# Masturbatory Kindness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbatory-kindness/21746>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 8, 2000, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbatory-kindness/21746 "2000-06-08T12:53:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Vestal\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5e9695/32.png) [@Vestal\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vestal_Blue)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbatory-kindness/21746/41 "2000-06-12T04:19:32Z")

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Chronos, I believe the wish would be to “break a leg”.  
And Dry, you’re good! I just might have to break out my Pelican Shakespeare!

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbatory-kindness/21746/42 "2000-06-12T05:06:27Z")

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Again a joke passes by VB quickly, cleanly, and absolutely.

WHOOOSH!

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**Author:** ![BigGiantHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b4bc9f/32.png) [@BigGiantHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigGiantHead)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbatory-kindness/21746/43 "2000-06-12T05:48:25Z")

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Hey Chief!

Chronos was right!  
So how’se come your profile refers to the Eisenhower ( **CVN** -69) as a [http://www.bigfuckin](http://www.bigfuckin) **boat** withbadassplanes.mil??

Yer bubbleheaded brudda,  
BigGiantHead

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbatory-kindness/21746/44 "2000-06-12T13:07:39Z")

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I believe it was **Wally** who wrote my profile in one of the profile/sig threads.

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**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbatory-kindness/21746/45 "2000-06-12T14:24:26Z")

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Chief, hon, the heat really must be getting to you. That was UncleBeer who wrote the profiles.

Of course, I understand if Wally’s been on your mind a lot lately.

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbatory-kindness/21746/46 "2000-06-12T14:38:32Z")

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You mean you don’t call it a boat? I thought “ship” was the less preferred term.

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masturbatory-kindness/21746/47 "2000-06-12T14:54:32Z")

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CAU, **elelle**.

**Beer** –

A “boat” in Navy lingo is a sub, or a small passenger vessel. Here’s an easy memory aid: Boats can be placed on ships, ships can not be placed on boats. The reason subs are called boats is because they were originally built by “electric boat companies.”

I actually thought the "boat’ which apeared in my profile was a slam rather than a faux pas.

BTW\< can we get _any_ farther away from the OP?

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