tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post6988201341176881202..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: R.I.P., RSVPMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78145208404662990692009-01-17T10:05:00.000-08:002009-01-17T10:05:00.000-08:00I have always wanted to know what a hogshead is. ...I have always wanted to know what a hogshead is. I still am a little fuzzy about what you put in one, after you've removed the original material. But beer goes in anything. Good one about the sub-Sahara!!<BR/><BR/>I have a small collection of interesting ways to die, which I'll tell you all about some time, but now I know what to strive for, myself: drowning in a butt of malmsey. Thank you, Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-66865901113779550542009-01-17T07:00:00.000-08:002009-01-17T07:00:00.000-08:00Who'da thunk (from Wikipedia):The butt (from the m...Who'da thunk (from Wikipedia):<BR/><BR/>The butt (from the medieval French and Italian botte) or pipe is an old English unit of wine casks, holding two hogsheads (approx. 475 to 480 litres). A hogshead varied in size but today (in the U.S.A.) is most commonly 63 US gallons (7 firkins; ca. 238.5 litres), so a butt is now (in the U.S.A.) usually 126 US gallons (≈ 104 imperial gallons; but in the UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-25515807966447759072009-01-15T11:55:00.000-08:002009-01-15T11:55:00.000-08:00some people are toung in cheek. I'm thinking you h...some people are toung in cheek. I'm thinking you have a cheeky toung. Keep it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com