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Re: Imperial Guard Backpack
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lugnet.pirates
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Date:
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Thu, 14 Oct 1999 14:35:52 GMT
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Jeff Johnston wrote:
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> Mike Stanley wrote:
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> > Ed Jones <ejones@bloomington.in.us> wrote:
> > > I am suitably chastened and chastized. Shall I maroon myself or walk the
> > > plank?
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> > Arrrr, just swab the deck a little, matey.
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> Keel-haul the swabbie! And make him kiss the gunner's daughter!
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> J, who doesn't remember exactly what kissing the gunner's daughter is, but
> seems to remember it's rather more dire than the name suggests...
Here's an excerpt from
http://broadside.napoleonicwars.com/broadside8.html:
If the ships boys were caught up to trouble they might
be made to' kiss the gunners daughter.' They were bent
over a cannon and caned on the backside. The gunner
was the officer in charge of the boys welfare.
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) Keel-haul the swabbie! And make him kiss the gunner's daughter! J, who doesn't remember exactly what kissing the gunner's daughter is, but seems to remember it's rather more dire than the name suggests... (25 years ago, 14-Oct-99, to lugnet.pirates)
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