Rum is -

[starrkers]

... not on Imp's approved list of intoxicants. (I exceeded my lifetime quota of rum before I left college. It just makes me hurl now.)

My take as well.

hehehehe and the colonies would still be colonies (oh wait thats tea!) damn
er--- rum - grog -mmmmmmmm hot buttered rum toddies on a cold winters night! yeah okay that will do

In Australian colonial times, rum was the main currency.