RE: Yo ho ho and a bottle of RUM
May 25, 2012 at 5:56 am
(This post was last modified: May 25, 2012 at 6:00 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(May 25, 2012 at 4:19 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Ummm...I guess we kept "The Rum Rebellion" pretty quiet then eh pad?
Rum rebellion? Most yanks think Oz is a part of Europe.
(May 25, 2012 at 3:41 am)Chuff Wrote: Hi Pad, thats a new one on me but its available and pretty cheap
Never considered our antipodean cousins as rum makers, might give it a whirl
Don't drink it neat or you will either stop caring about anything except sports,or just die.(at a footy match)
For your neglected education:
Quote:The Rum Rebellion of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australia's history. The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George Johnston, working closely with John Macarthur, on 26 January 1808, 20 years to the day after Arthur Phillip founded European settlement in Australia. Afterwards, the colony was ruled by the military, with the senior military officer stationed in Sydney acting as the Lieutenant-Governor of the colony until the arrival from Britain of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie as the new Governor at the beginning of 1810.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rum_Rebellion
