Why Skates?

[northstandnorth]

what is the meaning of the insult?

I thought they were Scabs,strike breaking scum according to the Southampton fans.

 

[Silent Bob]

Something to do with having sex with fish.

 

[Taybha]

might be wrong but i think its got something to do with sailors having sex with fish when times were hard at sea . ( as i say dont quote me )

 

[Braders]

"Southampton supporters have taken to referring to their local rivals as "Skates". This is a derisive alternative to "matelot" to describe naval sailors, Portsmouth being the home of the Royal Navy. This term is in fact originally a dismissive one for sailors, possibly originating in Portsmouth, which most Southampton fans have adopted. It was made popular as an abusive term towards Portsmouth fans after a Southampton fanzine asked readers to help search for the term most likely to cause offence to them"

 

[Drpepper]

Yeh the dirty pompey sailors used to f*** skates at sea because the mouth appareantly looks like a womens ****.thats why people call them fish f***ing skates!

 

[The Peanut Roaster]

The vagina of a skate fish resembles the closest to a human vagina.

Therefore, when at sea, they would catch the skate, pin in to the wall, and errrmmm...

 

[Taybha]

The vagina of a skate fish resembles the closest to a human vagina.

Therefore, when at sea, they would catch the skate, pin in to the wall, and errrmmm...

Wonder if they used to put sexy lingerie on them , must have been a right bugger trying to get them to wear suspenders , .... thinking about it skate do seem very similar to women

 

[Lakedry]

Yeh the dirty pompey sailors used to f*** skates at sea because the mouth appareantly looks like a womens ****.thats why people call them fish f***ing skates!

You've not had a woman yet have you DrP?

 

[BHA Swiifty]

on the same wavelength as calling a welshman a sheep shagger?

 

[mune ni kamome]

You had to observe the pecking order though. Captain and officers got the good looking ones.

 

[felbridgeseagull]

SKATES.....Hmmm

The vagina of a skate fish resembles the closest to a human vagina.

Therefore, when at sea, they would catch the skate, pin in to the wall, and errrmmm...

What about a nice Dover Sole? they are prettier by far!

 

[smudge]

Pompey natives term of abuse for Royal Navy sailors, (whom they hate with a passion). The past-time of jumping on sailors (normally a lone drunk one staggering through Tricorn) was known as skate bashing.
If one of our lads was the victim of this, we would go out the following night & reap revenge.
Southampton turned the word skate back on the Pompey fans, which I quite like!

You were all correct though about the fish vagina thing. Well they all smell of fish anyway right?

 

[Sausage]

The vagina of a skate fish resembles the closest to a human vagina.

Therefore, when at sea, they would catch the skate, pin in to the wall, and errrmmm...

Mrs Sausage's vagina also smelly resemble closest to skate fish vagina, innit.

Sometimes I pin her to the wall and fillet. etc.

 

[Titus]

It's best to avoid a similar looking fish though, the Thornback Ray.

 

[bomber130]

Mrs Sausage's vagina also smelly resemble closest to skate fish vagina, innit.

Sometimes I pin her to the wall and fillet. etc.

She doesn't have an account on here does she.

 

[tubaman]

The vagina of a skate fish resembles the closest to a human vagina.

Therefore, when at sea, they would catch the skate, pin in to the wall, and errrmmm...

I wonder whether there were instances of injury by wrongly identifying a ray as a skate. That would have been painful!