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A Five-Minute Tattoo?!!


True story:
In the Navy, onboard ships and at Boot Camp, 5 minutes before "Lights Out", there's an annoucement over the PA system....."Tatoo, tatoo, (sp?)lights out in 5 minutes." It COMES from the Old English term "Tap-Toe", which meant the taps at the bar would close in 5 minutes, so if the patron wanted another drink, they had to go ahead & order before the bartender closed them. I can just see some new, green recruit going "Dude!!! I can get a tattoo in 5 MINUTES!!! I gotta SEE this guy! He must be AWESOME, Dude!!!" > ; )
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Re: A Five-Minute Tattoo?!!


actually you CAN get a five minute tattoo sailor...lol..they're called kanjis :P

...ok... maybe no one got that...

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Re: A Five-Minute Tattoo?!!


I didn't get that last one. I was in the corps but they never made that anouncment. But there are several differances in the two branches.
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lol i got it sobaman... yay kanji!!! emoticon

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I remember that from boot camp (Navy)! I also remember wishing that it meant time to get a tattoo!
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