{"id":332,"date":"2016-04-30T12:29:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T16:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/?p=332"},"modified":"2016-04-30T12:29:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T16:29:32","slug":"drunken-sailor-fined-for-unwanted-thurso-house-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/durkota.net\/?p=332","title":{"rendered":"Drunken sailor fined for unwanted Thurso house calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>WALKING into a stranger&#8217;s home and climbing into a spare bed after stripping down to his underpants has landed a serviceman with a \u00a31000 fine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk\/News\/Drunken-sailor-fined-for-unwanted-Thurso-house-calls-29042016.htm\">Drunken sailor fined for unwanted Thurso house calls<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/skull.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-153 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/skull-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"skull\" width=\"267\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/skull-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/skull-676x468.jpg 676w, https:\/\/durkota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/skull.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I had my share of rough nights while I was in the Navy, but I never crashed at a stranger&#8217;s house. One such night inspired me to a pen a few lines&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>From Once in a Blue Year:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Palatino;\">A one-night port call. A blur. Rosyth, Scotland. Beer. Dunfermline, home of Andrew Carnegie. Beer. The castle at Edinburgh\u2014William Wallace. Trevor Wallace. Coincidence? I think not. Beer, beer, beer. Scottish women with large breasts. Funky nonpasteurized milk. Strange milk, large breasts. There\u2019s something in the milk\u2014do they export?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Palatino;\">Wrong-side-of-the-road passengers who were drivers. Beer\u2014Guinness Stout, Harp, Tenant\u2019s 80, or 90 if you dare. Fish and chips and beer. Her Majesty\u2019s Royal Navy. HMS <em>Revenge<\/em>. Beer. Page three, girls in the newspaper. Nudity in television commercials. Beer. Girl at a bar, many beers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Palatino;\">How could Trevor have known she had a guy? Fists flying, stool tossing, shattered beer mugs, all-out bar brawl, yeah. Now this is living. The girl bawling; her man bloody, crumpled on the floor. Cops, cuffs, you know the routine. <em>That guy was an asshole. He jumped me\u2014you saw it<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Palatino;\"><em>Yeah, it wasn\u2019t your fault. You boys get back to the boat. Don\u2019t want to see you here again<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,Palatino;\">Aye, aye matey. What <em>do<\/em> you do with a drunken sailor?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=durk13\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALKING into a stranger&#8217;s home and climbing into a spare bed after stripping down to his underpants has landed a serviceman with a \u00a31000 fine. Source: Drunken sailor fined for unwanted Thurso house calls I had my share of rough nights while I was in the Navy, but I never crashed at a stranger&#8217;s house. 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