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1 posted on 01/24/2025 9:20:52 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv

PeePee PinGGG!.....................


2 posted on 01/24/2025 9:21:16 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

“The most likely explanation is that the bottle was a witch bottle inspired by the traditions of nearby East Anglia.”

The source of the Globull Warming hoax............


3 posted on 01/24/2025 9:22:19 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger; SunkenCiv

“Alternatively, it may reflect a different practice common among sailors, where a bottle filled with urine was buried at their home as a superstitious measure to ensure a safe return from their voyages.”

Well, who doesn’t do this? On the rare times I leave the compound to, ‘go out among the English’ I leave a Witch Bottle behind. Better Safe than Sorry! ;)


4 posted on 01/24/2025 9:24:15 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Red Badger

Or someone thought it would be funny to pee in the bottle and then seal it back up in the hopes someone would open it and take a swig.


5 posted on 01/24/2025 9:25:58 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Red Badger

Wouldn’t it be awesome if if they could perform DNA analysis on the urine and find living descendants? Imagine the student contacting them! “Good day, sir. We have something that once belonged to your gr-gr-gr-grandfather.”


7 posted on 01/24/2025 9:30:12 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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The mystery of a 200-year-old bottle has been solved. It turns out, it wasn’t a vessel for booze, but a “witch bottle” filled with pee and a bunch of botanicals to ward off malevolent spirits.

Yeah, but how did it taste? They didn't say in the article.

8 posted on 01/24/2025 9:31:32 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")
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To: Red Badger

I see some of these witch bottles along the highways, and especially at exit ramps. I’m guessing based on this analysis that they are carefully placed there to ward off wrecks and ensure safe travels...


10 posted on 01/24/2025 9:41:55 AM PST by Hegemony Cricket (< < Wandering aimfully > >)
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To: Red Badger

That’ll put some hair on your chest!


15 posted on 01/24/2025 9:51:37 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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16 posted on 01/24/2025 10:05:12 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: Red Badger

“The mystery of a 200-year-old bottle has been solved. It turns out, it wasn’t a vessel for booze, but a “witch bottle” filled with pee”

I didn’t know they had truck drivers back then.


18 posted on 01/24/2025 10:41:39 AM PST by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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19 posted on 01/24/2025 10:42:41 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Just because it’s urine now doesn’t mean it wasn’t rum at one time.


22 posted on 01/24/2025 11:11:39 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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Should’ve sold it on the collectors’ market before testing it. A crowd of people with more money than sense would have bid a 200 year old bottle of rum up to eight figures. If Johnny Depp has any money left, he would probably end up in a bidding war with Keith Richards and push it higher.

And then get outbid at the end by someone from Hong Kong.


23 posted on 01/24/2025 11:12:23 AM PST by sphinx
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Can anyone prove that pee in a rum bottle doesn’t keep the witches away? I mean, you could ask the witches, and they’ll tell you “We were gonna turn that guy into a newt but he’s got a bottle of pee on his front stoop. Eeeww!” Well, I would, anyway.


25 posted on 01/24/2025 11:16:40 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Red Badger

“gotta go fill the yuengling keg” is code for going to the bathroom at my place...


30 posted on 01/24/2025 11:55:19 AM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁 )
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To: Red Badger

I would imagine that 200 year old pee would hold a lot of interest for all kinds of researchers....


33 posted on 01/24/2025 8:24:39 PM PST by hecticskeptic
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