Hey guys,

im the junior most officer in my naval unit, and as such i have to do a toast on my mess dinner. its on saturday, so the toast will be "To our families" with a possibility that i might have to do one "To our wives and lovers, may they never meet".

it is customary to say something very brief but witty. Any ideas?




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- Eizer Weizman, Chief Of Israeli Air Force during the six day war, commenting on Air Marshal Noor Khan (Commander PAF at that time)

So, how did it go? And be sure to include all the messy (no pun intended) details.

You make toast in the army?

Or is it once a month thing?

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veni, vidi, vici
geldim, sikdim, gebertdim
I came, i ****ed, i destroyed
Gauis Julius Tezel, 2012, 23rd july

^ navy, not the army.

-- oh man, it was a disaster. i stood up, and had something memorized to say. everyone was looking at me. i said my first part, in which i told everyone id been thinking about what to say for the last 5 days, and was extremely nervous, and got a few chuckles.

and then panick took over. i forgot everything else i had to say. i stood there for 20 seconds, thinking, and someone said "well you have to say something". i became even more panicked! looked around. nothing. no idea! what did i have memorized! i had rehearsed it so many times, yet now i forgot it all! time for plan B.

i switch to the next part. i wasnt sure if i should have said it. My voice started falling. I made a stupid joke. no one laughed. maybe it was because they didnt get it, or maybe my voice was just so weak now.

i switched over to cornyness without realizing it. i ended up saying "i realize now that canadian naval officers have 3 types of families: their normal families, secret families in ports they visit (this was supposed to be the joke) and each other (the corny part)."

after this, i though oh ****! lets just get it over with. and i said "to our families", and then that was it.

afterwards i realized i completly forgot the "to our wives and sweethearts- may they never meet" part.


however, the dinner lasted 6 hours, and my toast was in the end. so i think everyone was either too drunk to remember it, or simply too tired. i didnt go out with everyone at 1 30 am, because i had to work on my school assignment the next day.

lets just hope i dont have to make a toast on the Christmas dinner. i dont think i do, because we serve the sailors on that day (or so ive heard).








Made in Pakistan: SSG Commandos, Ghauri 3 Nuclear Missile, Al-Khalid Tank & JF-17 Fighter Aircraft
"...He is a formidable person and I am glad that he is Pakistani not Egyptian..."
- Eizer Weizman, Chief Of Israeli Air Force during the six day war, commenting on Air Marshal Noor Khan (Commander PAF at that time)

Yup, the Officers serve the men during the Christmas dinner.

Oh, and ouch.....

oh..i didnt do the mess dinner. they've decided to put the new recruits into the BMQ phase (ive already done mine before, but i have to do a naval one again, because before i did the army one, and apparently theyre both different).




Made in Pakistan: SSG Commandos, Ghauri 3 Nuclear Missile, Al-Khalid Tank & JF-17 Fighter Aircraft
"...He is a formidable person and I am glad that he is Pakistani not Egyptian..."
- Eizer Weizman, Chief Of Israeli Air Force during the six day war, commenting on Air Marshal Noor Khan (Commander PAF at that time)

BMQ should be the same for all trades. The only difference with Naval reserves that I know of (from way back) was that Naval reservists did the full time BMQ in Borden with the regs.

It's SQ and trade courses that are different. I don't think the Navy or Air Force do SQ. I think they go right to their trade course after basic.

It might have changed though... it seems to change every year or so.

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aakhir is dard ki dawa kya hai.
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Ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya
warna hum bhi aadmi th-e kaam ke
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Tere waade pe jiye hum to ye jaan jhoot jaana
Ke khushi se mar na jaate agar etebaar hota

na tha kuchch to KHuda tha, kuchch na hota to KHuda hota
duboya mujhko hone ne, na hota maiN to kya hota ?

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dil-e-naadaan tujhe hua kya hai?
aakhir is dard ki dawa kya hai.
************************************
Ishq ne Ghalib nikamma kar diya
warna hum bhi aadmi th-e kaam ke
************************************
Tere waade pe jiye hum to ye jaan jhoot jaana
Ke khushi se mar na jaate agar etebaar hota
*********************************************
na tha kuchch to KHuda tha, kuchch na hota to KHuda hota
duboya mujhko hone ne, na hota maiN to kya hota ?