WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
I have often been asked to explain the difference between the two books, Jack's Dits and Jack's Dits 2, and whether the second is merely a continuation of the first.
The answer is both yes and no.
JACK'S DITS (THE ORIGINAL)
Jack's Dits is an eclectic collection of humorous yarns, fables, and anecdotes. Many have been regaled time and again for years on end, passed down through generations of sailors and from ship to ship. With each telling, a dit is subtly altered: shortened, elongated, or enhanced to suit the mood and occasion of its spinning.
These Dits, Gen Dits, and Gash Dits are interspersed with a few jokes, some tidbits, and a couple of ditties.
JACK'S DITS 2 – MORE TALES FROM THE MESS
Jack's Dits 2 continues in the same tradition, spinning humorous yarns, fables, anecdotes, and jokes. However, it also contains more ditties, some poems, quotes, oddities, a whole bunch of short dits which never found their way into the original volume, and many more jokes.
So, they are the same, but different.
If you enjoyed Jack's Dits, I am certain you will love Jack's Dits 2. Both books are full of cutting humour, absurdity, and preposterous farce. They are frequently obscene, regularly sexually explicit, and often vulgar.
Together, they form a genuine reflection of messdeck banter; the very banter which, in large part, helped make the Royal Navy the best navy in the world.
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Jack's Dits 2: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jacks-Dits-More-Tales-Mess/dp/B08ZFF88RZ
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