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		Biganon on April 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do ships use “port” and “starboard” instead of... I think "there's some red port left in the bottle" would be better ; the negation kinda made me think "red" (or "port") was NOT "left".

tacticus on April 19, 2023 [–]

From memory the No Red Port Left is also about Red on Red passing for ships

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