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- From: stefan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Stefan Michalowski)
- Subject: Re: boat drinks
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.224008.9918@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <28169@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1992Nov16.085627.17074@alcatel.no> <1252@tekcae.cax.tek.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 22:40:08 GMT
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- In article <1252@tekcae.cax.tek.com> paulh@tekcae.cax.tek.com (Paul Hammer) writes:
- >>As a passing reference, I recently saw a TV program about the Carribean where
- >>grog was said to be the acronym for 'Good Rum Of Grenada'. Anybody know if
- >>this is true? I.e. when did the Royal Navy start to use the term 'grog'?
- >
- >It's false. Grog is named after a certain Captain Grog whom was
- >the first to cut the rum ration...
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- Didn't Humphrey Bogart play Captain Grog in a movie about a WWII minesweeper?
- Seriously, folks, grog was named for Admiral Something-or-other of the
- Royal Navy who was a bit of a party-pooper and first started watering down
- the hooch. His nickname was "Old Grog" becuase of the grogram (a kind of coarse
- fabric) cloak that he wore on deck. I'll look up the details in the Oxford
- Companion when I get home.
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- Stefan
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