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Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment to school-children.
During a visit to South Street Seaport Museum in New York, the Dutch-built tall ship "Stad Amsterdam" caused much embarrassment to the young folk of the city with its figurehead. In an episode very reminiscent of "boobgate" ( http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ent&q=Boobgate ) school children had to be diverted away from the front end of the ship lest they should catch sight of it's traditional figurehead – a young woman with flowing hair and BARE breasts. As reported: "The painted figure on the bow of the ship, a woman with long red hair in a green dress with one breast bared, caused a stir when the ship docked in, where the ship's publicity staff had to divert a group of schoolchildren so they would not pass by it." This is what the fuss was all about: http://www.stadamsterdam.com/en/partners/partners.asp Such figureheads are of course entirely traditional for tall ships – amounting to a harmless pagan offering to ensure calm seas and following winds, and indeed have always been so for hundreds of years. And in the Netherlands a naked female figurehead would have caused no concern whatsoever. Unfortunately in a country where the moral right reigns supreme such a sight was certainly not acceptable and as widely reported the school children had to be directed away from such a scandalous sight. But this does beggar the imagination as to what the sailors of old, who used to dock their ships at US ports and ports around the world, would have made of all this. Their prime concern after a voyage would have been to visit the local brothels where they would have seen much more than the bare breasts of the local women!! More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/22/nyregion/22ship.html Additional web sites at: http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me... =figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/se.../contentId/219 http://www.seascout.net/pa/pa-25/figureheads.html http://www.figureheads.co.uk/ CJB |
Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
Very nice... Very thoughtful... Once again, you look down upon others from
your high and rightous pedestal. Sheesh.... Butch Ammon |
Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
Ya gotta get a kick out of the 'States'. What a wacky place for extremes.
The US may have the 'best' of everything...but also seems to have the worst. What could be more natural than a woman's breast. A few years ago those schoolchildren were probably fed by a breast. If you make it seem dirty and forbidden, the kids will pick up on that and search it out anyway. Most music videos on MM are much worse than a ships figurehead could ever be. |
Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
"Harry Krause" wrote in message Now there is a contradiction in terms...the "moral right." A more pathetic and immoral collection of nincompoops cannot be found than the "moral right." You know, it was God's plan to make women alluring to men. There's no question about it............ I wonder what he was thinking when he put the bitch-tits on you. |
Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
What's your point, Chris?
"Chris Brady" wrote in message om... Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment to school-children. During a visit to South Street Seaport Museum in New York, the Dutch-built tall ship "Stad Amsterdam" caused much embarrassment to the young folk of the city with its figurehead. In an episode very reminiscent of "boobgate" ( http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ent&q=Boobgate ) school children had to be diverted away from the front end of the ship lest they should catch sight of it's traditional figurehead - a young woman with flowing hair and BARE breasts. As reported: "The painted figure on the bow of the ship, a woman with long red hair in a green dress with one breast bared, caused a stir when the ship docked in, where the ship's publicity staff had to divert a group of schoolchildren so they would not pass by it." This is what the fuss was all about: http://www.stadamsterdam.com/en/partners/partners.asp Such figureheads are of course entirely traditional for tall ships - amounting to a harmless pagan offering to ensure calm seas and following winds, and indeed have always been so for hundreds of years. And in the Netherlands a naked female figurehead would have caused no concern whatsoever. Unfortunately in a country where the moral right reigns supreme such a sight was certainly not acceptable and as widely reported the school children had to be directed away from such a scandalous sight. But this does beggar the imagination as to what the sailors of old, who used to dock their ships at US ports and ports around the world, would have made of all this. Their prime concern after a voyage would have been to visit the local brothels where they would have seen much more than the bare breasts of the local women!! More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/22/nyregion/22ship.html Additional web sites at: http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=CTGY&Store_Co de=N&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=n4220&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=N4234&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=n4223&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=n4222&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=n4204&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=N4237&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=n-SM&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/se...ntentTypeA/con WebDoc/contentId/219 http://www.seascout.net/pa/pa-25/figureheads.html http://www.figureheads.co.uk/ CJB |
Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
Did you even read the article that you posted?
''The painted figure on the bow of the ship, a woman with long red hair in a green dress with one breast bared, caused a stir when the ship docked in Jacksonville, Fla., where the ship's publicity staff had to divert a group of schoolchildren so they would not pass by it. '' ''Otherwise, the visits to American ports have gone smoothly.'' "Chris Brady" wrote in message om... Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment to school-children. During a visit to South Street Seaport Museum in New York, the Dutch-built tall ship "Stad Amsterdam" caused much embarrassment to the young folk of the city with its figurehead. In an episode very reminiscent of "boobgate" ( This is what the fuss was all about: http://www.stadamsterdam.com/en/partners/partners.asp |
Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
The acute embarrassment the children felt was due to the stupidity of the
guides, not the figurehead. "Chris Brady" wrote in message om... Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment to school-children. During a visit to South Street Seaport Museum in New York, the Dutch-built tall ship "Stad Amsterdam" caused much embarrassment to the young folk of the city with its figurehead. In an episode very reminiscent of "boobgate" ( http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ent&q=Boobgate ) school children had to be diverted away from the front end of the ship lest they should catch sight of it's traditional figurehead - a young woman with flowing hair and BARE breasts. As reported: "The painted figure on the bow of the ship, a woman with long red hair in a green dress with one breast bared, caused a stir when the ship docked in, where the ship's publicity staff had to divert a group of schoolchildren so they would not pass by it." This is what the fuss was all about: http://www.stadamsterdam.com/en/partners/partners.asp Such figureheads are of course entirely traditional for tall ships - amounting to a harmless pagan offering to ensure calm seas and following winds, and indeed have always been so for hundreds of years. And in the Netherlands a naked female figurehead would have caused no concern whatsoever. Unfortunately in a country where the moral right reigns supreme such a sight was certainly not acceptable and as widely reported the school children had to be directed away from such a scandalous sight. But this does beggar the imagination as to what the sailors of old, who used to dock their ships at US ports and ports around the world, would have made of all this. Their prime concern after a voyage would have been to visit the local brothels where they would have seen much more than the bare breasts of the local women!! More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/22/nyregion/22ship.html Additional web sites at: http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me... =figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/se.../contentId/219 http://www.seascout.net/pa/pa-25/figureheads.html http://www.figureheads.co.uk/ CJB |
Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
Was Ashcroft one of the students?
-- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Chris Brady" wrote in message om... Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment to school-children. During a visit to South Street Seaport Museum in New York, the Dutch-built tall ship "Stad Amsterdam" caused much embarrassment to the young folk of the city with its figurehead. In an episode very reminiscent of "boobgate" ( http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ent&q=Boobgate ) school children had to be diverted away from the front end of the ship lest they should catch sight of it's traditional figurehead - a young woman with flowing hair and BARE breasts. As reported: "The painted figure on the bow of the ship, a woman with long red hair in a green dress with one breast bared, caused a stir when the ship docked in, where the ship's publicity staff had to divert a group of schoolchildren so they would not pass by it." This is what the fuss was all about: http://www.stadamsterdam.com/en/partners/partners.asp Such figureheads are of course entirely traditional for tall ships - amounting to a harmless pagan offering to ensure calm seas and following winds, and indeed have always been so for hundreds of years. And in the Netherlands a naked female figurehead would have caused no concern whatsoever. Unfortunately in a country where the moral right reigns supreme such a sight was certainly not acceptable and as widely reported the school children had to be directed away from such a scandalous sight. But this does beggar the imagination as to what the sailors of old, who used to dock their ships at US ports and ports around the world, would have made of all this. Their prime concern after a voyage would have been to visit the local brothels where they would have seen much more than the bare breasts of the local women!! More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/22/nyregion/22ship.html Additional web sites at: http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me... =figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...de=figureheads http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/se.../contentId/219 http://www.seascout.net/pa/pa-25/figureheads.html http://www.figureheads.co.uk/ CJB |
Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
What kid from NYC would be embarassed by a wooden tit? They see hookers on
the streets, porno shops every 3rd block, people being mugged. They see the likes of Jax! They see much worse than that on TV. SV "Jeff Morris" wrote in message ... The acute embarrassment the children felt was due to the stupidity of the guides, not the figurehead. "Chris Brady" wrote in message om... Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment to school-children. During a visit to South Street Seaport Museum in New York, the Dutch-built tall ship "Stad Amsterdam" caused much embarrassment to the young folk of the city with its figurehead. In an episode very reminiscent of "boobgate" ( http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...ent&q=Boobgate ) school children had to be diverted away from the front end of the ship lest they should catch sight of it's traditional figurehead - a young woman with flowing hair and BARE breasts. As reported: "The painted figure on the bow of the ship, a woman with long red hair in a green dress with one breast bared, caused a stir when the ship docked in, where the ship's publicity staff had to divert a group of schoolchildren so they would not pass by it." This is what the fuss was all about: http://www.stadamsterdam.com/en/partners/partners.asp Such figureheads are of course entirely traditional for tall ships - amounting to a harmless pagan offering to ensure calm seas and following winds, and indeed have always been so for hundreds of years. And in the Netherlands a naked female figurehead would have caused no concern whatsoever. Unfortunately in a country where the moral right reigns supreme such a sight was certainly not acceptable and as widely reported the school children had to be directed away from such a scandalous sight. But this does beggar the imagination as to what the sailors of old, who used to dock their ships at US ports and ports around the world, would have made of all this. Their prime concern after a voyage would have been to visit the local brothels where they would have seen much more than the bare breasts of the local women!! More at: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/22/nyregion/22ship.html Additional web sites at: http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=CTGY&Store_Co de=N&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=n4220&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=N4234&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=n4223&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=n4222&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=n4204&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=N4237&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nauticalsupplyshop.com/Me...=PROD&Store_Co de=N&Product_Code=n-SM&Category_Code=figureheads http://www.nmm.ac.uk/site/request/se...ntentTypeA/con WebDoc/contentId/219 http://www.seascout.net/pa/pa-25/figureheads.html http://www.figureheads.co.uk/ CJB |
Dutch tall ship causes acute embarrassment
"Scott Vernon" wrote in message ... Did you even read the article that you posted? ''The painted figure on the bow of the ship, a woman with long red hair in a green dress with one breast bared, caused a stir when the ship docked in Jacksonville, Fla., where the ship's publicity staff had to divert a group of schoolchildren so they would not pass by it. '' ''Otherwise, the visits to American ports have gone smoothly.'' Europeans are surprised by the American reaction to a wooden tit. You either react with horror, or you vote it into the office of President! Regards Donal -- |
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