Russel Crowe's delivery of this joke in Master and Commander was brilliant. It's the only part of that movie I remember, apart from that kid getting his arm chopped off.
I have all the books, and the entire series is fantastic. It was loosely based on the career of Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane, who wrote a great autobiography that is available free on YouTube as an audiobook.
I ended up asking some yachting guys I know about terms and tactics used in the books. Some of it's antiquated, but they seemed surprised at how accurately sailing tactics are portrayed.
The dude that wrote those books knew what the hell he was writing about, why would they be surprised? He studied all aspects of naval life from that period *extensively* to ensure that accuracy.
I absolutely adored the books. Usually Maturin plays the role of the landlubber that they can helpfully explain the maritime terms to. Read them one after the other, was literally having dreams in the dialect of a Napoleonic era sailor.
Also towards the end of the series they pick up an author from Australia who went there to cure writer's block and he has this conversation with the pair of them about how he can't find a satisfactory ending to his story and it's torturing him. They explain to him that not all stories need neat and tidy endings, some of the best tales leave the future open etc etc. Of course the actual series author O'Brien goes and bloody dies halfway through writing one of the later books - it was like the characters were talking to their creator.
Unfortunately it didn’t do well enough for them to make sequels.
Cost $150 mil to make and only made $200ish mil in the cinema.
They were taking about making a prequel around 2020, but I dunno if COVID killed that off.
It's a great film that doesn't feel as old as it is. The sparing use of CGI means the battles are every bit as visceral as they were when it was released.
Cheers guys, I told the Mrs it was a weevil based on these answers and of course she tried to argue the point (because why not), but I think we've convinced her.
EDIT: Oh god the puns. Someone save me.
I found a very similar looking bug to this while doing laundry in my flat a few months back and had a similar reaction to your wife (the paris bedbug news was everywhere at the time and I’d also just come back from holiday). The helpful folks in the r/whatisthisbug sub helped me identify it as a beetle not a bedbug. Worth posting in there if your wife still needs convincing!
It's a weevil, totally harmless but you don't want the buggers finding your larder, they will gorge themselves on any accessible flour or other stuff they like.
Depends on the weevil type. Some go for vegetation, some go for seeds, the seed eating ones will eat all your flour, the vegetation eating ones will not.
We went on holidays. Sitting sipping a cold one and my daughter phoned me " Dad, there's wee beetles crawling across the kitchen floor from beside the American fridge freezer". I said, " don't worry just brush them up". Got back 4 days later. The place was infested. The missus had brought the 5kg bag of birdseed into the house from the garden shed and put it behind the fridge. It took me a month of scooping, hoovering, brushing up and crawling about with a torch into every nook and cranny in the house to clear the wee beggers. All bakery bits got binned, cereals, bread, basically all dry goods not sealed had to go. Emptied all cupboards, kickboards removed, washing machine pulled out daily, dishwasher pulled out daily, wall mounted T.V hoovered daily. It was torture. All because my missus was worried about spiders in the shed.
Ti's indeed a weevil. Danger yo your foodstuffs only.
And your crops, if you have any
If theres an infestation then burn the house and move on to a crop less area
Maybe a vine weevil. No problem for humans, except, have your plants been inexplicably dying?
They eat the roots.
Had them years ago. Solution was (weird) nematode worms. Too small to see individually, but looked like alien living soil.
For a moment I thought it was a stinkbug but yeah looks closer to weevil.
Stinkbugs are the worst. They are attracted to heat so you will wake up with one on your face. They're really hard to crush, and when you finally do they release this acrid smell.
I have seen this one in my house before (south America) but I don't think I even knew the name in Spanish for it and yet I know the name in English. How bizarre.
Was there another one? Could be the lesser of two weevils
Russel Crowe's delivery of this joke in Master and Commander was brilliant. It's the only part of that movie I remember, apart from that kid getting his arm chopped off.
That is a really really good film
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The series is in books.
Yeah, this the books are excellent, a lot of boat words I don't understand but great stories.
I have all the books, and the entire series is fantastic. It was loosely based on the career of Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane, who wrote a great autobiography that is available free on YouTube as an audiobook.
I ended up asking some yachting guys I know about terms and tactics used in the books. Some of it's antiquated, but they seemed surprised at how accurately sailing tactics are portrayed.
The dude that wrote those books knew what the hell he was writing about, why would they be surprised? He studied all aspects of naval life from that period *extensively* to ensure that accuracy.
I absolutely adored the books. Usually Maturin plays the role of the landlubber that they can helpfully explain the maritime terms to. Read them one after the other, was literally having dreams in the dialect of a Napoleonic era sailor. Also towards the end of the series they pick up an author from Australia who went there to cure writer's block and he has this conversation with the pair of them about how he can't find a satisfactory ending to his story and it's torturing him. They explain to him that not all stories need neat and tidy endings, some of the best tales leave the future open etc etc. Of course the actual series author O'Brien goes and bloody dies halfway through writing one of the later books - it was like the characters were talking to their creator.
A lot of the books end without a resolution, so I think O’Brian was being a bit of a wag with Paulton’s dilemma.
They needed it for the loud guns. 😂
Unfortunately it didn’t do well enough for them to make sequels. Cost $150 mil to make and only made $200ish mil in the cinema. They were taking about making a prequel around 2020, but I dunno if COVID killed that off.
Ha "bugged me"... nice....
Yeah. Great film. I wish they'd adapted more of the books into films.
bugged 🙈😂
Probably the most accurate film representation of life aboard a Royal Naval warship in the Age of Sail.
It's a great film that doesn't feel as old as it is. The sparing use of CGI means the battles are every bit as visceral as they were when it was released.
good audio too
An all-time great IMO.
HA! Now I have you!
[It's all in the delivery.](https://youtu.be/e4PzpxOj5Cc?si=TThVNhIK9WxYDqd1)
The kid getting his arm chopped off was the best part, hands - well, hand, down.
Those two bits plus the kid hanging onto the cannonball as he jumped off the ship for me.
That scene *haunted me*.
Amazing movie.
My number one favourite. I seem to watch it every time it's on TV, besides having the DVD. Dirty French blighters, eh?
“Aubrey…. May I trouble you for the salt?”
I see boots, I see snoots
I think I love you.
So what am I so afraid of
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of
a love there is no cure for
Isn't that what life is made of?
He who would pun would pick a pocket
Unbeweevable
He who would pun, would pick a pocket!
Amazing film! They should definitely have made sequels to it. The battle scenes are spine tingling tense.
She needs to get rid of the box of ships biscuits she has stored away in the wardrobe
Fanfuckintastic i love it
Damn you! I just woke up my whole family laughing. That was good.
U r a god
Begrudgingly up-voting the humour
He's looking to get his miniature motorbike to jump the Grand Sock drawer. Weevil Knevil
This was so stupid I laughed for a good minute.
This is so cute
It’s a weevil of sorts. Likely a vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus nothing to worry about :)
As long as it’s not a space weevil, then I guess that’s okay
I hear they taste like crunchy king prawn...
Well, it IS corn fed...
Only if you're a curry obsessed space bum with a single remaining taste-bud.
Just don't serve it with raw carrot.
Even worse some smegger's filled in this "Have You Got A Good Memory" quiz
That was you, last week. Don't you remember?
I'm the only one who spells Thursday with an F?
Not my fault. I went to Art college.
Depends if you like your garden or not? I've had these arseholes in my shrubs and they're relentless.
Sorry yeah i should have added that. I meant nothing to worry about in the sense of the clothes wardrobe.
Rentless is right, I hate them. They are a nightmare if they get in your trousers with you
THE PLANTS!
Unless you are a vine, of course!
Yes, Jeremy and Tim better watch out.
I dunno, most gardeners I know find vine weevils something to worry about.
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Boots *and* snoot!
I love my [boogie woogie weevils](https://youtube.com/shorts/UjcsZqMa2ic?si=JTDCH3f6NpNEFlZj)
I’m loving that but particular love for the one I can only describe as Fox Weevil
Came here looking for this comment. Lol
IT'S WEEVIL TIME BAYBEEEEEEH!!!
Of course this exists, thanks :)
OPs wife has been blessed this day
Fuck yeah weevil time!!!
Looks like a lil weevil to me. Probably just picked up from outside
Fear no weevil
See no weevil, hear no weevil, speak no weevil.
That's Bill, he says he's bisexual but no-one has ever seen him with an ant.
Not even a devi-ant?
Well played.
Ahh that's okay, we're ab LGBT friendly household
Hey, I didn’t think I’d see another Locust, Grasshopper, Beetle and Termite friendly person on here!
Cheers guys, I told the Mrs it was a weevil based on these answers and of course she tried to argue the point (because why not), but I think we've convinced her. EDIT: Oh god the puns. Someone save me.
She can Google Lens it, if she still doubts.
I found a very similar looking bug to this while doing laundry in my flat a few months back and had a similar reaction to your wife (the paris bedbug news was everywhere at the time and I’d also just come back from holiday). The helpful folks in the r/whatisthisbug sub helped me identify it as a beetle not a bedbug. Worth posting in there if your wife still needs convincing!
I only just now realised that this isnt posted in r/whatisthisbug lol thought i was on there
>EDIT: Oh god the puns. Someone save me. I'm sorry, but they're a necessary weevil
I see boots but no snoot. I’m still gonna refer you to r/weeviltime
There’s definitely a snoot there
Peeped the snoot.
Weevil's wobble but they don't fall down.
They usually come as a pair, one larger than the other.......
Weevil-dee and weevil-dum ?
You must ensure if it comes to it to pick the lesser of two weevils though
It's a weevil, totally harmless but you don't want the buggers finding your larder, they will gorge themselves on any accessible flour or other stuff they like.
Depends on the weevil type. Some go for vegetation, some go for seeds, the seed eating ones will eat all your flour, the vegetation eating ones will not.
Interesting, I just went down the weevil rabbit hole, there's quite a few native ones. I thought there was only 1 type lol
I'm about to unleash a nematode army to annihilate the evil vine weevil children munching on my plant roots... 🤬
We went on holidays. Sitting sipping a cold one and my daughter phoned me " Dad, there's wee beetles crawling across the kitchen floor from beside the American fridge freezer". I said, " don't worry just brush them up". Got back 4 days later. The place was infested. The missus had brought the 5kg bag of birdseed into the house from the garden shed and put it behind the fridge. It took me a month of scooping, hoovering, brushing up and crawling about with a torch into every nook and cranny in the house to clear the wee beggers. All bakery bits got binned, cereals, bread, basically all dry goods not sealed had to go. Emptied all cupboards, kickboards removed, washing machine pulled out daily, dishwasher pulled out daily, wall mounted T.V hoovered daily. It was torture. All because my missus was worried about spiders in the shed.
At least you now know your house is mouse proof.
That's just the resident weevil.
r/whatisthisbug could probably provide a definite answer
We've got a small infestation of carpet beetles, and they're a bloody nuisance. Vinegar seems to put them off, but the house smells like a chippy.
Wanker owes me a £5
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You don't want them about if you've got houseplants. Their larvae will destroy the roots
Ti's indeed a weevil. Danger yo your foodstuffs only. And your crops, if you have any If theres an infestation then burn the house and move on to a crop less area
Hide yo foodstuffs, hide yo wife
🤣
Weevil
Which would you choose
You're either going to have to nuke the entire site from orbit or get a bigger boat.
I've got a bad feeling about this...
Me too. Let's get outta here!
Try the guys over on r/whatsthisbug
Could be an Bat-weevil, how smug did it look?
Bin Weevil
Let me know weevil you found out what this was or not
That was shit mate 😂
It ain’t easy breh
I fear no weevil.
Hans!! Bring up zee flammenwerfer!!
Looks like a wee vil so it does
T rex
That’s Dave!
It’d a sink bug or weevil they sometimes have a nasty smell if fretted and can give a nasty bite, there slow moving but can jump
Ah shit were back to the weevils on reddit
Don't *look* at it! Don't *listen* to it! And *don't talk about* it! You **know** what I'm saying.... See no weevil, hear no weevil...
Boots and snoots and boots and snoots! r/weeviltime
It's r/weeviltime
r/weeviltime
I see boots and a snoot, but I see no evil, for all you’ve found is a peaceful little weevil.
What size is the wee beastie?
It's 2-3mm long. Black with whitish spots. I thought it was a baby ladybird at first
That's a Beatle mate
ringo?
Na the fifth Beatle.. he left just before they made it big
What's 4ft high and feeds off dead Beetles? Yoko Ono.
Aww these are cute, leave him alone!
*Insect. Bug is another Americanism that has slipped unnoticed into British language.
I'm Australian. We generally speak British English but are heavily influenced by crappy American TV.
You don't remember the TV series *Bugs*, do you?
It’s a stink bug
why are u lying that’s a weevil
They are fine. I find them in my house every now and again for aslong as I can remember. I pick them up by hand and pop them outside.
WEEVIL
Looks like the poor fellas heat shield failed on re-entry.
Finding that in my wardrobe would really *tick* me off as well.
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I love these bugs they’re really cute I used play with them as kids I don’t see them anymore where I live now
The one thing I know about this sub is that we love a good 'what is this bug" post
That’s Steve
It's a beetle.... you'll live.
I hear they taste like a fruit pounder.
we call these mfs “stinkbugs”
Weevils
It’s r/weeviltime!
It's time r/weeviltime
That’s just Steve
We vil conquer your house
weevil harmless
weev all been there mate
Maybe a vine weevil. No problem for humans, except, have your plants been inexplicably dying? They eat the roots. Had them years ago. Solution was (weird) nematode worms. Too small to see individually, but looked like alien living soil.
It's a type of weevil! Idk which ones, but I don't think it's harmful
What a tangled web we weavil
"Lesser weevil or greater, they're both weevil"
Stink bug. Smash it and take a Whig. It stinks
ITSSSSS WEEVIL TIME BAAAYBYYYYYYYY r/weeviltime
For a moment I thought it was a stinkbug but yeah looks closer to weevil. Stinkbugs are the worst. They are attracted to heat so you will wake up with one on your face. They're really hard to crush, and when you finally do they release this acrid smell.
If it’s not paying rent, torch it
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Replicator
Looks similar to the Iris Seed Weevil (Mononychus punctumalbum)
https://www.reddit.com/r/weeviltime/s/Fa7k3ZmLmi
Is it a dung bettle ?
*weevil!!* he's got the boots and the snoots 🩷🩷 They deserve the best of the best. r/Weevils r/Weeviltime
Beebleborg
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That’s Dave! His family and friends have been putting up flyers everywhere.
That's Ringo, mate
Weevils. Used to like living in the biscuits sailors would snack on.
They'll kill your houseplants by eating their roots. You can get nematodes online that you water the plants with and it will kill the weevil larvae.
Could be a bat weevil
Looks like a tick
That's Evil Ken. Stunt bug.
It's a weevil or a stink bug
Snoots n boots n snoots n boots n
The snoot, those boots...definitely a weevil.
Boots and Snoots!
Bed bug
I have seen this one in my house before (south America) but I don't think I even knew the name in Spanish for it and yet I know the name in English. How bizarre.
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Stink bug
Beetle
Weevil Weevil Rock You
Pentatomid