Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 12:53 AM UTC
Dead Marine
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I am sorry that today I have not come up with a better one, but I never was very good at pranks, but that does not mean I won’t come up with some thing later today after my coffee kicks in. Alright on to another wonderful WOD.

Any empty wine, beer, or liquor bottle left on the table during a party or celebration. It was said to have been first used by King William IV while he was still the Duke of Clarence. While at dinner on board one of his ships, he ordered the steward to remove the 'dead marines'. When a marine officer present objected to the term, he explained that the bottles, like the marines, they had done their duty nobly, and would soon be ready to do so again, once they were refilled of course.

There are other uses of this term, but this is a family site! So, SEMPER FI!!!
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