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Some evidence has emerged [citation needed] that Naval Strength Body Wash usage is a trigger for [[scrimshaw abuse]] episodes. | Some evidence has emerged [citation needed] that Naval Strength Body Wash usage is a trigger for [[scrimshaw abuse]] episodes. | ||
=== Rum, sodomy and lash scented candle === | |||
User MaiqTheLiar writes: | |||
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... do not want my soap to smell like jesus. or anyone in particular. | |||
but i had a rum, sodomy and lash scented candle once that i bought in the mall and it wasn’t terrible. | |||
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* [https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/soap-promises-to-make-you-smell-like-naval-supremacy/170961/33 Comment] @ Boing Boing | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
Revision as of 04:20, 9 May 2020
Naval Strength Body Wash is an alleged ration of rum secretly provided to certain personnel in the Royal Navy for use as a body wash.
History
First reported by this author on the Boing Boing bulletin board
For King and Hygiene
"For King and Hygiene" is said to be [by whom?] the sub rosa motto of the Body Washers.
In popular culture
The cult film Invasion of the Body-Washers is loosely based on stories about Naval Strength Body Wash.
Association with scrimshaw abuse
Some evidence has emerged [citation needed] that Naval Strength Body Wash usage is a trigger for scrimshaw abuse episodes.
Rum, sodomy and lash scented candle
User MaiqTheLiar writes:
... do not want my soap to smell like jesus. or anyone in particular. but i had a rum, sodomy and lash scented candle once that i bought in the mall and it wasn’t terrible.
- Comment @ Boing Boing
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- How Pusser’s rum became the official drink of the British Royal Navy - The drink, which first quenched the thirst of workers and planters, crossed the oceans to reach America and Europe. India times: Last Updated: Oct 14, 2018, 09.25 AM IST
- Pusser And The Story Of Navy Rum by Joseph V. Micallef @ Forbes (Mar 21, 2020,10:17am EDT)