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l 1 Z . gl 1 i l i l all s 'Q 5 T . I 1 i v 6 ' 2 Cn the afternoon of I-January 10 CHICAGO crossed the Equator at latitude 000002 longitude 1O5O15'E. To mark the occasion, the ship's salty Shellbacks got together to concoct a special ceremony for the proper initiation of the numerous Polliwogs aboard. Prior to steaming in-to the mystical Domain of Neptunus Rex, the ship hadbeen in Sing- Q apore. However, long before CHICAGO pulled into that exotic port, notes of warning' from both 1 sides were seen posted in various locations throughout the ship and' in the ship's daily news- paper V While Shellback admonishments forewarned of doom to those who failed to pay allegiance 3 to th R l e u er of the Raging Main the Polliwogs' representative Super Polliwog belittled the Shellbacks' attempts to instill fear in the troops The day of reckoning for the Polliwogs came after the ship left Singapore Aanghe slhip was heading toward the Equator subpoenas were handed out to all the Polli wo s g 6 C arges brought against these low scum of the sea' included the failure to show reverence and allegiance to our Royal person and other forms of disrespect The Royal Hi h C g ourt of the Raging Main convened at 1 30 that afternoon to hear the 1 O08 cases which were t b O e brought before it At that time there were but 96 Shellbacks on board However their number were suffiment to m k 13 1 G ing himself Neptunus Rex CFTCM P G Couplandj and his rOyaA?tCr11i1i Igavey Jones CLCDR J w christenseny er G 1'1H1S were over the miscreants' cleaned themselves up from the sordid pun lshments they had endured Someh Y 0 th P Just a mite duatler than when th W K 7 e olliwogs seemed to emerge from the proceedings ey went in They all sighed glad the ritual was over but equally happy they had become like the ones who had ruled over them Shellbacks 9 9 s I 1 . 1 . ' 5 ' I 1 , I Y I 11 . ' - . n - u . I , 9 ' . ' ' I A a e sure hat initiation rites were conducted in ' such a manner as to please th K' ' , ' ' 1 - ' ' D 9 . . , ' ' N. . ' , H - , . . - 1 , ' . , . . , ' 11 , . l
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