otnmbrd wrote in message news:XjPVb.20922

On the one ship I was on that employed these troughs, they were referred
to as "Mississippi's" (not the boards, the troughs).
One of the nastier tricks was to wait until the spaces were relatively
full, with butts, the brains of which were concentrating elsewhere .....
light a roll of head paper on fire and deposit it in the upper end, to
be washed down the length of the trough.
Timing, was everything, but the results could prove, errrr, interesting.

otn


Ouch!

Sounds like a classic!

As good as the coke bottle in the overhead, or dumping marbles/BB's
down the soundpipes.

Joe