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Originally Posted by phidauex
Doh, got me there.  "Honestly, gov'na, its me daily medicines!"
I think it was also a "Limey" who got the idea to add lime juice to sailors' rum rations so they would get their vitamin C (and hence inventing the swarthy beverage known as 'grog'). You wacky Brits... Any ideas on how I can convince my boss to let ME drink at work?
peace,
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Actually two separate items. Admiral Vernon, know for wearing a Grogram cloak in bad weather, is reputed to have been the first Naval officer to order his sailors daily ration of Rum to be diluted with water (about 1745).
Members of the British Navy became known as Limeys because they would eat limes to get Vitamin C and thus prevent scurvy - which was a major obstacle to world exploration otherwise. I don't think the lime juice specifically went in the Rum though. I never really understood how Limey was intended to be an insult: it identifies you as someone who has not fallen ill to scurvy, so presumably does not have bleeding gums, bleeding under the skin and general weakness. Sounds like something to envy, not denegrate
Kevin
Kevin