Big fan of Rum, and not averse to giving a little bit of lash a try. Never fancied the bum though.
I find it interesting, however, that you obviously consider them an unsplittable group.
A quick search of your previous posts makes it very clear that they are something of an obsession with you.
You have used the phrase "rum, bum and the lash" or varients thereof (rum bum and baccy etc) 36 times in the last 3 years alone.
methinks he doth protest too much............?
With my, admittedly totally untrained at profiling, Freudian head on, I have to surmise that one of your early fumbles was with a sailor who got a bit rough with you after drinking his tot?