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''[[Talk Like a Pirate|Earl-aye in tha morrrnin'?]]''|Folk song}}
Sailors and alcohol go together like white on rice, going back to [[Older Than Feudalism|Homer]] (no, not [[The Simpsons (animation)|that one]]). In fiction, if a sailor isn't already drunk, expect to be well on the way to it or pining for the lack of it. Often a defining quality of a [[Father Neptune]], expect also a [[Seadog Beard]] and some [[Talk Like a Pirate|Talking Like Pirate]] Yarrrr!
This is a case of [[Truth in Television]] due to the disinfecting abilities of alcohol; mixing it with water was the only way to keep water potable during long voyages. Especially on early boats when cooking had to be limited due to fire risk (or on open decked boats impossible to do). And a drunk crew was a crew less capable of [[The Mutiny]] due to the horrific conditions, the strength of alcohol being varied as punishment or reward as the captain saw fit. It continues to be true because when you take a bunch of generally adult persons and put them in a cramped space for an extended period of time with limited and ever diminishing supplies... well it rather built tension.
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