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-waffen SS (and all other WWII SS related things)
-beer
-XXX rated (ofcourse ya start with X rated and continue from there xx etc)
-uss mayonaise
-the woody


we dutchies where great shipbuilders around that time and we made sure not to let em sink in the harbour as far as I know http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

the ship ur reffering to (I think) is the Vasa: or an English ship a few years earlier... but the idea is the same:

The Vasa sank within one nautical mile of the start of her maiden voyage in 1628 before she even left the Stockholm archipelago There was a sudden squall, her gun ports were still open and when she listed heavily to port, the gun ports sank below water level and water gushed in. bye bye man-O-war http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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That's The Minnow actually. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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For players of the Imperios Espaciales mod:
USS Nova

oh, and about that XXX one... how about when you reach tech level 30 of Space Monster technology... does that mean you get Tentacle XXX??? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

/me gets whapped by Fyron with a fish http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

edit: and then gets whapped by TerranC with a wet rice noodle http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif

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True. However, while I couldn't remember the name of the ship, I wasn't trying to. My thought processes went something like 'Hey, how about I change 'island' to 'ship'?'

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Kobayashi Maru

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183. Target
184. Teletubbies
185. E.T.
186. Powerpuff
187. Mork from Ork
188. Geriatric Express
189. Milli Vanilli
190. Alzheimer
191. Amnesia
192. Agoraphobia
193. Military Intelligence
194. Survivor!!!

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Geoschmo, you have perhaps read Schlock Mercenary May 13 2001?

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195. Toenail One

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Ingrown Toenail 0001 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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On a related subject, I used to have a gameboy sub game where you could name your Sub. My was the US Sub Standard.

Worst name for a ship:

HMS. Invincible, as this name alone will result in the immediate and, often, pathetically stupid destruction of any ship.

- SS. Can't Hit Me
- USS. Essess
- Sinker
- Flounder
- Derelict
- Dereliction of Duty
- SS. Oceanus (a Passenger liner that went down in 1991 and the crew all bailed and left the passengers behind. Note the captain was given a new command a few weeks laters of a Ferry).
- Any ramming ship named "dodge" or "jumper"
- Any tanker or highly-flammable ship named after a living, ruling emperor.