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Mike Harvey was kind enough to abandon his chores a moment and send us the following...

In the American navy, around the time of the Spanish-American war, a standing order was introduced regulating the maximum length of a non-commissioned sailors' hair. A section of the same rule also limited the number of haircuts to one per month. 

To stay on the safe side of these new rules the wise sailor opted for a very short cut which became known as a 'crew cut'...

The only place where sailors could meet whilst on deck was at one of the drinking water butts tied in the waist of the vessel. 

A quick drink from the ladle allowed a short conversation on the news of the moment...these conversations came to be known as 'scuttle butt'...

Well, there you have it. Your turn!