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Line-crossing ceremony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA Royal Baby is a fat guy with grease or some other sticky disgusting stuff smeared all over his belly. The prospective Shellback has to stick their face in his navel. Problem is most like to peck it and leave. Hard to do while he's grabbing your head to keep you from getting away. (Just one of the reasons I hated the Navy) Initiation takes about 45 mins. If you do it wrong they make you do it all over.
Good lord!
Yeah, the Navy's got some very strange rituals, some almost bordering on the homoerotic.
I'm not Shellback myself, but I am a member of "The Turtle Club". And if you're ever asked if you're a member, the correct and only answer is "you bet your sweet ass I am".
The Crossing the Line ritual goes way back to the 17th century British navy. Time honored tradition