Board 8 > Help me identify something, please.

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I remember reading about a group of sailors on a lifeboat in the 1700s or something (maybe 1600s). One of them convinced all but one that they needed to gamble to see who would be eaten so that the others could survive, and only one other sailor refused. The one who convinced everyone drew the short straw, and the one who refused drew the second short straw to have to kill him.

I can't remember if this is something that actually happened or something from a movie or something, and my Google-fu is weak. Can anyone help me?

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This isn't exactly as you described, but it's pretty close.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens

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tyder21 posted...
This isn't exactly as you described, but it's pretty close.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Dudley_and_Stephens

Ha, that actually wasn't it, but it had a link to the story that was it. Awesome, thanks.

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Care to share the link to the story you were looking for?

This sounds sorta interesting.

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http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1417/nighthawks1575201136223.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Narrative_of_Arthur_Gordon_Pym_of_Nantucket

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Thank you.

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My second favorite work related to nantucket. It's obviously inferior to the limerick.

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