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The USS Constitution (Humor)
Posted on 08/31/2003 6:44:39 PM PDT by annyokie
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No offense Navy! Gimme those Army jokes!
Happy Holiday Weekend, ya'll!
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posted on
08/31/2003 6:44:39 PM PDT
by
annyokie
To: annyokie
>>of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn
Wohoooo! I'll drink to that!
To: annyokie
LOL! Nearly twice as much rum than fresh water... Colonial America was full of drunks.
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posted on
08/31/2003 6:47:25 PM PDT
by
Lunatic Fringe
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To: annyokie
This was one of my Grandfather's favorite stories! He'd read it to us every Thanksgiving and Christmas, and laugh like hell. (This, after a few martinis, mind you.)
A classic. Thanks for sharing it!
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posted on
08/31/2003 6:58:08 PM PDT
by
nicollo
To: annyokie
The to and fro course of the ship wasn't due to tacking into the wind. They just couldn't sail a straight line.
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posted on
08/31/2003 6:58:16 PM PDT
by
tlb
To: annyokie
The to and fro course of the ship wasn't due to tacking into the wind. They just couldn't sail a straight line.
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posted on
08/31/2003 6:58:54 PM PDT
by
tlb
To: annyokie
This was one of my Grandfather's favorite stories! He'd read it to us every Thanksgiving and Christmas, and laugh like hell. (This, after a few martinis, mind you.)
A classic. Thanks for sharing it!
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posted on
08/31/2003 6:59:07 PM PDT
by
nicollo
To: annyokie
Sounds like Wednesday Night at the Races off Grosse Ile, Michigan. LOL. Some 'barley pops', too.
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:00:33 PM PDT
by
jws3sticks
((Hillary can take a long walk on a short pier, anytime, the sooner the better!))
To: nicollo
You're very welcome!
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:01:59 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: annyokie
Thanks, great story , haha..
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:07:37 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(God uses ordinary people to carry out his extraordinary plan. I am willing Lord, use me!)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Kathy in Alaska
you'll like this!
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:08:46 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(God uses ordinary people to carry out his extraordinary plan. I am willing Lord, use me!)
To: annyokie
What crap. We were not fighting the British then and would not for 14 more years. Add to that how little water these guys are said to be drinking and the amount of rum all in Carribean waters and it doesn't add up.
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:08:50 PM PDT
by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(PEACE - Through Superior Firepower)
To: annyokie
Being an old swab, at first I took this story at face value, but then decided I had to run the numbers!
Even with only the first load of 79,400 gallons of rum, and 475 officers and men, that is 167 gallons per man. They were gone about seven months for 24 gallons of rum per man per month. With thirty day months this is about three quarts and six fluid ounces per day per man. This is a lot of booze even for a Navy man! Especially kept up every day for seven months! And doesn't include all the other booze!
The average enlisted swab hardly ever drinks more than two quarts of booze a day! More is excessive! Story isn't true!
Wait! I know why the numbers don't come out! The OFFICERS drank all of that booze over two quarts per man! Of course! Case closed!
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:15:07 PM PDT
by
Iris7
("..the Eternal Thompson Gunner.." - Zevon)
To: HoustonCurmudgeon
It's a STORY! Were you there? Lighten up, already.
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:15:57 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: annyokie
A finer boat has never floated.
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:17:31 PM PDT
by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: Iris7
Personal experience, eh, Cap't? ; )
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:18:20 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: annyokie
It's a STORY! Were you there? Lighten up, already.It would be a better story if it had ANY bases in fact... and yes I was there.
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:19:09 PM PDT
by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(PEACE - Through Superior Firepower)
To: facedown
Very nice! Thanks!
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:19:54 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: HoustonCurmudgeon
Curmudgeon Award for you, indeed!
So, WHO drank all the booze, me friend? : )
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:21:09 PM PDT
by
annyokie
(One good thing about being wrong is the joy it brings to others.)
To: annyokie
So, WHO drank all the booze, me friend? : ) My vote is for the guy who made up the story! ;-)
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posted on
08/31/2003 7:22:40 PM PDT
by
HoustonCurmudgeon
(PEACE - Through Superior Firepower)
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