A couple of seamen (twins) were celebrating their birthdays by breaking into the stores at HMS Victory, Portsmouth. Were drinking neat rum, which at that time was one of rum to three of water. Both were found dead.
that story...... about the twins dying of alcohol poisoning..... I've heard that before, many years ago.. My uncle was in the Royal Navy in the war. He told me that a pair of identical twins turned twentyone on the ship. I thought that my uncle was on the Ark Royal. He said that just about all of the ships' company gave the twins 'sippers', which is a taste of their own 'tot'. Harry said that sippers from a tot is not much more than enough to wet your lips..... but there were many hundreds of seamen on a big warship. They were found dead later. This story stuck with me... absolute tragedy.
Its rancid Having drunk it for almost a year when asking for a Brandy and coke in Oz they always misheard me and gave me Bundy and coke...</p> Its making me want to puke just thinking about it.</p>
