| Seagull Humor | |||
| Why are seagulls called seagulls? Because if they flew over the bay, they'd be called bagels! |
 |
 |
|
 |
|||
 |
|||
 |
|||
 |
|||
| A True Use for Seagull Droppings | |||
| Great Britain was the first major nation to encounter a sustained campaign of submarine warfare. It began at the outset of World War I in 1914 with the sinking of three old cruisers. Eight months later, the mammoth passenger liner, Luisitania, was also sunk by torpedos. All four ships has one thing in common -- their watertight integrity system was designed much like the Titanic. Things would have to change! | |||
| The Royal Navy was anxious to prevent further losses and prove to the populace that positive steps were being taken to stem the increasing U-boat threat. One of the plans put forward for immediate implementation was... | |||
| The seagull defecation scheme. Admiral Sir Frederick Inglefield RN succeeded in convincing the Admiralty that seagulls could be trained to locate and defecate on raised periscopes. For months in the back water of one of the less crowded harbors, Admiral Inglefield and his reluctant staff attempted to encourage and train several seagulls to deposit droppings on any of several dummy periscopes floating in the harbor. Developing incontinence in the seagulls proved too much for him, and Admiral Inglefield was quietly placed in a position of less responsibility -- far less responsibility. The seagulls went back to defecating on everything, and the Allied navies began serious ASW planning. | |||
| by Naval Historian Kit Bonner Historical Advisor to film Titanic |
|||
