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Originally Posted by uncle phil
shoot, i've been across the equator more than a few times, crossed a few datelines and meantimes in my day, and never had to put up with that, cowboy...
what branch did you say you were in?  |
Crossing the dateline gets you an "Order of the Golden Dragon." No BS involved in that, least not on the ship I was on.
But yeah, for some unknown reason the Navy gets a reputation as being full of whack jobs. I think it's all that time at sea with (supposedly) no alcohol. Part of the fun and games on my ship included shaving your left leg. I still have a bald spot where the hair just never grew back.
Along with the wall hanging you get a card. I've been told to hang onto that card, loose it and you go through the whole mess again. I still have mine.
Here's a list of line crossing associated with sailors:
Line-crossing ceremony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia