Naval Strength Body Wash: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:14, 8 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.

"For King and Hygiene" is said to be [by whom?] the sub rosa motto of the Body Washers.

The cult film Invasion of the Body-Washers is loosely based on stories about Naval Strength Body Wash.

Some evidence has emerged [citation needed] that Naval Strength Body Wash usage is a trigger for scrimshaw abuse episodes.

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)

@@ Line 4: / Line 4: @@
 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 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.
 == In the News ==
@@ Line 14: / Line 26: @@
 * [[Gnomon algorithm]]
 * [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
+* [[Invasion of the Body-Washers]]
+* [[Scrimshaw abuse]]
 == Nonfiction cross-reference ==