# Gentlebeings....The Queen!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 31, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlebeings-the-queen/792544 "2017-07-31T23:55:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gentlebeings-the-queen/792544/1 "2017-07-31T23:55:21Z")

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47 years ago - July 31, 1970 the Royal Navy issued [its last tot of rum](http://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-rum-soaked-royal-navy-sobered-up).

So pour the Pusser’s and raise a glass to the poor, suffering sods who still serve, sober.

(It being a Monday, the proper toast is “Our ships at Sea.”)