Why did Titanic Have These Flags?

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Did you ever wonder about what flags the Titanic carried and why? It is an interesting bit of history - a mix of good old fashioned tradition and enforced regulation. In this short documentary we go from flag to flag on the Titanic and learn why she carried them and what they were used for.
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0:00 Introduction
0:37 The Blue Ensign
1:45 The White Star Line Flag
2:30 Courtesy Ensigns
3:54 Pilot Jack
5:00 Signal Flags

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@TsaGo_1912 Жыл бұрын

I've read, that Titanic had the blue British Flag, because she was a royal mail ship and royal mail ships also had the blue flag. So the RMS is the main reason for the colour of the flag and not, if the Officers served at the royal navy 🙈

@SamHorseherd2209 Жыл бұрын

Could we talk about Titanic's morring equipment?

@indridcold8433 6 ай бұрын

Blue Peter - oh the personal pain.

@isaiahmiguelanimations 5 ай бұрын

Six likes and only three replies? Let me fix that.

@DerpyPossum Жыл бұрын

Good thing they went with the blue ensign. If they didn't, it'd be a huge red flag ;)

@musicfan5921 Жыл бұрын

Booooo booooo

@mrplane4205 Жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh I see what you did there! 😂🤣😂

@AndyHappyGuy Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@shubanskh9329 Жыл бұрын

Eyyyyyyyy

@roadweary5252 Жыл бұрын

Bravo 👍

@Mick_92 Жыл бұрын

Interestingly, the Pilot Jack isn't the only Jack to have stood at the prow of Titanic.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

Great feature on Titanic's flags Mike! Flags are a hobby of mine and a fascinating study when you get into it. You hit all the high points. In case anyone's wondering about the white border around the Union Jack of the pilot flag (also known as a jack, flown from a ship's bow while in port but not at other times) an unmodified Union Jack (properly known as the Union Flag) is restricted to use by the Royal Navy, no other vessels are allowed to fly (or "wear") it. However on land the Union Flag is the national flag of the UK and anyone can fly it.

@toddkurzbard Жыл бұрын

Learned something interesting from this - I always believed the 'standard' flags like the burgee and Blue\Red Ensign were flown at ALL times, not hauled down at nightfall. I actually HAVE the (alleged) White Star burgee from the 3rd BRITTANIC (the GEORGIC's sister ship). It's a big'un (I never measured it), and has a big red stain on the star. It's made of a rough material (perhaps burlap, or some rough cloth?).

@RoulinBrooks Жыл бұрын

Very interesting and enjoyable video. I remember a flag moment in the book Raise the Titanic. Just as the stern is slipping under, a crew member (played by Alec Guinness in the horrible movie) instinctively grabs onto the White Star flag on the stern (factual error). He get pulled under but eventually the flag is freed and he comes to the surface and is rescued. Years later he gives the flag to the crew who would raise the Titanic so they could return the flag to the ship. Yes, very corny and silly, but as a kid I gobbled it up.

@trainstrains1 Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about the very same scene while watching this.

@asylumlover 11 ай бұрын

Horrible movie, no!!!! glorious movie, yes!!!!!!!!!!!!

@toddkurzbard 10 ай бұрын

If I remember right, Dirk Pitt (the hero of Clive Cussler's novels in those days)reties it back on the mainmast (which has been cut to a height of about 8 feet during the salvage operations). The crew member is young officer John Bigelow, a "stand-in" for Lightoller, who grabs the burgee as the mainmast is going under (he dives off the ship at the very last second after being forced to lead Joshua Hays Brewster down to the "vault" on G-Deck and racing to escape the ship as it plunges) and gives it to Pitt when he tells him about the raising operation, so that it can be returned to the place it belongs. It should be noted that the book was written some years before the wreck was found, so in both book and movie the ship is intact.

@brick6347 Жыл бұрын

Mike Brady presents _fun with flags_

@zacharygriffin2041 Жыл бұрын

I put the Canadian Red Ensign on my Lego Titanic and some my other model ships because they are permanently “docked” here in Canada, depending on the era the ship is from it is a different Canadian flag of course.

@OtherWorldExplorers Жыл бұрын

As I recall you don't fly flags at night on shore unless they are lit by a bright light. I wonder if this is the case for the Titanic not hosting any flags at night.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

Possibly, however it may have been more to save wear and tear on the flags. No point flying the flags at night if there's no-one to see them. Anyway, it's not obligatory to fly the national ensign all the time when at sea. The ensign DOES have to be flown when approaching other ships or harbors.

@SevCaswell Жыл бұрын

My step father is a Master Mariner, and was in the Merchant Navy for 50 years, and for his retirement he bought a 60ft motor yacht. On the few occasions that I sailed with him he flew the Red Ensign alongside the Welsh flag (we mostly sailed around my then home city of Swansea). I always assumed that the Welsh flag was for my mother, who is Welsh, but I now realise that it was because we were sailing in Welsh waters.

@mrb.5610 Жыл бұрын

How about a video on Titanic's - and other ships involved - wireless sets ? As technical as you like, how it worked, frequency, range etc - I'd certainly be interested !

@gamermapping6963 Жыл бұрын

This guy is epic making all these vids about different ocean liners! It's nice to see one that doesn't just focus on the Olympic class!

@NonsensicalNauticalRambings Жыл бұрын

Nice to see someone make a video like this, It’s unique. It would be nice to see a video on Hamburg America Line in the 1920s.

@EnzedderEntertainment Жыл бұрын

Great video Mike, once again covering a topic no one has heard of, much to our delight. Please cover more of these unknown (ish) topics as they are extremely fascinating.

@THEMENPRODUCTIONS Жыл бұрын

I don't know why but the "here I am for scale" part really got a laugh out of me, I love the idea of using yourself for scale. Forget bananas for scale, we need you for scale instead!

@SRFriso94 Жыл бұрын

The ferry to one of the five Dutch islands has the same design going forward as going back. This is very useful, as the ships don't have to be turned around when coming in to dock, and the cars can just drive on and off with no issue. But it leaves one problem: no good place to fly the Dutch flag. So the designer of the ship wanted to avoid it looking like a barge - his words - and on the bridgehouse in the middle of the ship, it has a system to raise and lower flags when docked, so that the Dutch flag is always flying towards the stern. This is pure vanity, of course. It is an extremely complicated and expensive solution to a problem that doesn't really exist, but at the same time, it is kinda cool.

@ronalddevine9587 Жыл бұрын

As always Mike, very informative and well presented. Thanks from New England.

@Shadowfax-1980 Жыл бұрын

This is great timing. I just finished the front third of the Lego Titanic and was wondering what the reason for the US flag was on the mast.

@caljucotcas Жыл бұрын

Thanks! this was new for me.

@tetewhyelle Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video and all your others. They’re so detailed and informative. My son is five and is fascinated by the Titanic and her sister ships as well as some of the other old ocean liners. We spend a lot of time watching your videos and learning all about the ships.

@kaffemachine102 Жыл бұрын

Very nice video like always mike!

@jetsons101 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike.... I always look forward to learning something new every day. Thanks for your time an effort.....

@TK75018 Жыл бұрын

0:53 @OceanlinerDesigns very nice remaking of the Titanic and the Carpathia!

@Daniboy0826 Жыл бұрын

Cool that such a specific topic like this can be so interesting. Good job making this video!

@pancakes8966 Жыл бұрын

This is such a classy yt channel. so well put together

@garygreen7552 Жыл бұрын

I forgot to say that when we were in Hong Kong for a port visit we were there during a British holiday. I don't remember which one. We dressed the ship and flew the British Navy Ensign, similar to the red and blue ones you described but with a white field. As I recall it was flown from the main mast while the US flags occupied their traditional places at the bow and stern.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

The RN's "White Ensign." Nelson's favorite.

@odenviking Жыл бұрын

thanks for a very informative videos about the difrent flags onboard a steam liner. keep up the good work.👍👍👍👍👍

@stuarta1988 Жыл бұрын

I think we should have “1 Mike” as the official flag measurement system 😂

@tallyhallguy Жыл бұрын

Great video captain! Keep up the awesome work.

@FluxKitten Жыл бұрын

Great info that I was curious about.

@ThunderClawShocktrix 2 ай бұрын

can't believe i wasn't subscribed to this channel; what a gem of a channel

@richatom71 Жыл бұрын

Another brilliant, and insightful episode .

@ChickVicious237 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting!!

@garygreen7552 Жыл бұрын

As a former U. S. Navy petty officer I remember some of the rules about flags, most of which you covered. On U.S. Navy ships in port the U. S. Flay, the Ensign is flown on the stern. On the bow is flown the jack. In my time that was the blue field of stars on the US Flag. I believe at least some ships fly the "Don't Tread on Me" flag with a snake dating from the Revolutionary War. When at sea the Ensign is flown from a mast, usually near the signal bridge. The signal flags showing the ship's call sign were always flown when under weigh in port, entering and leaving. This was flown from one of several halyards handled at the signal bridge. Other flags would be flown to denote the presence of a pilot and other operations such as refueling and taking on ammunition. Not much different from your description of British merchant ship practices.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

The "Don't Tread On Me" flag was revived during the Bicentennial years of 1975-1976. I know, I was THERE!. (USMC) Post-1976 the 50-star jack was reinstated. However, as I understand it the "Don't Tread On Me" jack was revived after 9/11/2001 when the War on Terror began. It was in use until 2019 when the 50-star jack was reinstated. By the way, the 50-star jack is properly called the Union Jack! You know, John Paul Jones didn't like the rattlesnake flag, it gave him the creeps! Personally I LIKE it! Much better than the 50-star jack, very dramatic and historic. If it was up to me I'd make it permanent.

@koalastralia Жыл бұрын

The Titanic's First officer, William McMaster Murdoch's 3x great aunt was Mary Ann Paul, (John Paul Jones' older sister). Mark Louden (brother of William's 2 x great-grandmother, Ann Louden) married Mary Ann Paul at Kirkbean, Scotland in 1777, just before John Paul Jones commanded the Ranger.

@TM_2024GO Жыл бұрын

So practical!!

@mixoupe Жыл бұрын

Superb information!

@kjellisen1706 Жыл бұрын

I love these types of videos❤️😅

@johnbeauvais3159 Жыл бұрын

During Olympic’s military service, would she have still been flying the red ensign or would she have received a different flag to denote armed merchant service?

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

That's a good question, and it's an "It depends" situation. If Olympic was being operated by Royal Navy personnel and taken into service as "HMS Olympic" it would have flown the Royal Navy's White Ensign. If chartered by the British government but manned by a White Star crew it would have flown a Blue Ensign. Operated as a commercial ship only it would have flown a Red Ensign unless as Mike stated it carried a number of RN reservists as part of the crew, then it would have rated a Blue Ensign.

@JimmyRustenhaven Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!! I had a few people arguing with me in a Titanic group on FB why I put the American flag on the forward mast of my Trumpeter model and I got so tired of explaining to people why haha!!!

@robbicu Жыл бұрын

Well done!

@stephenbritton9297 Жыл бұрын

The White Ensign of the RN, the Red Ensign of the merchant service, and the Blue Ensign were all originally RN ensigns, denoting seniority within a flag rank, and which mast it flew on determined the flag officer's rank. (mizzen for rear adm, fore for vice and main for Adm.) Blue-red-white was the seniority order of the ensigns. All ships assigned to that ADM would fly that color ensign on the stern.

@TheStevieD182 Жыл бұрын

Yeeii ... FUN WITH FLAGS! 😄 Sheldon would be proud of you! He actually never made an episode about Flags on ships, I think!

@markt9805 Жыл бұрын

Great video, I always learn so much when I watch your videos. So if the flags were 6 feet tall the photos of you leaning against the flags indicate that you are taller than 6 feet.

@alferdoss3208 Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@ilovetractors40 Жыл бұрын

Great video as always. Please make a video of if titanic and britannic/ gigantic did not sink

@mbj1138 Жыл бұрын

I believe both are there already.

@tracylloyd1124 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@discomfortzone Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video mate. I ended up getting a white star line flag made for my titanic Lego set.

@SimonDman Жыл бұрын

Bout time someone made a video like this

@rasmus945 Жыл бұрын

Love this

@sylverfox6973 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting.

@patrickgomes2213 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I’ve been slowly accruing Titanic’s flags and displaying them the week of April 14 every year.

@imakeboatsifudidntknow Жыл бұрын

That's very very interesting, i thought the flags are just for design 😅

@harryroberts2875 Жыл бұрын

Rlly diggin Down deep in the titanic barrel here Mike. Either way, good job (:

@OceanlinerDesigns Жыл бұрын

I see it more as an opportunity to discuss standard practices which apply to all other ships through a Titanic lens! So if you know how it worked on Titanic - you know how it worked on Mauretania for example :)

@harryroberts2875 Жыл бұрын

@@OceanlinerDesigns fair enough lad. Understandable (:

@harryroberts2875 Жыл бұрын

@@OceanlinerDesigns thx for replying as well btw

@shubanskh9329 Жыл бұрын

Wow I didn't know about the different verients of flags and their meaning I mostly thought they were for decorations or occasion propose good to know..

@S3JUN3 Жыл бұрын

Cool

@ErectkyleDysfunction Жыл бұрын

Big flags; makes sense why they're so defined in paintings. They could've been seen from quiet a distance 😃

@myvideosetc.8271 Жыл бұрын

Things I did not know I needed until I saw them: This video.

@allentoyokawa9068 Жыл бұрын

Titanic: A British ship, owned by an American company, built in Ireland.

@DerpyPossum Жыл бұрын

British ship, owned by a British company which was under an American mercantile, built in then-British-ruled Ireland.

@koalastralia Жыл бұрын

With French chefs.

@Ships-yg6zh 8 күн бұрын

Yay my birthday was when the titanic first arrived into Southampton.

@randomrazr Жыл бұрын

i remember seeing a photo of olympic or titanic that had a BUNCH of flags flying across the top cable mast of hte ship from the front mast to the stern. do you recall what that was for?

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you saw a photo where either one "dressed ship." Sometimes dressing ship is done for national holidays, or when a ship makes it's first visit to a port as kind of a salute and "How do you do?" to that particular port. Dressing ship is only done in port, never at sea. I don't know about commercial ships but the US Navy and Royal Navy have a particular sequence for the signal flags when dressing ship. It dosn't spell out any message though.

@randomrazr Жыл бұрын

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 even rainbow flags?

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

@@randomrazr Well not THAT rainbow flag. You may have noticed one of the more colorful signal flags that stood out even in a black and white photo.

@sinisterintelligence3568 Жыл бұрын

As a fan of signal flags, this was very informative! I'm even buying a blue ensign for my birthday from Amazon.

@OceanlinerDesigns Жыл бұрын

Oh great! Where will you put it? :)

@sinisterintelligence3568 Жыл бұрын

@@OceanlinerDesigns In my window.

@weathergage Жыл бұрын

Saw your shorts about th bells of Titanic- The second bell would alså have been required to give fog signals.

@TheHylianBatman Жыл бұрын

An excellent video! I like flags a lot, they fascinate me, so it's great to hear about Titanic's! I knew she had signal flags, of course, but all the others were news to me. I always wondered what the point of that line connecting the mast and the first funnel was. I do have a question: did Titanic, and, in general, other ships, only carry one set of signal flags? I know they can be used as letters, but constricting yourself to only one letter is a bit too restrictive, I would think.

@OceanlinerDesigns Жыл бұрын

There were multiples of each flag although I’m not sure on the exact numbers there :) They were kept in a locker in the wheelhouse.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

While each signal flag corresponds to one letter or number combinations of the same are used to form a "shorthand" message or signal. If a shorthand version isn't in the signal book the flags can be used to spell out a complete message. Single signal flags when flown by themselves also have a shorthand message such as "I am turning to port/starbord" or "I need assitance" and so on.

@TheHylianBatman Жыл бұрын

@@OceanlinerDesigns Thanks!

@Brandyalla Жыл бұрын

Neat! Thanks for the information. I don't know what I'll use it for in my everyday inland life, but any day you learn something new is a good day. You used yourself for scale on these six-feet-tall flags...are you about 6'5 then, or are Australian feet measurements different than American ones?

@OceanlinerDesigns Жыл бұрын

Yessir spot on - 6’5!

@Brandyalla Жыл бұрын

Again, neat! Being an outlier from the norm myself, I always appreciate it in others

@SaturnCanuck Жыл бұрын

That was great Mike. I like how you are always dressed in a tie and vest. Distinguished. I also never thought you that tall. But hard to see behind a microphone.

@bonnietrujillo4142 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a video of the Sheer line on the ships

@nordisk1874 Жыл бұрын

The 4 letter/flag call sign hvmp is . Like the TS Empire State VI is KKFW and the P&Os second Oriana was ZCDU9 the same as he predecessor. So it’s still used in radio communication as well, at least in the colonies.

@IntrepidMilo Жыл бұрын

Great video. P for Papa mean All person should report on board as the vessel is about to proceed to sea.

@klhaldane Жыл бұрын

My first response to the title was "as very small sails to increase the cruising speed". Gotta get that Blue Riband somehow!

@flametitan100 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if _Titanic_ ever actually flew the Pilot jack, as it seemed like an odd thing for the Lego Titanic to include it but not the White Star Flag (I assume that has something to do with Cunard still holding trademarks for the White Star.)

@StevieBtn77 Жыл бұрын

Aww. Poor old Alec Guinness took the wrong flag. (Raise the Titanic(1980), touching scene where he pulls out a White Star pennant-style flag, not the Blue Ensign).

@cleverusername9369 4 ай бұрын

2:14 is our friend Mike Brady really about 6 and a half feet tall? Guess it's hard to say, now that I'm thinking about it I don't think I've ever actually seen him standing up.

@ZGryphon Жыл бұрын

Interesting! I remember seeing the US flag on a model of _Titanic_ once and assuming it was there because IMM was an American-owned company (and thinking how that must have galled the British crew).

@mimikins7748 Ай бұрын

Ownership doesn’t change the nationality of a company so no one ever considered white star line to be American.

@Merennulli Жыл бұрын

I feel like there's a missed joke with the Pilot Jack and where Jack Dawson was standing in the iconic scene in the 1997 Titanic movie.

@calebleger456 Жыл бұрын

New video recommendation- “What if Titanic’s boulder doors hadn’t been shut” Would there have been an explosion that created an even larger gash in her hull?

@triple_play_games 9 ай бұрын

There was a Flag code in later times for "I have struck and Iceberg"

@Surfsupedits 7 ай бұрын

I just got back from princess discovery and I saw the red duster

@alexbenis4726 Жыл бұрын

What about the flag poles on the docking bridge, were flags ever flown from them and were they signal flags?

@michaelgrey7854 6 ай бұрын

The New Zealand flag is a version of the Blue Ensign. (Australia copied us) :)

@steamerbv Жыл бұрын

Looks like Blue Peter indicating the master and some officers is in the Royal Navy Reserve. I have a Red Duster from the Queen Elizabeth.

@jonathanlee7355 Жыл бұрын

Now I I'm curious. The day she was dressed in Southampton, what were all the flags? If they were signal flags, what did they spell out? How were they raised and lowered, especially the ones over the funnel?

@niranjanrao369 Жыл бұрын

In future, near Iceberg area night journeys should be avoided. During nights without lights it is not visible so why lighted big boards are fitted on both sides with " HELP " so that helping ships can see and save. Thanks.

@kimopuppy Жыл бұрын

Great Voice, Always handsome, Fantastic information

@timewhale6080 Жыл бұрын

What was the song playing in the intro of the video?

@indridcold8433 6 ай бұрын

Blue Peter, oh the personal pain.

@Jamesszy94 Жыл бұрын

Do we know if these flags still exist on the wreck somewhere?

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

If the flag lockers are intact and undamamged the flags would still be in there, however it's problematic just what's left of them. British flags of the time were made of wool which is quite durable but consdering the VERY hostile environment two-and-a-half miles down I wouldn't be optimistic.

@oscartapia1409 8 ай бұрын

5:14 Ohhhhhh so that’s why I saw theses in the krusty krab

@Ricklet0ons Жыл бұрын

Who knew flags could say a thousand words

@rob5944 Жыл бұрын

Very informative, however may I respectfully point out that the lines described as 'Haliyards' are in fact halyards and that the naval rank mentioned is pronounced 'Left-tennant' in the Royal Navy and not lieutenant, as in the US Navy (unless I'm mistaken, if so please accept my apologies). Also Mike looks incredibly tall in the comparison shot. An I missing something there too?

@OceanlinerDesigns Жыл бұрын

No sir, I am 6’6” :)

@rob5944 Жыл бұрын

@@OceanlinerDesigns wow, you don't look it sat down lol. Nice suit & hat btw!

@Swaggs907 Жыл бұрын

I thought you said a “scented white star” at first and my dumbass thought “wait, what did it smell like?” Love the titanic stuff on the channel tho. Idk why it’s so fascinating.

@gigachad-bahiano6355 Жыл бұрын

On Titqnic, on cerimonial, have the flags of all countrys or just countrys by some relation with Great-Britain?

@mikebrown3772 Жыл бұрын

Would code flag H have been worn while the pilot was on board as the ship left Southampton?

@tubewatcher77 Жыл бұрын

On my ships I only fly the Jolly Roger.

@YouTube_is_trash_365 9 ай бұрын

Our friend Mike Brady is 6’6”? 😮

@WeaselKing1000 Жыл бұрын

I have in the past had to painstakingly correct someone who believed that the tail end of the 'King of the World' scene in the 1997 film showed 'Titanic' flying 'an Australian or New Zealand flag'. This same person believed they 'knew' the correct ensign 'Titanic' should have been flying. Sigh...

@Unownshipper Жыл бұрын

3:25 Why did Titanic not fly the flag of Ireland at the time of entering Queenstown. Refresh my memory, had Ireland not become a free state at this time?

@DerpyPossum Жыл бұрын

It was indeed flying Ireland’s flag when entering. The picture shown was taken a little while before the ship left for the United States.

@DerpyPossum Жыл бұрын

*likely

@Johndoe-mv5ii 11 ай бұрын

Ireland wasn't independent until 1919-1921

@inukshuksixtyfour1164 Жыл бұрын

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@RJK-Games Жыл бұрын

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

@dwaveryn Жыл бұрын

Thanks for another awesome and highly informative video, Mike. Curious.... you pronounced lieutenant the American way rather than British. Is that how it's pronounced in Australia or did you do it so as to not confuse your US viewers?

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure but I think ONLY the British Army uses the pronunciation "leftenant," the Royal Navy pronounces it "lootenant." No-one really knows why the British Army pronounces it the way they do, although a camp diagram from the Engish Civil War of the 17th Century might give a clue. A line of tents pictured on the diagram are called "The Levetenant's Tents."

@dwaveryn Жыл бұрын

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 it's definitely pronounced the same in all branches of the British military. Just watch any British war movie. I'm in Canada and it's the same here.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

@@dwaveryn Interesting! Thanks! Next time I watch "Sink The Bismarck!" or "Pursuit Of The Graf Spee" I'll listen closely! (Both great movies by the way!)

@dwaveryn Жыл бұрын

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 agreed! Both great films. A movie that comes to mind is "Assault on a Queen" in which Americans pose as a British submarine crew in order to detain and rob the Queen Mary. One of the pirates is tripped up when he pronounces lieutenant the American way.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 Жыл бұрын

@@dwaveryn I've seen "Assault On A Queen" myself. Kind of silly, but fun just the same.