To light someone on
fire then pee on them to put the fire out.. The ultimate act of disrespect.
Original reference is to HMS GASPEE. A British navel vessel collecting customs duties in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
On June 9, 1772 HMS GASPEE was stranded on a sandbar at Warwick, Rhode Island.( renamed Gaspee point) John Brown ( later founder of Brown University & slavetrader) rowed from Providence on a long boat with his crew. Shot the HMS GASPEE’
S Captain in the balls then lite the ship on
fire.
This was on of the first acts of war against the British
Government & King George.
Literally
like 18 months before the Boston Tea Party of December 16 1773.