« on: May 15, 2006, 05:38:55 PM »
blobrana wrote:
Hum,
strangely, to preserve Lord Admiral Nelson's body on the journey back home from the battle of Trafalgar, it was placed in a full barrel of Rum as well.
i don't recall what happened afterwards to the rum, but i suspect it was consumed by the crew of HMS Victory...
in a final toast, so to speak...
hence the naval term 'tipping the admiral': to have a crafty snifter of rum illicitly.
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