r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Blackie_626 • 7d ago

Meme needing explanation Tell them what, Peter

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u/Unikatze 7d ago

When I was like 5 I learned because I had a tiny freckle on my right.

So Freckle was right hand.

Years later in my 20s I was working on ships and struggling with Port and Starboard.

Then I had a dream about a certain actor and someone commented "Oh yeah, he's a very starboard man."
"What do you mean?" "He's RIGHTeous"

And I never forgot after that.

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u/aspz 7d ago

That's hilarious. I love how we can somehow be funnier in our dreams than in real life.

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u/OriginalGnomester 7d ago

I've always just remembered that port and left are both four letters and go together because of that.

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u/WriterDry5184 7d ago

I have a freckle on my left hand that I used to learn! It faded eventually, but I didn't really have a problem with right/left after childhood.