Now I know what buttle scut means!!!

[AlJones]

Scuttled Butt / Rum Tub - In earlier years, the scuttled butt was an open (scuttled) fresh-water cask (or butt) on ship decks from which issues of the daily tot of grog were served. (As it served as a gathering point to exchange daily rumors, the term also turned into "scuttlebutt" meaning gossip.) The Grog Tub became the officially designed container from which to issue the daily tot.

 

[i_sail]

i have always wondered regarding the history of this term as well, and it has been on my "must google that one day" list, i have asked loads of people, nobody seemed to know.

thanks for this!

 

[powerskipper]

slightly going off topic but i AM WONDERING . if your aviator is looking at a bigger milk bar than he was used to or are they growing up much much to fast these days. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif