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Old 07-28-11, 06:10 PM   #121
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It is a tactic.
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Old 07-28-11, 06:12 PM   #122
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It is a tactic.
Makes a Head Shot kind of confuseing don't it?
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Old 07-28-11, 06:17 PM   #123
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Makes a Head Shot kind of confuseing don't it?
That it does, we learnt it just after embarkation, once we fell ill during the sail.
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Old 07-28-11, 06:37 PM   #124
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LOL
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Old 07-28-11, 06:59 PM   #125
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I'm guessing he's referring to the song reputedly played by the British when they surrendered at Yorktown: 'The World Turned Upside Down'.
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Old 07-28-11, 07:07 PM   #126
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Old 07-28-11, 07:10 PM   #127
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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
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Old 07-28-11, 07:17 PM   #128
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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

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Old 07-28-11, 07:56 PM   #129
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Cool! I wonder if it's any good.
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Old 07-28-11, 08:13 PM   #130
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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'.
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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'.
I noticed that. Simulated surface rust?
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Old 07-28-11, 08:22 PM   #132
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Cool! I wonder if it's any good.
Not really. Too salty.
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Old 07-28-11, 08:26 PM   #133
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Not really. Too salty.
If you don't lick the can it's not.
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Old 07-28-11, 08:29 PM   #134
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Nope, I better not. I've got a pretty clean record here and I wanna keep it that way.
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Old 07-28-11, 08:37 PM   #135
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YOU LICKED THE CAN!!!
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