GeePawHill on Nostr: Now. I was afraid of sea sickness. I'd been on fishing trips on the open ocean, and ...

Now. I was afraid of sea sickness. I'd been on fishing trips on the open ocean, and had been very sick. So I wore a patch.

You may not know this, but there are still Royal Navy traditions practiced aboard ships.

One of the important ones: there's always a comedy officer. Someone whose job it is to be funny, to make sailors smile.

You think that's silly, but sometimes these people are on board these ships for a *year*. It is important that they be amused.