Deja vu all over again
The reason sailors drink so much is because they have to listen to one another’s anecdotes - again, and again, and again.
In fact, it’s enough to drive you from drink. The picturesque Butt & Oyster pub in Pin Mill on the Orwell is anecdote central. On the south coast you have the Jolly Sailor in Hamble. At the centre of every little cell of steaming sea-school Mustos (down south it’s Henri Lloyds and Louis Vuitton) there’s a
