Mick Spear
2nd July 2007, 15:05
During the two ships i did with Blue Star (Hoegh Duke and Southland Star) i heard the story - dating from the previous decade - concerning a Barrell of alcohol that was found in one of the holds on either the Auckland or English Star.
The story went: the crowd were slowly tapping into the barrel as a free means of getting drunk. However, when they arrived down Kiwi, the mate apparently had a word the Bosun, saying a sceintist from a uni or other had come an board and had a heated discussion with him about his consignment/cargo being ruined. The barrel that a monkey had been preserved/pickled in had dried up and the un-preserved monkey was of no use. The Bosun cascaded the info; you guess the rest!!
Can any of you lads verify this story?
In anticipation.
Mick S
The story went: the crowd were slowly tapping into the barrel as a free means of getting drunk. However, when they arrived down Kiwi, the mate apparently had a word the Bosun, saying a sceintist from a uni or other had come an board and had a heated discussion with him about his consignment/cargo being ruined. The barrel that a monkey had been preserved/pickled in had dried up and the un-preserved monkey was of no use. The Bosun cascaded the info; you guess the rest!!
Can any of you lads verify this story?
In anticipation.
Mick S