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6d European politician has links with dead men (7) Emp + ties. I can see that it is 'empties' and I've heard the barman ask if these bottles (the empties) are 'dead' - but 'dead men'? Has anyone heard of it?
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explains it thus:
E(uropean) + MP + TIES for EMPTIES, being empty alcoholic beverage bottles, called "dead men", "dead soldiers" or "dead marines" colloquially, possibly because their spirits had left them. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.
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explains it thus:
E(uropean) + MP + TIES for EMPTIES, being empty alcoholic beverage bottles, called "dead men", "dead soldiers" or "dead marines" colloquially, possibly because their spirits had left them. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum.