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The traditional toasts after dinner for ships at sea are listed below. On certain days, an alternative toast is available but the first one is most usual. [4] Sunday "Absent friends" or "Absent friends and those at sea" Monday "Our ship at sea" or "Our native land" Tuesday "Our sailors"
On completion of the daily toast, it was often customary to conclude with the following tribute. "But the standing toast, that pleased the most was, to the wind that blows the ship that goes, and the lass that loves a sailor" – Charles Dibdin (1740–1814). The toasts are typically given by the youngest officer present at the mess dinner.
Sunday: Absent friends. The sequence was also prescribed in at least one publication for the United States Navy. [30] A toast might be spontaneous and free-form, a carefully planned original speech, or a recitation of traditional sentiments such as this Irish example: [31]
Throughout the Commonwealth realms, the loyal toast is most commonly composed solely of the words "The Queen" [3] or "The King" (as appropriate), though this may be elaborated with mention of the monarch's position as head of a particular state, such as in Canada, where the Canadian Armed Forces codifies the loyal toast as "Ladies and gentlemen, the King of Canada". [4]
The only one in English that gets anywhere near is "a toast to absent friends", but since that's effectively a remembrance of friends that have passed away (in other words died) that's probably not appropriate either. My Polish friends have always used "Na zdrowie". My uncle, a Scotsman, used to toast "Here's tae us, whae's like us?
Ally Lothman had to skip her best friend's wedding because she had just given birth, but she didn't want to neglect her maid of honor duties. So she taped an emotional speech for her "sister wife ...
Absent Friends may refer to: "To absent friends", a traditional toast; Absent Friends (band), an Australian band Absent Friends or the title song, by the Divine Comedy, 2004 ...
POW/MIA flag. A missing man table, also known as a fallen comrade table, [1] is a ceremony and memorial that is set up in military dining facilities of the United States Armed Forces and during official dining functions, in honor of fallen, missing, or imprisoned military service members. [2]