"This Cannot Be Borne"

I'm incommunicado for one day (job interview) and the blogosphere erupts with submarine related humor and mocking of my beloved last boat. I'll be back to retaliate respond shortly, as soon as I get caught up with the job they're paying me to do (for the next 10 days or so...). Until then, you can check out some of the guffawing and chortling at The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Castle Arrgghhh!!! , and even today's Day by Day. (That last link probably won't work after today, if I understand how the Internet works...)

Bonus geek points to whoever can identify the source of the title of this post (Googling not allowed!)

Going deep for a short sprint...

Update: OK, the Castle Arrgghhh!!! post wasn't defaming. This one by WillyShake, though, I'll have to think about. Assign tracker to WillyShake, commence tracking... (Actually, you should check out the WillyShake post for the update with his continuing thoughts on the San Francisco.)

Update 1715 16 Feb: Even Scrappleface got into the Carter-scorning! Firing point procedures, Tube 1, Sierra Scrappleface...

Amended update: Also getting in on the act is Tim Blair.

Update 1856 16 Feb: Harvey from Bad Example weighs in on the side of good, while the commenters at Wizbang (which has a good collection of other anti-most-capable-attack-submarine-in-the-world links) are all mirthful and whatnot... for now. I have to go pee in a bottle, but I'll be back later with a debunking of all the anti-Carter sniggering. (I hate it when real life interferes with my sub-blogging...)
Update continued: While waiting for this update to post (Blogger is verrrrry slow tonight), I launched my first torpedo in Cranky Neocon's comment section. I expect any return fire to be ineffective...
Update on the update: Man, that was embarrassing. Based on the quality of the comments, it appears that Cranky Neocon is actually a satire site, for people to make fun of conservatives the same way that BlameBush makes fun of liberals by imitating them.

Update 0013 17 Feb: Because I came in to correct the spelling of "embarrassing" above, I figured I should add a link. Speed of Thought has a large collection of "humorous" Carter posts as well.

Update 0111 17 Feb: I'm really trying to keep my sense of humor (and I do like some of the humorous pieces that don't make fun of the crew) but this "opinion piece" somehow made it onto the Google News "Submarine" page. I don't have time to point out how unfunny it really is (plus, they spell "attack" as "attach" for no apparent funny reason; I think it's just a misspelling -- I'd say typo, but they did it twice.) Here's an unfunny excerpt:

What Sailor would willingly serve on something named the Jimmy Carter? Commanding and serving on the Jimmy Carter could only become the career buster for its officers and crew.

This might be funny, except when you consider that many open-source news outlets are reporting that Jimmy Carter will be replacing USS Parche, doing whatever it is that they did before being decommissioned. I honestly have no idea what the Parche did, but they did earn 10 Presidential Unit Citation and 9 Navy Unit Commendations for doing it... so, no, service on the Carter will not be a "career buster".

Going deep...

Update 1504 18 Feb: Gordon at Cranky Neocon has a nice post up with his reasonable thoughts on the naming of the Jimmy Carter, and I appreciate them. Yes, President Carter is a bit of a "dufus" sometimes, but he's the "dufus" that my last submarine was named after, so that's why I defend him. As a result of Gordon's generous post, I hereby retract the snarky comments I made above about his commenters; but c'mon, "nuke gunners mate" ? That had to be a put-on...