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Maurice Leakey
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posted November 01, 2019 06:44 AM

Just been showing the Castle release #833 "Gobs In A Mess", excerpt from Universal's 1941 "In The Navy" with Abbott & Costello.
But what are Gobs? I believe it may be a slang term for a sailor, but why?

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Joe Caruso
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posted November 01, 2019 04:11 PM

This usually applied to the theory that sailors either gobbled their food and to "gob" is to spit (likely chewin' tobacco) - Other terms for sailors are 'jack' - Think also of L&H and "Two Tars" - This was because sailors used a tarpaulin for sail material, and the word was reduced - Imagine if the film was called "TARS IN A MESS" and the L&H was titled "TWO GOBS" - Either way, smooth sailin' - Cheers, Shorty

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Maurice Leakey
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posted November 02, 2019 03:35 AM

It's a horrible word. Perhaps more acceptable in America than in the UK. I don't think Castle should have used it on a title.

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Melvin England
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posted November 02, 2019 08:16 AM

…….not forgetting the other term for Gob meaning Mouth....
as in "Shut Your Gob!"

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
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posted November 03, 2019 03:21 AM

There are many more comedies with "Gobs" their titles,but I can't recall any other "Tars"!

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Panayotis A. Carayannis
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posted November 05, 2019 01:45 AM

Oh yes,I remember one,CALLING ALL TARS,the Bob Hope Vitaphone short!

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