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May 27, 2012
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shanghai
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At an inn near the harbor, the first mate of a merchant ship and his cohorts spend a night filling up the tankards of the inn's guests with ale. Later, they shanghai some sailors. Where do the sailors find themselves in the morning?

a.) Lying on the floor of the inn robbed of all their possessions.

b.) With their noses in their tankards and their hands tied together behind their backs.

c.) On board the ship and signed on as new crew members.



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