trivia question

[buzz2400]

On just about every cruise we go on, they ask a trivia question about where would you find this and they say something that sounds dirty. The answer is something like on a british uniform. We were talking to someone about how we learn so much at trivia and both of us can't remember this. Any ideas?

[Homosassa]

Was it anything having to do with "cock;" i.e., the plume of a cock hat?

[buzz2400]

I am thinking it was something like a tallywacker

[SaveFarris]

It's not the British slang term for a cigarette, is it?

[buzz2400]

no it wasn't that. I kinda remember it being part of a uniform.

[NavarreCruiser]

I am thinking it was something like a tallywacker

 

That is indeed the answer to a frequently asked Carnival trivia question. It is supposed to be the back flap on a Navy dress uniform.

[buzz2400]

thank you for confirmation.

[john watson]

Was it anything having to do with "cock;" i.e., the plume of a cock hat?

 

I think you mean "cocked hat" generally tricorn; or three cornered hats had turned up, or cocked brims making them cocked hats.

 

The flap at the back of British Navy Uniform is a Tar Flap. Probably from Jack Tar, universal name one of our sailors.

 

Incidentally the name for traditional pudding in the Royal Navy is Dick and one of the most famous of these is the Spotted Dick. A suet pudding cooked in a linen wrap tied at the ends immersed in water. The spotted variant also had raisins in it giving it a spotty appearance.

 

Regards John

[chengkp75]

The most common origin for talleywhacker is a wooden clapper device that was "whacked" to signal that a certain number of cattle (usually 10) had been "tallied".