The Answer to Life- Phoenix 42

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:55 pm

clue: it is the same as the amount of milk kids got before Margaret Thatcher put a stop to that.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:59 pm

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

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:03 pm

nope. a bit more.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:09 pm

Third of a pint?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:19 pm

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.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:33 pm

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?

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:04 am

a small frog?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:08 am

Surprisingly close. It is aquatic, or at least its nickname is.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:20 am

a medium-sized frog then?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:27 am

I said aquatic, not amphibian.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:29 am

A goldfish?

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:35 am

Too specific.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:39 am

Bah. A fish then.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:48 am

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.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:56 am

Thank you good sir.

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