Submariner's Prayer
Created by Anita 6 years ago
In the beginning there was a word; and the word was God.
All else was darkness and void without form. So God created the heavens and the
earth. He created the sun and the moon and the stars, so that light may pierce
the darkness. The earth, God divided between the land and the sea and these He
filled with many assorted creatures.
The dark, salty, slimy creatures that
inhabited the seashore He called Royal Marines and He dressed them accordingly.
The flighty creatures of the air He called Airy Fairies and these He clothed in
uniforms which were ruffled and foul. These creatures were not over popular, as
their droppings fell on the earth below, but God forgave them because as He
said, they knoweth not what they do.
The lower creatures of the sea, God called
Skimmers, and with a twinkle in His eye, and a sense of humour that only He
could have, God gave them big grey targets to go to sea in. He gave them very
many splendid uniforms to wear. He gave them wonderful and exotic places to
visit. He gave them pen and paper so that they might write home every weekand
He gave them make and mends at sea. He also gave them a laundry that they might
keep their splendid uniforms clean. When you are God you tend to get carried
away.
On the seventh day as you know God rested and
on the eighth day at 0700Z God looked down upon the earth and God was not a
Happy God.
So he thought about His labours and with His
infinite wisdom, God created a divine creature, and this divine creature he
called a Submariner. And these Submariners whom God created in His own image,
were to be of the Deep. He gave a white woolly jumper to keep them warm. He
gave them black steel messengers of death to roam the depths of the seas,
waging war against the forces of Satan and evil. He gave them hotels to welcome
them when the grew weary of doing Gods will. He gave them subsistence that they
may entertain the ladies on nights ashore and impress the hell out of the
creatures called Skimmers.
At the end of the eighth day God looked down
upon the earth and saw that all was well. But still God was not happy, because,
in the course of His labours, He had forgotten one thing. He had not given
Himself a Submariners white woolly jumper. He thought long and hard and finally
satisfied his mind . . .
. . . . . .not just anybody can be a
Submariner !!