# No rum? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760 "2008-06-22T04:51:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/21 "2008-06-23T04:53:22Z")
Because there’s still 13 months of probation left? ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/22 "2008-06-23T13:03:43Z")
I was at a music festival and the OP was painted onto a little sign. I saw an older fella jostle his way through some browsers to get to it. He looked so happy as if someone finally understood his dilemma and validated it. Cash was produced and the man walked away happy. I only tuck into the rum when there is no beer. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/23 "2008-06-23T13:14:25Z")
[QUOTE=Angua] That’ll be mine then! The Bowmore’s almost finished over here… 😛 [/QUOTE] _glug_ Anything with it? ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/24 "2008-06-23T13:35:02Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] _glug_ Anything with it? [/QUOTE] Nah. The Bowmore’s drunk neat. No ice, no water. Just scotch. Well, scotch and 80% dark chocolate. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/25 "2008-06-23T14:28:50Z")
When we went to Belize last year, we found that we really, really like One Barrel Rum, which is basically the national rum. We don’t even much care for alcohol, as a general rule… but we love this stuff. Unfortunately, it’s not normally imported into the US. However, here in Washington, it can be special ordered- if you order a case of it. We ALWAYS have rum, now. I’m now trying to get a case of their coconut rum. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/26 "2008-06-23T17:02:20Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Rum is what makes Keira Knightley attractive. [/QUOTE] I mostly agree: IMnshO, Keira Knightly is what makes rum attractive. ---
**Author:** ![dactylic\_hexameter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@dactylic\_hexameter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dactylic_hexameter)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/27 "2008-06-23T22:01:37Z")
Gosling’s Black Seal Rum tagline: Since 1858, one of the finest rums widely unavailable. That’s because when you put it on ice and add a splash of ginger beer, it’s basically the most desirable drink ever. EVER. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/28 "2008-06-23T22:52:28Z")
I do like rum on occasion but seems to remind me of Southern Comfort way too much. Worst hangover ever. Even today when I go to the liquor store I look away at the Southern Comfort bottles. Have you ever had a three day hangover? Not a pretty sight. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/29 "2008-06-23T22:58:27Z")
[QUOTE=gravitycrash] Have you ever had a three day hangover? Not a pretty sight. [/QUOTE] It’s not healthy to drink for three days straight. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/30 "2008-06-23T23:07:15Z")
If I bought rum it would be for a purpose: drinking it all. That’s why no rum at my house. I can keep wine around the house for months. Give me a bottle of Scotch/Whiskey/Bourbon it’ll be here ten years from now when you come looking for it. Don’t leave vodka, tequila or rum around my house. It’s a goner. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/31 "2008-06-23T23:10:23Z")
This is the reason that I’ve learned to pace myself. No binge drinking for me! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/32 "2008-06-23T23:13:30Z")
For the same reason that no household ever runs out of salt. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/33 "2008-06-23T23:45:12Z")
Woot! I just got a call from the Washington State Liquor office (or whatever it’s called). There’s a delay due to labeling, but I should be able to get a case of the coconut rum I like so much- in a few weeks. So, yes rum. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/34 "2008-06-24T00:41:54Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] It’s not healthy to drink for three days straight. [/QUOTE] Nah mate, after three days it’s not healthy to _stop_. 🆒 Oh, and **dactylic hexameter** , a Dark and Stormy is the only worthwhile thing to use rum for besides Mai Tais. And I don’t drink Mai Tais anymore. However I do have half of a case of Evan Williams left that I’m slowly churning my way through but I always seem to be running low on sweet vermouth. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760/35 "2008-06-24T02:07:07Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] What drink would make me attractive to Keira Knightley? [/QUOTE] Might I suggest the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster? Some traditional Sea Shanties seem in order… Dress me up in me oilskins and jumper No more on the docks I’ll be seen Just tell me old shipmates I’m taking a trip, mates And I’ll see you someday on Fiddlers’ Green Oh, Fiddlers’ Green is a place I’ve heard tell Where fishermen go if they dont go to Hell Where the weather is fair and the dolphins do play And the cold coast of Greenland is far far away Where the sky’s always blue and there’s never a gale Where the fish jump on board with a swish of their tails Where you lie at your leisure, there’s no work to do And the skipper’s below making tea for the crew When you get back to dock and your long trip is through There’s pubs, and there’s clubs, and there’s lassies there, too The girls are all pretty and the beer is all free And **there’s bottles of rum growing on every tree** Well I don’t want a harp nor a halo, not me Just give me a breeze and a good rolling sea And I’ll play me old squeezebox as we sail along With the wind in the rigging to sing me this song When I was a little boy my mother always told me ’Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe That if I did not kiss the girls my lips would all grow moldy ’Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe Once in my life I married a wife but she was fat and lazy… Then I met an Irish girl, she damn near drove me crazy… ’Way, haul away, we’ll haul and sing together ’Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe Once I was in Ireland, a-digging turf and taters But now I’m on a Limey ship, a-hauling on the braces St. Patrick drove away the snakes, then drank up all the whiskey This made him dance and sing a jig, he felt so fine and frisky ’Way, haul away, we’re bound for better weather ’Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe You call yourself a second mate but you can’t tie a bowline You cannot even stand up straight when the ship it is a-rolling The cook is in the galley making duff so handy The captain’s in his cabin drinking wine and brandy ’Way, haul away, the good ship now is rolling ’Way, haul away, we’ll haul away Joe Finally we’re done, and at last it is time To drink our ration of whisky and rum! Oh, molasses Old New England tea It killed my grandpa, killed my pa And it sure as Hell is killing me Singing, oh molasses, oh molasses rum And of course: What shall we do with a drunken sailor What shall we do with a drunken sailor What shall we do with a drunken sailor Ear-ly in the morning Way, hey, up she rises Way, hey, up she rises Way, hey, up she rises Ear-ly in the morning Put him in the bilge and make him drink it [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-rum/453760.md?page=1)