Thoughts on rum
Aug. 12th, 2003 11:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bktheirregularNo, I didn't drink any.
I did, however, have a close encounter with some, and came away with a couple of thoughts:
1) Rum, in olden times, was so much associated with sailors that it became a plot point in a Sherlock Holmes story. The murderer, Holmes hypothesized, had to be a sailor. Why? Because the murder and the victim had been drinking rum in the victim's home, and no landsman would have been drinking rum when whiskey and brandy were also available.
2) There's this little bar by the beach at the island port, covered by a canopy of juniper trees, which makes an absolutely perfect place to unwind. "The Old Captain Bar," it's called. How nice is it? Between the sea breeze, the view, and the people walking by ... let's just say that Captain Jack Sparrow would give up piracy, retire to this island, and have a wicker barstool reserved for him at the Old Captain Bar, complete with a little brass plaque.
I saw at least three varieties of rum behind the bar, probably more.
Close entry.
I did, however, have a close encounter with some, and came away with a couple of thoughts:
1) Rum, in olden times, was so much associated with sailors that it became a plot point in a Sherlock Holmes story. The murderer, Holmes hypothesized, had to be a sailor. Why? Because the murder and the victim had been drinking rum in the victim's home, and no landsman would have been drinking rum when whiskey and brandy were also available.
2) There's this little bar by the beach at the island port, covered by a canopy of juniper trees, which makes an absolutely perfect place to unwind. "The Old Captain Bar," it's called. How nice is it? Between the sea breeze, the view, and the people walking by ... let's just say that Captain Jack Sparrow would give up piracy, retire to this island, and have a wicker barstool reserved for him at the Old Captain Bar, complete with a little brass plaque.
I saw at least three varieties of rum behind the bar, probably more.
Close entry.