually present when Nelson became unable to speak, having been called away, and returning just before Nelson died. The Chaplain, Scott and the Purser, Burke, appear to have been with Nelson throughout, and Scott supports the “Thank God I have done my duty” as the last words.
At a more human level, throughout the three hours of pain Nelson suffered, it is reported that his continuing refrain was “Rub, rub… fan, fan…. drink, drink” as the instructions to those around him for the three things which gave him some comfort. There is a chance those were his last words in fact, but there was no possibility they would ever have been recorded as such, certainly not by the Chaplmeaning fate or lot) seems a Victorian invention, since the earliest recorded use in th
It is probably not coincidental that the mid Victorian era saw the emergence of the large Public thought “Kiss me, Hardy” was an unmanly and dangerous thing to teach impressionable boys in boarding schools.
The teachers of the day would have attempted to explain this by saying that Nelson may have known the word from his Mediterranean tours of duty and this was just misheard by the others because no other words apart from “kiss me” made sense to them.
However for such an explanation to work, we must ignore all the sources which record Nelson’s religious observance, because introducing the alien word ‘Kismet’ at such a time, alongside the statements “God bless you Hardy” and “Thank God I have done my duty” is not really credible inasmuch as if he meant to imply he was de

Originally Posted by 4bee

It is even worse the next day after the whole world has had a chance to read it overnight, whatever "it" is.


"WTF is he/she on about?"

Obviously the poster didn't bother opening the link to read it, or it would have been obvious. Still. doesn't make good social media talk, I guess.

[QUOTE=bob10;3051872]Probably the best modern depiction of life in Nelson's Navy was " Master and Commander " , it is regarded as being very accurate. Sodomy was regarded as bad as thieving ,which was the very worst thing you could do to a shipmate. And usually resulted in the person running the gauntlet. There is argument over whether Nelson's last words were " Kiss me Hardy", but who knows.

The other side of the Argument was that he said KISMET which possibly makes a bit more sense. Or not.

Kismet means fate or destiny. In Islam, kismet refers to the will of Allah. But it is popularly used to refer to something that one believes was “meant to be”—or the reason why such a thing happened.

Any way, forget history of that occasion, I still prefer to think of Nelson as the hero he was made out to be. Bum or no bum stuff. Jeeeezuz one has to have something to cling to in this crazy ****ing world.

As I said elsewhere maybe I live in Cloud Cuckoo Land. who knows? It's nice here.












NELSON’S LAST WORDS: "KISS ME, HARDY" OR "KISME

“Kiss me, Hardy” or “Kismet, Hardy”? Both versions are commonly used, the former being clearly more universal . The easy answer is that, whatever variation, these were not his final words (that is a trick question!).
It is a common misconception that Nelson’s last words were “Kiss me, Hardy”, spoken to the captain of HMS Victory, Thomas Hardy. Nelson did say this to Hardy, but Hardy was not present for Nelson’s last words, having been called back on deck at that time. Contemporaneous sources report his last words to Hardy as being “God bless you, Hardy”, spoken after Hardy had kissed him (which he did, so there is no doubt what Hardy thought he heard).
Nelson’s final words (as related by 3 written accounts of those who were with Nelson when he died) were “Thank God I have done my duty”, which he is said to have repeated until he became unable to speak. Although this is recorded by Surgeon Beatty, he was not actually present when Nelson became unable to speak, having been called away, and returning just before Nelson died. The Chaplain, Scott and the Purser, Burke, appear to have been with Nelson throughout, and Scott supports the “Thank God I have done my duty” as the last words.
At a more human level, throughout the three hours of pain Nelson suffered, it is reported that his continuing refrain was “Rub, rub… fan, fan…. drink, drink” as the instructions to those around him for the three things which gave him some comfort. There is a chance that those were his last words in fact, but there was no possibility they would ever have been recorded as such, certainly not by the Chaplain.
The misconception that Nelson actually said “Kismet Hardy”, (kismet comes from the A meaning fate or lot) seems a Victorian invention, since the earliest recorded use in the English whose family friendly versions of Shakespeare were first published in 1818), and there is no doubt Victorian teachers would have thought “Kiss me, Hardy” was an unmanly and dangerous thing to teach impressionable boys in boarding schools.
The teacher
“Kiss me, Hardy” or “Kismet, Hardy”? Both versions are commonly used, the former being clearly more universal . The easy answer is that, whatever variation, these were not his final words (that is a trick question!).
It is a common misconception that Nelson’s last words were “Kiss me, Hardy”, spoken to the captain of HMS Victory, Thomas Hardy. Nelson did say this to Hardy, but Hardy was not present for Nelson’s last words, having been called back on deck at that time. Contemporaneous sources report his last words to Hardy as being “God bless you, Hardy”, spoken after Hardy had kissed him (which he did, so there is no doubt what Hardy thought he heard).
Nelson’s final words (as related by 3 written accounts of those who were with Nelson when he died) were “Thank God I have done my duty”, which he is said to have repeated until he became unable to speak. Although this is recorded by Surgeon Beatty, he was not actually present when Nelson became unable to speak, having been called away, and returning just before Nelson died. The Chaplain, Scott and the Purser, Burke, appear to have been with Nelson throughout, and Scott supports the “Thank God I have done my duty” as the last words.
At a more human level, throughout the three hours of pain Nelson suffered, it is reported that his continuing refrain was “Rub, rub… fan, fan…. drink, drink” as the instructions to those around him for the three things which gave him some comfort. There is a chance those were his last words in fact, but there was no possibility they would ever have been recorded as such, certainly not by the Chaplmeaning fate or lot) seems a Victorian invention, since the earliest recorded use in th
It is probably not coincidental that the mid Victorian era saw the emergence of the large Public thought “Kiss me, Hardy” was an unmanly and dangerous thing to teach impressionable boys in boarding schools.
The teachers of the day would have attempted to explain this by saying that Nelson may have known the word from his Mediterranean tours of duty and this was just misheard by the others because no other words apart from “kiss me” made sense to them.
However for such an explanation to work, we must ignore all the sources which record Nelson’s religious observance, because introducing the alien word ‘Kismet’ at such a time, alongside the statements “God bless you Hardy” and “Thank God I have done my duty” is not really credible inasmuch as if he meant to imply he was de

[QUOTE=4bee;3051877]

Originally Posted by bob10

Probably the best modern depiction of life in Nelson's Navy was " Master and Commander " , it is regarded as being very accurate. Sodomy was regarded as bad as thieving ,which was the very worst thing you could do to a shipmate. And usually resulted in the person running the gauntlet. There is argument over whether Nelson's last words were " Kiss me Hardy", but who knows.

The other side of the Argument was that he said KISMET which possibly makes a bit more sense. Or not.



Any way, forget history of that occasion, I still prefer to think of Nelson as the hero he was made out to be. Bum or no bum stuff. Jeeeezuz one has to have something to cling to in this crazy ****ing world.

As I said elsewhere maybe I live in Cloud Cuckoo Land. who knows? It's nice heres

Whatever the last words were, Nelson was a mans man. No nancy boy.
Nelson's Last Words: "Kiss Me, Hardy" or "Kismet, Hardy"? - Kiss Me (fhrweb.com)

Originally Posted by 4bee

The mean spirited olde bastard what about all the disappointed kids? Was he ever a little tacker himself?

He claims it is based on all the best scientific advice given to him from his Chief Elf Officer and Elf Advisors.

Apparently he remains very popular in his home state - Mr 99% he is called by the elves who cite they have been giving out pressies to the rest of the world for years but get nothing in return except the cookies and milk which Santa brings back.

Anyway, Merry Xmas stay safe. Got to get ready for lunch.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

He claims it is based on all the best scientific advice given to him from his Chief Elf Officer and Elf Advisors.

Apparently he remains very popular in his home state - Mr 99% he is called by the elves who cite they have been giving out pressies to the rest of the world for years but get nothing in return except the cookies and milk which Santa brings back.

Sounds like you got a packet of DROLL in your stocking.