PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-676
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 676
MARCH 2009
28
PS 676
MAR 09
S
even years later,
Jenkins, with his
severed ear in hand,
pleaded his case
before the British
House of Commons.
H
aving suffered through
a long period of peace and
bored with it, the british
declared war on Spain. By
the time it ended in 1
7
48,
the war had grown into a
global conflict.
T
hat’s the story
we read in history
books and heard
around campfires.
But is it the truth?
A
recently found
document in a
hermetically sealed
rum bottle buried
in the sand near
a seaside resort
tells a
different
story.
it’s a story that
started with a card
game.
So lend us your
ear and we’ll tell
you the
real
reason
Jenkins lost
his.
THE
T
RUE
S
TORY
BEHIND
of
J
ENKINS
’
S
The
EAR
WAR
go
fish!
O
n a bright
day before
the war, the
brig
rebecca
and the sloop
san antoniO
were docked
peacefully
side by side…
I
n the cabin
aboard the
rebecca are
captain jenkins
and captain
francisco…
got any
threes?
you don’t
under-
stand the
card game,
d’you?
are you
calling me
a
lowdown
scallywag?
you don’t
understand
english,
do you?
there’s only
one
thing I
understand
and that’s
preventive
maintenance!
look
at your
ship, francisco. it’s
falling
apart!
my ship is
in
great
shape
because
of
great
pm!
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4:08:47 PM
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