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    Best of Tumblr: ladyjanelly
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 STILL ON PATROL
 I learned something new and horrifying today which is... that.. no submarine is
 ever considered "lost".there is apparently a tradition in the U.S. Navy that no
 submarine is ever lost. Those that go to sea and do not return are considered to
 be "still on patrol.
 There is a monument about this along a canal near here its... the worst thing I
 have ever seen. it says "STILL ON PATROL' in huge letters and then goes on to
 specify exactly how many WWIl submarine ghosts are STILL OUT THERE, ON
 PATROL (it is almost 2000 wwil submarine ghosts, ftr). Here is the text from it
 U.S. Navy Submarines paid heavily for their success in WWll. A total of 374
 officers and 3131 men are still on board these 52 U.S. submarines still on
 patrol.
 THANKS A LOT, US、NAVY, FOR HAVING THIS TOTALLY NORMAL AND NOT
 AT ALL HORRIFYING TRADITION, AND TELLING ALL OF US ABOUT IT
 THANKS. THANK YOU
 anyway now my mother and I cannot stop saying STILL ON PATROL to each
 other in ominous tones of voice
 tharook
 There's definitely something ominous about that-the implication that, one day
 they will return from patrol
 thehoneybeewitch
 Actually, it's rather sweet. I don't know if this is common across the board, but
 my dad's friend is a radio op for subs launched off the east coast, and he always
 is excited for Christmas, because they go through the list of SoP subs and hail
 them, wishing them a merry Christmas and telling them they're remembered
 Imagine a country whose seamen never die, and whose submarines can't be
 destroyed...because no ones sure if they exist or not.
 No but imagine. It's Christmas. A black, rotting corridor in a forgotten submarine
 The sound of dripping water echoes coldly through the hull. You can't see very
 far down the corridor but then, a man appears, he's running, in a panic, but his
 footsteps make no noise. The spectral seaman dashes around the corner and
 slips through a rusty wall. He finds himself at the back of a crowd of his
 They part
 to let him through. He feels the weight of
 their hollow gaze as he reaches the coms station. Even after all these years a
 sickly green light glistens in the dark. The captain's skeleton lays a sharp hand
 on his shoulder and nods at him encouragingly, the light sliding over the bones
 of his skull. The ghost of the seaman steadies himself and slips his fingers into
 the dials of the radio, possessing it. It wails and screeches. A bombardment of
 static. And then silence. The deathly crew mates look at each other with worry
 with sadness, could this be the year where there is no voice in the dark? No
 memory of home? The phantasm of the sailor pushes his hand deeper into the
 workings of the radio, the signal
 static but warm and kind, echoes from the darkness, "Merry Christmas boys,
 we're all thinking of you here at home, have a good one
 A sepulchral tear wafts it's way down the seaman's face. The bony captain
 embraces him. The crew grin through rotten jaws, laughing silently in their joy
 They haven't forgotten us. They haven't forgotten.
 lears, and then a strong voice, distant with the
 I am completely on board with this. It's not horritying, it's heartwarming
 Personal story time: whenever I go to Field Museum's Egypt exhibit,I stop by
 the plaque at the entrance to the underground rooms. It has an English
 translation of a prayer to feed the dead, and a list of all the names they know of
 the mummies on display there.I always recite the prayer and read aloud the list
 of names. They wanted to live forever, to always have their souls fed and their
 names spoken. How would they feel about being behind glass, among
 strangers? Every little thing you can do to give respect for the dead is warranted
 I love the idea of lost subs still being on patrol. Though if you really want
 something ominous, let me say that the superstitious part of me wonders: why
 are they still on patrol? If they haven't been found, do they not consider their
 mission completed? What is it out there that they are protecting us from?
 There's been something in the water since we first learned to float on it. Not
 marine life, although there's more of that than we'll ever knoW. Not rocks and
 currents and sand bars and icebergs either, although they've all taken more than
 their share of human life
 But something deeper. Something Other. Something not natural.
 Sailors have always been superstitious.
 Not one of them described it right.
 You don't hear about it so much now that we don't lose ships anymore, really
 not like we did at the height of the sea trade when barely an inch of ocean floor
 didn't bear some wreck or other. And better ships and GPS and weather
 satellites have all played their part in that
 But we have protection now that we didn't before. They don't intertere with war
 and battle, even on behalf of what used to be their country, or with rocks and
 weather and human stupidity. Those are concerns for the living
 But the Other Things, the Things that shouldn't be there They can't get to us
 now without a tight. It's a fight They haven't won in a very long time
 As long as we remember them, as long as we call out to them-not very often
 just once a year will do- they will keep protecting us from the Things that go
 bump in the deep
 More than tifty submarines, Still On Patrol
 I love everything about this, but it's the last bit that made me say "okay now I'I
 reblog it.
 Source:pipistrellus
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                Best of Tumblr: ladyjanelly
 E yanethyrael
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 Follow
 STILL ON PATROL
 I learned something new and horrifying today which is... that.. no submarine is
 ever considered "lost".there is apparently a tradition in the U.S. Navy that no
 submarine is ever lost. Those that go to sea and do not return are considered to
 be "still on patrol.
 There is a monument about this along a canal near here its... the worst thing I
 have ever seen. it says "STILL ON PATROL' in huge letters and then goes on to
 specify exactly how many WWIl submarine ghosts are STILL OUT THERE, ON
 PATROL (it is almost 2000 wwil submarine ghosts, ftr). Here is the text from it
 U.S. Navy Submarines paid heavily for their success in WWll. A total of 374
 officers and 3131 men are still on board these 52 U.S. submarines still on
 patrol.
 THANKS A LOT, US、NAVY, FOR HAVING THIS TOTALLY NORMAL AND NOT
 AT ALL HORRIFYING TRADITION, AND TELLING ALL OF US ABOUT IT
 THANKS. THANK YOU
 anyway now my mother and I cannot stop saying STILL ON PATROL to each
 other in ominous tones of voice
 tharook
 There's definitely something ominous about that-the implication that, one day
 they will return from patrol
 thehoneybeewitch
 Actually, it's rather sweet. I don't know if this is common across the board, but
 my dad's friend is a radio op for subs launched off the east coast, and he always
 is excited for Christmas, because they go through the list of SoP subs and hail
 them, wishing them a merry Christmas and telling them they're remembered
 Imagine a country whose seamen never die, and whose submarines can't be
 destroyed...because no ones sure if they exist or not.
 No but imagine. It's Christmas. A black, rotting corridor in a forgotten submarine
 The sound of dripping water echoes coldly through the hull. You can't see very
 far down the corridor but then, a man appears, he's running, in a panic, but his
 footsteps make no noise. The spectral seaman dashes around the corner and
 slips through a rusty wall. He finds himself at the back of a crowd of his
 They part
 to let him through. He feels the weight of
 their hollow gaze as he reaches the coms station. Even after all these years a
 sickly green light glistens in the dark. The captain's skeleton lays a sharp hand
 on his shoulder and nods at him encouragingly, the light sliding over the bones
 of his skull. The ghost of the seaman steadies himself and slips his fingers into
 the dials of the radio, possessing it. It wails and screeches. A bombardment of
 static. And then silence. The deathly crew mates look at each other with worry
 with sadness, could this be the year where there is no voice in the dark? No
 memory of home? The phantasm of the sailor pushes his hand deeper into the
 workings of the radio, the signal
 static but warm and kind, echoes from the darkness, "Merry Christmas boys,
 we're all thinking of you here at home, have a good one
 A sepulchral tear wafts it's way down the seaman's face. The bony captain
 embraces him. The crew grin through rotten jaws, laughing silently in their joy
 They haven't forgotten us. They haven't forgotten.
 lears, and then a strong voice, distant with the
 I am completely on board with this. It's not horritying, it's heartwarming
 Personal story time: whenever I go to Field Museum's Egypt exhibit,I stop by
 the plaque at the entrance to the underground rooms. It has an English
 translation of a prayer to feed the dead, and a list of all the names they know of
 the mummies on display there.I always recite the prayer and read aloud the list
 of names. They wanted to live forever, to always have their souls fed and their
 names spoken. How would they feel about being behind glass, among
 strangers? Every little thing you can do to give respect for the dead is warranted
 I love the idea of lost subs still being on patrol. Though if you really want
 something ominous, let me say that the superstitious part of me wonders: why
 are they still on patrol? If they haven't been found, do they not consider their
 mission completed? What is it out there that they are protecting us from?
 There's been something in the water since we first learned to float on it. Not
 marine life, although there's more of that than we'll ever knoW. Not rocks and
 currents and sand bars and icebergs either, although they've all taken more than
 their share of human life
 But something deeper. Something Other. Something not natural.
 Sailors have always been superstitious.
 Not one of them described it right.
 You don't hear about it so much now that we don't lose ships anymore, really
 not like we did at the height of the sea trade when barely an inch of ocean floor
 didn't bear some wreck or other. And better ships and GPS and weather
 satellites have all played their part in that
 But we have protection now that we didn't before. They don't intertere with war
 and battle, even on behalf of what used to be their country, or with rocks and
 weather and human stupidity. Those are concerns for the living
 But the Other Things, the Things that shouldn't be there They can't get to us
 now without a tight. It's a fight They haven't won in a very long time
 As long as we remember them, as long as we call out to them-not very often
 just once a year will do- they will keep protecting us from the Things that go
 bump in the deep
 More than tifty submarines, Still On Patrol
 I love everything about this, but it's the last bit that made me say "okay now I'I
 reblog it.
 Source:pipistrellus
 51,990 notes
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    Best of Tumblr: fs
 you-cant-stop-the-moriparty
 OHMYGOD
 Why would there be a bottle of wine on
 the stove?!
 doomsong13
 WTF Barbie you can't use a cutting board
 for a bulletin board
 doomsong13
 BARBIE! you should know better than to
 leave a cheese grater on the edge of the
 fridge! someone could get hurt!
 just-a-cardboard-box
 Um, okay, DOES NO ONE REALIZE THAT
 BARBIE is cleaning her kitchen floor with
 a garden hose? Get it together, Barbie
 pudding-is-the-new-fondue
 OH MY GOD BARBIE! ARE YOU JUST
 GOING TO DISHES
 IN YOUR SINK? SERIOUSLY GET IT
 TOGETHER BARBIE!
 LEAVE THOSE DIRTY
 diamondintherough96
 ...Seriously?
 People. Wow. Open your EYES
 Is NOBODY going to point out how
 Barbie is CLEANING HER FLOOR
 IN
 WHITE
 PANTS???
 blainesbedroom
 CLOSE THE DAMN REFRIGERATOR!
 YOUR LETTING ALL THGE COLD OUT!
 doomsong13
 Barbie, seriously? The blender on top of
 the fridge? You could get hurt!!1
 doomsong13
 Guys for the love of god how can you not
 notice the freaking rat next to the
 fridge?! WTF Barbie? Clean your house
 more often, would ya?
 fandomblogger
 Barbie, who the hell puts a calculator on
 their fridge. COME ON! GET WITH THE
 TIMES!
 doomsong13
 I love how everyone pretends not to
 notice the toaster next to the sink.
 BARBIE! YOU COULD GET
 ELECTROCUTED IF THAT FELL IN! GET
 YOUR SHIT TOGETHER GURL!
 the-peregrine-mendicant
 what the hell is wrong with you
 people???!?!?!
 omfg how can you not notice the fact the
 fridge has three layers of drawers on the
 bottom what the fuck?? barbie fridges
 dont work that way im sorry
 aeolus06
 SERIOUSLY?!! YOU PEOPLE ARE SICK!
 CAN YOU SEE THAT A SERIOUS CRIME
 HAS BEEN COMMITTED HERE?!!
 THAT WALLPAPER! IT'S HIDEOUS! Get a
 freakin' sense of style, woman!
 magnusisms
 theres a dead body
 best-of-tumblr
 You must be fun at parties
You must be fun at party’s
    

        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
    

    

        

            
            

                
                Best of Tumblr: fs
 you-cant-stop-the-moriparty
 OHMYGOD
 Why would there be a bottle of wine on
 the stove?!
 doomsong13
 WTF Barbie you can't use a cutting board
 for a bulletin board
 doomsong13
 BARBIE! you should know better than to
 leave a cheese grater on the edge of the
 fridge! someone could get hurt!
 just-a-cardboard-box
 Um, okay, DOES NO ONE REALIZE THAT
 BARBIE is cleaning her kitchen floor with
 a garden hose? Get it together, Barbie
 pudding-is-the-new-fondue
 OH MY GOD BARBIE! ARE YOU JUST
 GOING TO DISHES
 IN YOUR SINK? SERIOUSLY GET IT
 TOGETHER BARBIE!
 LEAVE THOSE DIRTY
 diamondintherough96
 ...Seriously?
 People. Wow. Open your EYES
 Is NOBODY going to point out how
 Barbie is CLEANING HER FLOOR
 IN
 WHITE
 PANTS???
 blainesbedroom
 CLOSE THE DAMN REFRIGERATOR!
 YOUR LETTING ALL THGE COLD OUT!
 doomsong13
 Barbie, seriously? The blender on top of
 the fridge? You could get hurt!!1
 doomsong13
 Guys for the love of god how can you not
 notice the freaking rat next to the
 fridge?! WTF Barbie? Clean your house
 more often, would ya?
 fandomblogger
 Barbie, who the hell puts a calculator on
 their fridge. COME ON! GET WITH THE
 TIMES!
 doomsong13
 I love how everyone pretends not to
 notice the toaster next to the sink.
 BARBIE! YOU COULD GET
 ELECTROCUTED IF THAT FELL IN! GET
 YOUR SHIT TOGETHER GURL!
 the-peregrine-mendicant
 what the hell is wrong with you
 people???!?!?!
 omfg how can you not notice the fact the
 fridge has three layers of drawers on the
 bottom what the fuck?? barbie fridges
 dont work that way im sorry
 aeolus06
 SERIOUSLY?!! YOU PEOPLE ARE SICK!
 CAN YOU SEE THAT A SERIOUS CRIME
 HAS BEEN COMMITTED HERE?!!
 THAT WALLPAPER! IT'S HIDEOUS! Get a
 freakin' sense of style, woman!
 magnusisms
 theres a dead body
 best-of-tumblr
 You must be fun at parties
You must be fun at party’s
                
            

            
            
You must be fun at party’s