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Drinkers shock at body in rum barrel ("it had a special taste..")
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| 5/5/06
| Mikey_1962
Posted on 05/05/2006 11:28:08 AM PDT by Mikey_1962
Drinkers shock at body in rum barrel From correspondents in Budapest 04may06 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-litre 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
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
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According to the website, workers said the rum in the 300-litre barrel had a "special taste" so they even decanted a few bottles of the liquor to take home.
I'll bet it did have a special taste. Must have been dark rum.
To: Mikey_1962
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:30:49 AM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Mikey_1962
Think of it as the worm at the bottom of a bottle of Tequila.
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:31:40 AM PDT
by
11Bush
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To: Mikey_1962
the body of the man had been shipped back from Jamaica 20 years ago 1986 - a good year for .........
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:33:37 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Mikey_1962
Qouth the corpse: "I'll bet Lord Nelson didn't have to put up with this crap!"
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:33:58 AM PDT
by
wideawake
To: 11Bush
Words. Just. Fail. Me.
(Maybe it was a big worm, and that's why she had it pickled???)
(as in "Welcome to Jamaica, have a nice day")
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:34:18 AM PDT
by
null and void
(Hillary!™ would have been a big astronaut. Say that slowly)
To: Mikey_1962
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:34:27 AM PDT
by
hispanarepublicana
(The GOP should not fall for the soft bigotry of assuming all Hispanics are pro-amnesty.)
To: Mikey_1962
Historical note:
After the battle of Trafalgar, to keep it from spoiling, Adm Nelson's body was placed in a cask of rum before being shipped back to London.
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:34:33 AM PDT
by
auzerais
(Congress is the only whorehouse in America that loses money)
To: Mikey_1962
So they finally found Captain Morgan. RIP.
To: Mikey_1962
This isn't an urban legend?
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:35:54 AM PDT
by
Junior_G
To: Mikey_1962
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:36:03 AM PDT
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: Mikey_1962
To: Mikey_1962
I saw the headline and assumed it was just another party at Duke.
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:36:51 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: Mikey_1962
For that Special Taste!!!!!!!
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:37:30 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(In warfare there are no constant conditions. --- The Art of War by SunTzu)
To: Mikey_1962
I think it's unlikely that this story is true.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/cannibal/tapping.asp
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:37:58 AM PDT
by
Junior_G
To: Mikey_1962
If I remember correctly, the body of Admiral Nelson was preserved in a cask of rum for the trip back from Trafalgar.
And I seem to remember crews in those days sneaking drinks from the barrel of other preserved corpes, in at least one case drinking the barrel dry.
To: HEY4QDEMS
To: Mikey_1962
According to the website, workers said the rum in the 300-litre barrel had a "special taste" so they even decanted a few bottles of the liquor to take home. I love a full-bodied rum.
To: jaydubya2
D'oh! I had a feeling that was going to happen.
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