Well the Star ships I was on it was recognised that when painting the funnel we had to have it finished that day irrespective of how much overtime it would cost. An old myth on them was also that we used to have prayer mats out in the morning to worship the funnel. Forget at the moment what Star ship it was on the South American port that had sunk but they still kept the funnel painted as it was still showing. Think it was in Montevideo but probably wrong on that score as well. They where always the feature of the ships to have larger funnels than others.
That's the way the mop flops.
My thanks to Brian for this site.
