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   Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago

   no argument from me here.

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   theIrishman said, 4 months ago

   Starboard right, port left Garfield! LOL

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   1337Gamer4Life said, 4 months ago

   agreed.

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   Johanan Rakkav said, 4 months ago

   Your OTHER port, man! :)

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   artybee said, 4 months ago

   ladywolf17 – Do you ever sleep??? You’re always one of the first people to sign in.

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   SplendensPluviaNemus said, 4 months ago

   Or, to make things more confusing, starboard and larboard.

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   yyyguy said, 4 months ago

   when my brother was in militia, they referred to his “Army left” from time to time. i also heard of a unit composed of truck drivers for whom the cadence was counted as “clutch, brake, clutch, brake…”

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   cryptomaniac said, 4 months ago

   A MAD poem that suits the solemn occasion:

   Out of the boat and into the dark…
   Goodbye Philips, hello shark!

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   Melissa Tempke said, 4 months ago

   Is it just me, or do you also hear the theme from JAWS in the background??

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    ds133 said, 4 months ago

    When I was little I always thought port was whichever side was closest to land, so depending on the direction of the boat, port could be left, right, or even behind the boat… I was a very strange little kid.

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    FishStix said, 4 months ago

    Port and left have four letters; port is left facing forward. That helped me remember - and now maybe will help someone else. Now, if only I could find an easy way to remember everything else I forget everyday…

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    Joe Allen Doty said, 4 months ago

    Interesting how people say “my bad” when they used to say “mea culpa.’

    A long time ago in another comic strip, I forget the name of it, there was a sign which said “See the man eating shark.” And, sure enough in another panel was a man who was eating shark at a restaurant.

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    Comic-Nut said, 4 months ago

    ds133, I used to think the same thing. LOL! That is until I started to use the Port / Left four letter rule that FishStix pointed out which a cousin taught me whenever he would take me out on his sailboat.
    “Hard to port!” Didn’t know what that meant first until the boom came swinging around and clipped my head. From that point ever after, I have always stayed well aware of myself when on ships/boats/water craft.

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    Rmom said, 4 months ago

    Thanks for the left/port tip. I’ve always had problems with keeping those straight. (Not a lot of ships in KS.)

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    Macushlalondra said, 4 months ago

    I’ve always had a hard time keeping it straight too. Love how they put CHOMP in those big colourful letters.

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    Goneaway said, 4 months ago

    Remembering a scene from The Muppets Movie:
    Kermit: Bear left.
    Fozzie: Right, frog.

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    Ushindi said, 4 months ago

    Another bit of nautical lore for you landlubbers out there, “Red, Right, Returning”. Learned that when I had my boat in San Francisco Bay.

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    johnnydoc5 said, 4 months ago

    Garfield always finds the most unusual TV programs.

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    Furienna said, 4 months ago

    I’ve always had problems with that too.

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    Just plain Steve said, 4 months ago

    It’s easy to tell – just look which side of the ship the steering board is on! (Oh d a r n they don’t use those any more do they.)

    Also, port wine is red, so Port = red, Starboard = green.

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    caddy.1957 said, 4 months ago

    Hey guys! I’m getting seasick here