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Lord Justice 07-28-11 06:10 PM

It is a tactic. :DL

Madox58 07-28-11 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Justice (Post 1715523)
It is a tactic. :DL

Makes a Head Shot kind of confuseing don't it?
:haha:

Lord Justice 07-28-11 06:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by privateer (Post 1715528)
Makes a Head Shot kind of confuseing don't it?
:haha:

:up: That it does, we learnt it just after embarkation, once we fell ill during the sail. :yep:

Jimbuna 07-28-11 06:37 PM

LOL :DL

Sailor Steve 07-28-11 06:59 PM

I'm guessing he's referring to the song reputedly played by the British when they surrendered at Yorktown: 'The World Turned Upside Down'.

Jimbuna 07-28-11 07:07 PM

LOL :DL

ABBAFAN 07-28-11 07:10 PM

Indeed.

Actually, I was hiding out in one of the tea boxes that the smugglers dressed as indians threw into Boston harbour to prevent being undercut by the cheap legally imported British tea. Oh right, they were patriots wern't they? Haha. Of course. Well that undercover op went t*ts up.

I found that a flintlock can be fired upside down actually.

And by the way, everybody buy this now..

www.lancashiretea.co.uk

Sailor Steve 07-28-11 07:17 PM

The company whose tea was actually dumped in the harbor was Davison-Newman, who claim to be Britains oldest tea merchants. In America they actually sell their product as

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...rSteve/Tea.jpg

August 07-28-11 07:56 PM

Cool! I wonder if it's any good.

Madox58 07-28-11 08:13 PM

I'd say the label is worth about a buck more now days.
What with all the Yuppies and such buying anything that looks 'Old School'.
:nope:

August 07-28-11 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by privateer (Post 1715682)
I'd say the label is worth about a buck more now days.
What with all the Yuppies and such buying anything that looks 'Old School'.
:nope:

I noticed that. Simulated surface rust? :roll:

frau kaleun 07-28-11 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by August (Post 1715662)
Cool! I wonder if it's any good.

Not really. Too salty. :O:

Madox58 07-28-11 08:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1715687)
Not really. Too salty. :O:

If you don't lick the can it's not.

frau kaleun 07-28-11 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by privateer (Post 1715691)
If you don't lick the can it's not.

:hmmm:


:hmmm:


:hmmm:


:shifty:


Nope, I better not. I've got a pretty clean record here and I wanna keep it that way. :O:

Madox58 07-28-11 08:37 PM

YOU LICKED THE CAN!!!
:haha:


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