Abell9 wrote:Nope. I was in the British Maritime Museaum and was looking at several "ships logs" which is includes a manifest. The one I saw was dated 1815. One of the names, Jno Daugherty had the following written after his name. Thrown overboard May 17, 1815 F.U.C.K. I asked what this meant since it was my alltime favorite word. The Tour Director told me it was usually scribed after a man was deemed a Homo-sexual and stood for :For Unusual Carnal Knowledge.
Guess it didnt pay to be a Pole Smoker on a ship.
They had a "Don't swim? Then don't tell!" policy at the time.
