Black Tot......

[Phantom]

When I get home, I shall have my dinner then I shall whistle the last post and drink a large glass of rum.......

For those of us with any nautical background, today is "Black Tot" day.

Black Tot commemorates the final daily rum issue to serving members of the Royal Navy. So today is the 45th anniversary of that dark day.......

There are a few reasons that a tot can still be issued/drawn. If a senior member of the Royal family orders "splice the mainbrace", or (as the excellent Surg Lt Cdr Rick Jolly found out while running the Ajax Bay field hospital "down south" in 82) there is also still provision for an "arduous duty" tot....

There may be a few others.........

[Icefever]

As rum's my favorite....I'll raise a tot just before bedtime....

[Phantom]

It ended up as fish 'n chips, 2 pints of rum and coke and a large grog..........

[Icefever]

2 pints of rum and come and a large grog..........

2 PINTS??? what in one sitting??

[Phantom]

2 pints of rum and coke and a large grog..........

2 PINTS??? what in one sitting??

Yes. About "3 fingers" of rum in a pint glass topped up with coke, makes a nice pint........

it was only about a quarter pint of grog at the end (ran out of coke)

[Icefever]

3 Fingers ahh now that makes sense.. that's very close to my way of drinking.. or you can work on the W C Fields method of ....2 fingers of Rye..

[optic]

How about buying a bottle of this https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-12109.aspxhttps://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-12109.aspx virtually giving it away .

[Phantom]

How about buying a bottle of this https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-12109.aspxhttps://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-12109.aspx virtually giving it away .

Seen those, as well as various types (bottles and content) of Pussers.....

I just toast it with my own........