Nobody Washes in a Submarine

DESCRIPTION: "If you join submarines and you've got any pride, You won't use Persil and you won't use Tide" or make any attempt to clean up; "Nobody washes in a submarine." When three men "die of the stink," they aren't buried at sea lest they get clean
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1970 (Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy)
KEYWORDS: ship navy humorous derivative
FOUND IN: Britain(England)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, p. 118, "Nobody Washes in a Submarine" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Nobody Loves Like an Irishman" (tune)
cf. "Diesel and Shale" (subject of odors on a submarine)
File: Tawn089

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