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Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 4:55 pm
by Istenem
clue: it is the same as the amount of milk kids got before Margaret Thatcher put a stop to that.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 4:59 pm
by Cardinal Sin
ah. A quarter of a pint.
I hope I haven't wasted precious seconds opening up word trying (and failing) to find the 1/4 symbol
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 5:03 pm
by Istenem
nope. a bit more.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 5:09 pm
by Weyland
Third of a pint?
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 5:19 pm
by Istenem
Weyland gets it and pips Cardinal Mooncalf to the spoils.
quite a few belgian bars offer 3x1/3 glasses of taster beers. anyway over to Weyland.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 5:33 pm
by Weyland
Right, speaking of measures of beer...
A yard of ale is very roughly 3 pints. But what extra item is a newly qualified submarine sailor supposd to drink from the bulb of the yard glass (along with the beer) as part of his unofficial qualification ritual?
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:04 am
by Istenem
a small frog?
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:08 am
by Weyland
Surprisingly close. It is aquatic, or at least its nickname is.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:20 am
by Istenem
a medium-sized frog then?
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:27 am
by Weyland
I said aquatic, not amphibian.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:29 am
by Cardinal Sin
A goldfish?
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:35 am
by Weyland
Too specific.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:39 am
by Cardinal Sin
Bah. A fish then.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:48 am
by Weyland
Spot on. I would also have accepted dolphin, but how you'd fit one of those into the bulb of a yard glass, I have no idea...
I refer to the compulsory "Drinking of the fish from the bulb of the yard" imposed upon a newly qualified submarine sailor by one's qualified shipmates at a tavern ashore. The "fish" in question is actually the Submarine Warfare Insignia (also known as a "dolphin"), a uniform breast pin worn by enlisted men and officers of the United States Navy to indicate that they are qualified in submarines.
Take it away YE.
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 10:56 am
by Cardinal Sin
Thank you good sir.
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