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Post by **Martrae** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:37 am

Hungary workers get shock at bottom of rum barrel
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May 4, 9:49 AM (ET)

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian builders who drank their way to the bottom of a huge barrel of rum while renovating a house got a nasty surprise when a pickled corpse tumbled out of the empty barrel, a police magazine website reported.

According to online magazine http://www.zsaru.hu, workers in Szeged in the south of Hungary tried to move the barrel after they had drained it, only to find it was surprisingly heavy and were shocked when the body of a naked man fell out.

The website said that the body of the man had been shipped back from Jamaica 20 years ago by his wife in the barrel of rum in order to avoid the cost and paperwork of an official return.

According to the website, workers said the rum in the 300-liter barrel had a "special taste" so they even decanted a few bottles of the liquor to take home.

The wife has since died and the man was buried in a proper grave.

Narrock · Post by **Narrock** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:51 am

I think I almost just threw up.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Thu May 04, 2006 9:54 am

That's pretty gross.

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:21 am

Well, at least there's the possibility the poor man died happy. My personal goal is to
"accidentally" fall into the brewing vat while touring the Guinness plant in Dublin.

Zanchief · Post by **Zanchief** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:23 am

Hound wrote:Well, at least there's the possibility the poor man died happy. My personal goal is to
"accidentally" fall into the brewing vat while touring the Guinness plant in Dublin.

You could always help put out a fire while you're at it.

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:52 am

It just like the worm at the bottom of the tequila bottle.

leah · Post by **leah** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:53 am

oh that's gross

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Thu May 04, 2006 10:55 am

leah wrote:oh that's gross

The worm or the corpse?

Tikker · Post by **Tikker** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:16 am

all I could think of was:

Karma~

Phlegm · Post by **Phlegm** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:22 am

I wonder what 20+ years old rum taste like.

leah · Post by **leah** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:00 pm

Phlegm wrote:
leah wrote:oh that's gross

The worm or the corpse?

both, but the corpse is decidedly worse.

Eziekial · Post by **Eziekial** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:27 pm

[quote="Phlegm"]I wonder what 20+ years old rum taste like.[/quote]

Dead Hungarian men appearantly.

Post by **Arlos** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:39 pm

Actually, it's not unknown to use meat as a liquor flavorant. Back in the Civil War people in the armies used to make home-brew liquor all the time. There were a number of different recipes, but it was relatively common for them to throw raw meat into the mix as it was fermenting. According to the people of the time, the meat added an "Old and mellow flavor".

-Arlos