Awatmath.1671 net.cooks utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!watmath!jcwinterton Tue Feb 9 00:59:47 1982 More on toast Now there is the other kind of toast. At sea we sit down for it, but landlubbers stand. The formula is that the captain utters the ritual phrase "Mr. Vice, the Queen". The most junior officer must then repeat the ritual phrase "God save the Queen!" at which everyone is expected to replay "The Queen, God bless her" and proceed to down the contents of his glass. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.