Maggie Smith

I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I don't know what the future holds, if anything.

British Actress

Jonathan Miles

With the notable exceptions of rum drinks, black beans, fat brown cigars, the smiles of pretty girls, hot yellow sunlight, and fat men with guitars and bongos playing mambos, rumbas, and boleros late into the night, nothing in Cuba comes easily.

Christian Louboutin

I remain faithful to bourbon sour. It's absolutely delicious. You'd have to ask a bartender what's in it, but I think if you know you might never have a drink. I also love a little rum, 7 years aged, brown, when it is chilly, before dinner.

French Designer

Chris Eubank Sr.

Broccoli is not as bad as people make out. It might give you wind, but I'd prefer to have wind and have good health. Health is the number one thing on the planet. However, I am quite partial to rum and raisin ice cream.

British Athlete

Tony Kanal

We would spend every morning drinking rum and Cokes or Red Stripes for breakfast, to get our heads in the right space. It's a wonder we got stuff done.

Rande Gerber

Our rum, Caliche - I call it Cali - is a blend of three-, four- and five-year rums: It took us about three years to find the perfect blend.

American Businessman

Lord Byron

There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.

British Poet

Ambrose Bierce

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.

American Journalist

Sanya Richards-Ross

My indulgences are Skittles and rum raisin ice cream.

American Athlete

Retta

American Comedian

Understand that rum has Caribbean origins so it's often associated with tropical, festive atmospheres.

Origin Background

Rum is a common ingredient in cocktails, used for its sweet and strong flavor.

Cocktail Ingredient

There are different types of rum: white, dark, spiced. Each variety is used in different drinks.

Varieties Matter

The adjective 'rum' is also a British term that refers to something unusual.

British Usage

Using 'rum' to describe something odd can add a touch of humor or lightness.

Slightly Humorous

Be aware that this usage of 'rum' is somewhat outdated and may not be understood by everyone.

Archaic Connotation

'Rum' as a noun in Scots refers to a loud ongoing noise and is casual in nature.

Scottish Colloquialism

'Rum' in Scots doesn't imply complaining about noise, but merely describes its presence.

Not Complaining

 with a limited term and the chance to buy one's freedom. Others were more like European serfs. In some societies, slaves could be part of a master's family, own land, and even rise to positions of power. But when white captains came offering manufactured goods, weapons, and rum for slaves,

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 was a public confirmation of our relationship, and I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. No longer a child, but a young woman. High on my newfound maturity, I felt it was only natural to try drinking rum for the first time that night, too. That was a bad idea.

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 much more concentrated than any fermented beverage. At first, these stronger spirits were used for medicinal purposes. Then, spirits became an important trade commodity because, unlike beer and wine, they didn’t spoil. Rum made from sugar

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 would go out of control, and I'd be forever entrapped in the shocking seethe of her stench. Not excrement merely, not merely surface and orifice going unwashed, rediffusion of rum, there was will in it,

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 have belonged to the pirate Captain Morgan they guided the rum onboard were more than 80 treasure chests in case you're wondering this is what a 350 year-old treasure chest looks like and

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 number four pirate ships were rowdy boisterous vessels full of drunken rules when fresh water was a rare commodity and rum was the drink of choice things were bound to get a little wild

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 why we cannot use water through that that refusal Baccardi uses 80,000 gallons of rum a year just to clean the bottles next the bottles head to the filling station

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 raise a tankard of rum and victory I'm going along by these crumpled down ruins this is awesome hit right here I get my big shovel out dig a nice plug drop down

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