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On this date in 1970

Posted on 07/31/2017 4:37:41 AM PDT by Bull Snipe

Her Most Britannic Majesty's Navy ends the tradition of the rum ration to its sailors. It will be known as Black Tot Day. Flogging was ended in 1879, now only one traditions remains in the Royal Navy.


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1 posted on 07/31/2017 4:37:41 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe

Rum, sodomy and the lash .....


2 posted on 07/31/2017 4:44:13 AM PDT by njslim
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To: Bull Snipe

As a FReeper, I am not going to read the article, so I have but 2 words:

Anal Rape.


3 posted on 07/31/2017 5:01:34 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Trump's election does not release you from your prepping responsibilites!)
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To: Bull Snipe

there is no cannibalism in the Queen’s navy...


4 posted on 07/31/2017 5:42:49 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: T-Bone Texan
I am not going to read the article

What article?

5 posted on 07/31/2017 5:54:05 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts ("Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers)
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> there is no cannibalism in the Queen’s navy... <

“There is no cannibalism in the British Navy. Absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount, more than we are prepared to admit, but all new ratings are warned that if they wake up in the morning and find any toothmarks at all anywhere on their bodies, they’re to tell me immediately so that I can immediately take every measure to hush the whole thing up.”

Admiral Graham Chapman, MP

(The MP in this instance does not stand for Member of Parliament, but for the organization Admiral Chapman belonged to.)


6 posted on 07/31/2017 6:45:04 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

i didn’t expect that...

but thanks... love MP ...

hate their politics.


7 posted on 07/31/2017 6:51:37 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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Right, stop that, stop that...IT’S SILLY!


8 posted on 07/31/2017 8:20:53 AM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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