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'''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. | [[File:Pusser's Naval Strength Body Wash.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''Pusser's Naval Strength Body Wash'''.]][[File:Pusser's_Blue_Label_Rum.jpg|thumb|Pusser's Blue Label Rum.]]'''Naval Strength Body Wash''' is an alleged ration of high-proof aged rum secretly provided to certain "in the know" personnel in the Royal Navy for use as a body wash. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
First reported by [[this author]] on the [https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/soap-promises-to-make-you-smell-like-naval-supremacy/170961/30 Boing Boing bulletin board] | First reported by [[this author]] on the [https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/soap-promises-to-make-you-smell-like-naval-supremacy/170961/30 Boing Boing bulletin board] | ||
== For King and Hygiene == | |||
"For King and Hygiene" is said [by whom?] to be the ''[[Sub rosa (nonfiction)|sub rosa]]'' motto of the so-called Body Washers (officers who covertly use the special rum ration as a body wash). | |||
== 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. | |||
== Commentary == | |||
=== Rum, sodomy and lash scented candle === | |||
User dabeyc writes: | |||
<blockquote> | |||
... 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. | |||
</blockquote> | |||
* [https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/soap-promises-to-make-you-smell-like-naval-supremacy/170961/33 Comment] @ Boing Boing | |||
== Hashtags == | |||
* <nowiki>#BeverageOrSolvent</nowiki> | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Tums, Cutty Sark, and the lash.jpg|link=Tums, Cutty Sark, and the lash|"'''[[Tums, Cutty Sark, and the lash]]'''" is a phrase widely but erroneously attributed to Sir Winston Churchill. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Beverage or Solvent?]] | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[Invasion of the Body-Washers]] | |||
* [[Scrimshaw abuse]] | |||
* [[Tums, Cutty Sark, and the lash]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/how-pussers-rum-became-the-official-drink-of-the-british-royal-navy/articleshow/66196337.cms 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 | * [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/how-pussers-rum-became-the-official-drink-of-the-british-royal-navy/articleshow/66196337.cms 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 | ||
* [https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemicallef/2020/03/21/pusser-and-the-story-of-navy-rum/#43586a948d77 Pusser And The Story Of Navy Rum] by [[Joseph V. Micallef (nonfiction)|Joseph V. Micallef]] @ Forbes (Mar 21, 2020,10:17am EDT) | * [https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemicallef/2020/03/21/pusser-and-the-story-of-navy-rum/#43586a948d77 Pusser And The Story Of Navy Rum] by [[Joseph V. Micallef (nonfiction)|Joseph V. Micallef]] @ Forbes (Mar 21, 2020,10:17am EDT) | ||
=== Social media === | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1573365402021031936 Post] @ Twitter () | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Alcohol (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Beverages (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Britain (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Cleaning (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Personal hygiene (nonfiction)]] | |||
Latest revision as of 16:04, 23 August 2023
Naval Strength Body Wash is an alleged ration of high-proof aged rum secretly provided to certain "in the know" 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 [by whom?] to be the sub rosa motto of the so-called Body Washers (officers who covertly use the special rum ration as a body wash).
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.
Commentary
Rum, sodomy and lash scented candle
User dabeyc 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
Hashtags
- #BeverageOrSolvent
In the News
"Tums, Cutty Sark, and the lash" is a phrase widely but erroneously attributed to Sir Winston Churchill.
Fiction cross-reference
- Beverage or Solvent?
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Invasion of the Body-Washers
- Scrimshaw abuse
- Tums, Cutty Sark, and the lash
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)
Social media
- Post @ Twitter ()