The name of the new tug boat
許多年前，我的船在東澳Gladstone因故障拖救進港，在港口中拖曳作業的拖船是最新式的全方位(omni-direction)操作的拖船。
拖船強而有力而且操縱靈活。而它的名字也取的很好，叫：”TOM TOUGH”。
當我在誇讚這艘拖船性能好的時候，當地澳洲領港跟我說，他們下個月還會有一艘拖船，同樣的SISTER SHIP會交船，加入服務。
So I asked：「What is the name of the new sister tug boat?」
The Australian Pilot said :「she is not yet named!」
And I said that I have a very good name for the new tug boat as a sister ship of ”TOM TOUGH”。
What is that? Asked the Pilot and expecting to know the answer by many Australian people surrounding,
Then , I said: 「the best name should be : ”Mary Tough”。」
Everybody were bursting into laughing.
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<p>羊皮卷實在智淺，<br>是因為mary是聖名的關係嗎?<br>不過既然那艘叫TOM的拖船是男的，<br>為何另一艘新的要說是他的SISTER？<br>為何不是說BROTHER?<br>see!<br>好無趣的一個提問，<br>笑話都冷了！<img src="http://l.yimg.com/f/i/tw/blog/smiley/18.gif"/></p> [版主回覆04/02/2011 16:42:12]<p>噢！笑話還微溫著呢！<img src="http://l.yimg.com/f/i/tw/blog/smiley/34.gif"/></p> <p>因為在英文中船是用陰性，所以稱船都稱she or her，因此同型船都稱之為sister ship..</p> <p>這是英語的習慣用法，我們做船長的如果船很好操縱，都會說she is a nice lady or she is a good girl.</p> <p>這就像大自然，英文用Mother nature一樣，沒有人用Father nature.</p> <p>就想像一個女孩被稱之為藍波是什麼樣子。。粗壯耐操又全身蠻力。。</p>
<p><font color="#00007f"><strong>"Why call the sister ship ?"<br></strong></font></p> <p><font color="#00007f"><strong>It is because the culture<br>in the western world people always treat the ship as the female gender.<br>Hence, they call the ship with the pronoun "She",<br>and call the relative ships with the word "Sister Ship".<br>For the same reason, they always call their country as "Mother Country" or with the pronoun "She".</strong></font></p> [版主回覆04/02/2011 16:58:36]<p>Exactly!!</p> <p>But you see when they call Mother Nature , we call 老天爺。Ｔhey call Poseidon but we call 媽祖娘娘。。very intereting..<img src="http://l.yimg.com/f/i/tw/blog/smiley/3.gif"/></p>
<p><font color="#00007f"><strong>Once upon a time, when I was young, I planed to be the seaman.<br>Because, I would gone to everywhere in the Earth <br>as well as the chance to tour free of charged, if I were a seaman.<br>Finally, due to the other reasons, I have not gone to be the seaman.<br>But, the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, they are still in my mind.</strong></font></p> [版主回覆04/04/2011 12:14:42]<p>Life is uncertain in every moment ,and the next step of us is always a riddle. </p> <p>但就像英國作家毛姆在人性的枷鎖中說的: 生命中的事其實早已註定,只不過上帝要我們經由自己去走出來. 面對難以選擇的事的時候,想一想; 選錯了、或選對了的時候,都想想這句話.</p> <p>I will introduce some interesting events at the ocean, later on..</p> <p>For sure , you are a sailor , if you believe so..</p> <p> </p>
<p><font color="#00007f"><strong>Refer to the left hand side of this page, <br>it indicates that there is so many visitors come from different countries,<br>the "Top Ten" is comprising:<br>(1) Taiwan<br>(2) USA<br>(3) Hong Kong<br>(4) Canada<br>(5) New Zealand<br>(6) Japan<br>(7) Malaysia<br>(8) Singapore<br>(9) Australia<br>(10) Thailand<br>I think that this is the friendly and interesting blog, <br>if not, there would not be have so much friends come to visit your blog.<br>Certainly, I appreciate your reasonable response in every time.</strong></font></p> <p> </p> [版主回覆04/04/2011 12:20:37]<p>Actually, I just write as a personal journal as well as records of memories. to share with family and friend all over world.</p> <p>It is a amazing thing to know so many people frome everywhere in the world.</p> <p>最高興的是, 認識很多文筆犀利、妙筆生花的朋友, 還有分享他(她)們的過往和現在, 讓不認識的人成為最要好的朋友,而且可能比身邊的朋友還要了解你.</p> <p>希望您也能寫寫, 相信你的筆力一定很棒, 期待中...<img src="http://l.yimg.com/f/i/tw/blog/smiley/35.gif"/></p>
<strong><font color="#302449">In my childhood, my most favorite thing was to play the ship models.<br>There was the pool in Victoria Park in Hong Kong for the children to play ship models.<br>The battle ship models were the most children liked to play.<br>I remember at that time, I have assembled the battle ship YAMAMOTO<br>which spent all my petty cash to buy it from the toy shop.<br>When I took it to the pool, it was the biggest model ship in there.<br></font></strong> [版主回覆04/05/2011 12:10:34]Nice memory , isn't it?<img src="http://l.yimg.com/f/i/tw/blog/smiley/35.gif"/>
Mary tough also sounds like "very tough" .. 好笑！<img src="http://l.yimg.com/f/i/tw/blog/smiley/18.gif"/><br> [版主回覆04/05/2011 15:07:57]<p>Yes it is. very tough....<img src="http://l.yimg.com/f/i/tw/blog/smiley/18.gif"/></p> <p>Thanks...<img src="http://l.yimg.com/f/i/tw/blog/smiley/7.gif"/></p>
<p><strong>Brother Tien Tien,</strong></p> <p><strong>Before 20 years ago, <br>I saw there was too many cargo ships over the Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong<br>some of them were rising the national flags for Panama and Liberia.<br>According to someone said that the Panama flag <br>and Liberia flag were the flags for convenience,<br>because the ships took to register in Panama or Liberia were very easy.</strong></p> <p><strong>Would you mind to tell your humble friend that for those days<br>when you was the seafarer what national flags were for your ships ?</strong></p> <p> </p> [版主回覆04/06/2011 20:18:15]<p>Dear Hong Kong friend:</p> <p>Conveneint flag is mainly for tax saving and evading strict ship's survey and crew management. But know many country also provide tax and other favors to those ship flying their National flag, such as Taiwan. This including low interest of Bank loan for new ship building etc..</p> <p>I hvae been different conveneint flag ships, Libiria, Panam , St. vicent, of course wiht ship flying Republic of China flag.</p> <p>You know lot of ship's knowledge, not only Yamato model battle ship..<img src="http://l.yimg.com/f/i/tw/blog/smiley/35.gif"/></p>