i got a t-shirt today with that on it... what does it mean?
2007-07-12 18:31:22 · 14 answers · asked by kylie! 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
It refers to the intense navel battles that occurred during world war such as the sinking of the Bismark and the battle at Midway. As a WW2 vet I am personally offended that a young whippersnapper such as yourself think its appropriate to where a shirt that refers to the sinking of a battle ship. I myself was on board the battleship Arizona when it was sunk I lost 144 friends,12 best friends,and 157 casual acquaintances when it went down. They made a board game about my experiences called battleship it was a moderate hit in the nineteen eighty's
2007-07-12 18:40:03 · answer #1 · answered by goblin 3 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋
It's the slogan from the Game BATTLESHIP. The other player slaps his head and cries in frustration You sank my battleship. If there is a space between the words Battle and ship that is obviously a typo.
2007-07-13 16:36:03 · answer #2 · answered by brian L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a reference to the popular board game Battleship. One says this when their opponent has discovered all the coordinates to a ship piece set upon your board before the start of the game. If all the coordinates are called to a set piece, they've 'sunk your battleship'. That phrase was popularized by an old commercial for the game.
2007-07-13 01:34:38 · answer #3 · answered by NIkki C 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it was a line from a commercial back in the day for the game battleship in which the objective was to guess and determine your opponents ships. The biggest ship you had was called your battleship hence the title of the game
2007-07-13 01:34:34 · answer #4 · answered by Jason B 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LOL.. its from the game Battleship.. It was on a commercial they used to play in the 70's and 80's that ended with one kid saying to the other kid "You sank my battleship"!
2007-07-13 01:34:28 · answer #5 · answered by neverdugdisco 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's a warfare board game called Battleship. The shirt might have another meaning though.. but I won't get into details.
2007-07-13 01:34:47 · answer #6 · answered by Poochie 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
"You sunk my Battleship" don't forget the next picture was of a ship's "Stack" blowing off it's WHISTLE (right after the kid says "YOU SUNK MY BATTLE SHIP", It came out in the 60's possibly earlier (not the 80's).
2007-07-13 06:13:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This comes from a game that had two people trying to sink each others war ships.I used to play this game years ago.Hope this helps.
2007-07-13 01:52:37 · answer #8 · answered by HyperGforce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's from the board game "Battleship". When you won, you were supposed to exclaim "You sank my Battleship!!".
2007-07-13 01:34:42 · answer #9 · answered by Mark 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As mentioned, it probably from the game. But, being on a woman's t-shirt I will assume it have a sexual connotation meaning you have been stuck by a torpedo. :-p
2007-07-13 10:45:17 · answer #10 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋