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sbe18
5th January 2011, 06:39 PM
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7033SI20110104

My god....
I think I am going to dehydrate.....

schooners in England ? WTF ?



As a good Royal Navy submarine officer friend of mine emailed me a few months ago....

His Dartmouth is being converted to luxury flats....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/defence/8069437/Navy-to-close-Dartmouths-Royal-Naval-College-as-part-of-defence-cuts.html

but his record of 2 complete yards of beer in "whatever seconds" is still 4 or 5 seconds better than the record at Sandhurst.....

After 1 wife 3 kids, 20+ years of sea service....it is this fame that he touts over all the Army, Air Force , SAS, and Marine twits he endures....


This is sad......even for a Yank tweeking.

I would have thought the 300+ year requirement for all half pints and pints to be served to the lip would never waiver.


The technocrats in Brussels need swill when they get to Purgatory.....

arses.....

I guess nice thimble sized glasses for whisky are next.....

Some traditions should simply not be messed with.

Enjoy paper cups for ale in 2012 ...????
shit.

s/