Posted on 05/04/2006 8:44:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian builders who drank their way to the bottom of a huge barrel of rum while renovating a house got a nasty surprise when a pickled corpse tumbled out of the empty barrel, a police magazine website reported.
According to online magazine www.zsaru.hu, workers in Szeged in the south of Hungary tried to move the barrel after they had drained it, only to find it was surprisingly heavy and were shocked when the body of a naked man fell out.
The website said that the body of the man had been shipped back from Jamaica 20 years ago by his wife in the barrel of rum in order to avoid the cost and paperwork of an official return.
According to the website, workers said the rum in the 300-liter barrel had a "special taste" so they even decanted a few bottles of the liquor to take home.
The wife has since died and the man was buried in a proper grave.
urban legend?
Hold muh rum alert
Spew. Oh, spew, spew, spew.
So it would appear.....
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/cannibal/tapping.htm
Worker 1: The wife and I had some rum last night. It was pretty good, but I don't know where it came from.
Worker 2: Jamaica?
Worker 1: No, it was her idea.
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Well, the dear departed was a highly spiritual person. Almost like Ted Kennedy.
Unnngh!!!!!
Probably add some delicious fermentables to the recipe.
ping
"AAARRGGH! Tis rum adds a littl' kick to me mornings wit my fried heart 'n liver I tell ya!"
I just hate when that happens.
Typo fixed.
Now that's darn funny. lol.
Thank'ee.
" the man was buried in a proper grave"
Good thing he wasn't cremated. He would burn for a week.
LOL!
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