The submarine captain who hated foul language
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About 1969 I was on the crew of a nuclear submarine. The submarine environment is not known for delicate language. Obscenity was considered a performing art. We got a new captain who HATED obscene language. If anyone uttered a word of it in his hearing he would say "There may be a time and place where that kind of language is appropriate. This is not it."
So, there we were deep in the North Atlantic. Something went wrong; very wrong. The boat was pointed down and getting deeper. The captain climbed from his stateroom into the control room in his underwear. He shouted "GET THIS MOTHER FUCKER ON THE SURFACE NOW!"
After the casualty was over there was a thick silence in the control room. The captain looked around and said "That was the time and place."
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