It was actually part of an old POTC Mary Sue litmus test (which I'm currently unable to find, damn): "Rum is consumed in quantities more appropriate for beer, which contains from eight to fifteen times less alcohol".
Even if we leave the alcohol poisoning thing alone for a while, downing a pint of rum in one go would still be physically impossible. I mean, I do love rum, but it's strong stuff and it burns your throat like nobody's business if your drink it undiluted. Even if the 17th-century hedge rum - unlike the Captain Morgan I keep in my cabinet - wasn't exactly 40% proof, the Sue would still choke or puke all over herself before she was halfway through the pint.
You're doing an amazing job, BTW - I wholeheartedly salute you for sporking this pile o'dreck.
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Even if we leave the alcohol poisoning thing alone for a while, downing a pint of rum in one go would still be physically impossible. I mean, I do love rum, but it's strong stuff and it burns your throat like nobody's business if your drink it undiluted. Even if the 17th-century hedge rum - unlike the Captain Morgan I keep in my cabinet - wasn't exactly 40% proof, the Sue would still choke or puke all over herself before she was halfway through the pint.
You're doing an amazing job, BTW - I wholeheartedly salute you for sporking this pile o'dreck.