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Jamaican Me Thirsty

May 8, 2006 at 9:35 AM | 0 Comments

Holidaying in Hungary over summer? Whether you're there to fix your pearly whites or to see something of the country, don't miss the southern town of Szeged. It's a lively university community, famous for providing copious amounts of food and drink to visitors. Spicy veggies and meat feature among the most successful exports, and tourists can drop into the Pick Salami and Szegedi Paprika museum to learn more. Now that's what we call education!

Just be careful what the friendly locals put in your glass. A bunch of Hungarian tradesmen in Szeged thought they were on a winner recently when they found a huge barrel of rum in a house they were renovating. It was only after they'd drunk it dry and tried to move it that they realized why it tasted a bit odd--there was a corpse inside.

Twenty years ago the previous house owners were holidaying in Jamaica when the husband suddenly died. To avoid all the tricky paperwork his wife shipped him home in a rum barrel, and there he stayed until the builders emptied said barrel. Just the kind of crazy hi-jinks you'd expect from Captain Morgan, right?

[Image via Reid H Cooper/Flickr]

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