This Royal Navy captain had the perfect response to a guy who trolled his wife’s parking
Royal Navy captain Rich Harris appears to be a man not to mess with after someone made a joke about women drivers when he tweeted about his wife driving her warship.
Here’s what he had to say on Twitter.
‘A while ago, in a response to a tweet about my wife driving her warship, somebody made a comment about women drivers. This is my wife berthing her ship between a container ship and a destroyer. No tankers, no fuss, not easy (video speeded up for ease).’
And here’s the video he posted with it.
A while ago, in a response to a tweet about my wife driving her warship, somebody made a comment about women drivers. This is my wife berthing her ship between a container ship and a destroyer. No tankers, no fuss, not easy (video speeded up for ease). pic.twitter.com/yylVCLT9af
— Rich Harris (@CaptRichHarris) October 17, 2018
Beautifully done!
People loved everything about it, and here are just a few of our favourite comments.
‘My Wife’s Warship’ is one of the greatest sentences I think a man could ever say. https://t.co/vGnl9zeVYy
— Dr Fern Riddell (@FernRiddell) October 17, 2018
This is glorious on multiple levels. https://t.co/2S6pouriL6
— Connie Schultz (@ConnieSchultz) October 18, 2018
Sweet parking. What kind of ship is that?
— David Mellor (@EvoMellor) October 17, 2018
It is a Hunt Class minehunter.
— Rich Harris (@pusserinwales) October 17, 2018
Parallel parking at its most expensive https://t.co/RPhDxU3LAB
— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) October 18, 2018
Dayum.
My wife has tried to teach me how to bring a 29 foot sailboat (under motor) up to a dock (not a slip). It has only sporadically gone well. I can't imagine the skill required to do what your spouse does in this video.
— Thomas Levenson (@TomLevenson) October 17, 2018
Omg please tell me she’s picked you up from work in her company vehicle 😉👍🏻😁😁😁
— Charlotte Istance-Tamblin⌬🏳️🌈 (@ChemCharley) October 17, 2018
I can’t even do that in a rowing boat on the Norfolk Broads, let alone with 750 tons of ship. That’s skills.
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) October 17, 2018
I would like to do this – as soon as have perfected the reversing round a kerb thing https://t.co/xUkSDrjail
— anne mcelvoy (@annemcelvoy) October 17, 2018
She’s awesome!!! https://t.co/TnSxUep3mp
— Jennifer Gunter (@DrJenGunter) October 17, 2018
Captain Harris later had a slight correction.
I meant ‘no tugs’ – sorry! https://t.co/6epPus34t4
— Rich Harris (@CaptRichHarris) October 17, 2018
Instead of ‘fuss’, presumably.
Not sure what this means, but presumably it’s even more complicated than it looks.
It’s a fantastic piece of berthing – what it doesn’t show is that her stern is actually underneath the flare of @HMSDragon ‘s bow! And she did it on Omani Women’s Day too. BZ @HMSLedbury
cc @COMUKMCMFOR @SJFC_SJFHQ #SaifSareea3 #OmaniWomensDay— CdreJamesParkin (@CdreJamesParkin) October 17, 2018
And this lost us as well.
Does HMS Ledbury have bow thrusters and/or azimut pods?
— Bosphorus Naval News (@Saturn5_) October 17, 2018
HMS Ledbury is one of the eight Hunt class that have received new engines and other upgrades. The refit includes bow thrusters. In the video I think we see the vessel using them.
— Naval Analyses (@D__Mitch) October 17, 2018
Anyway …
Now, THAT'S parallel parking. https://t.co/DfuO9CSETZ
— Doug Farrar (@NFL_DougFarrar) October 18, 2018
