Sailors Are Mad

Sailors are mad. It's official. It came straight from the Neighbourhood Oracle - Doug - himself. In his Uncle Albert mode Doug - 'During the war...' (I mean that affectionately. I am fascinated by his war stories. So fascinated, in fact, that I frequently visit him accompanied by by my Ipaq)- told me so. He worked as an auxiliary nurse in the R.A.F. before he joined the Commando Unit and was sent to Sicily. He worked in a military psychiatric hospital and most of his patients were sailors. The worst case he encountered was that of a Swedish sailor who was in the final stages of syphilis who was homicidal and suicidal and heading towards death.

More Tales from the Neighbourhood Oracle to come...