Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, …

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Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash. ✨ In Sir Peter Gretton Former Naval Person (1968) ch. 1
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Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash. ✨ In Sir Peter Gretton Former Naval Person (1968) ch. 1

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