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RustyRoot — One Body Per Barrel
Published: 2011-11-18 06:52:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 93; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 0
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These reminded me of a story one of my college history professors told about a certain General (Peckingham, I think) that had died on the field here in the States. Out of respect for his rank the American Generals wanted to send his body back home overseas for a proper burial so they stuffed him into a barrel of rum and sent him on his way. Unfortunately the ship's crew did not realize there was a general in the barrel so they drank half the rum...leaving the lower part of the remains perfectly preserved but the upper obliterated by decay.Related content
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Wow. That's definitely a story. I'd for surely feel sick after finding that out though.
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I don't remember if the crew was told or not....if they were they probably never drank rum again for the rest of their lives. (or at least they'd check the barrel first)
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That's a bit of a gruesome story. But interesting none the less.
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Yeah, I know. Professor Miller loved telling stories like this. We hardly used our textbooks in his class so we had to pay attention to everything he said. He was a perfectionist too and actually measured our research papers to make sure we had 1-inch margins. He would deduct points if we did not. (yes, I predate Microsoft Office and had to use a real word-processor)
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I always had professors that threatened they'd do that, but I always played with the margins to prove they were just empty threats.
The ones that tell interesting stories are the best professors though
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