FYI
1 posted on
02/19/2004 1:35:06 PM PST by
vannrox
To: Conspiracy Guy; Just another Joe
Ping for a brew!
2 posted on
02/19/2004 1:37:07 PM PST by
CSM
(My Senator is so stupid he'd have to get naked to count to 21 and my Governor wouldn't be able to!)
To: Overtaxed; g'nad; msdrby
ping
3 posted on
02/19/2004 1:40:15 PM PST by
Professional Engineer
(Chief recruiting officer, BicycleSpankenTruppen)
To: vannrox
If I read this article correctly, the gin craze that paralyzed Britain in the 1740's bypassed Scotland. The Scots were drinking other things for other reasons.
4 posted on
02/19/2004 1:43:25 PM PST by
Publius
(Die Erde ist gewaltig schön, doch sicher ist sie nicht.)
To: vannrox
Reminds me of a joke, the punchline to which is:
"I'm not sure where ya' been laddy, but I see ya' won first-prize!"
6 posted on
02/19/2004 1:46:31 PM PST by
Joe 6-pack
("We deal in hard calibers and hot lead." - Roland Deschaines)
To: vannrox
The resulting ale tasted unpleasant, but clearly those who drank it originally were not put off...
I guess it tasted better than this swill.
7 posted on
02/19/2004 1:47:24 PM PST by
theDentist
(Boston: So much Liberty, you can buy a Politician already owned by someone else.)
To: vannrox
Mmmmm...Caveman beer... 8 posted on
02/19/2004 1:54:36 PM PST by
SquirrelKing
(A vote for John Kerry is a vote for Jane Fonda.)
To: vannrox
So the "caveman makes beer" story goes something like:
The caveman knows how to make bread using wild cereals. During this simple bread-making process the skies open up and it rains really hard. Realizing that the bread is ruined and would not satisfy his hunger, he leaves the soppy mixture in his cave and heads out to hunt mammoths.
The next day he returns, unsuccessful in his hunting trip and examines the ruined bread. He's very hungry at this point but decides another day of hunting would be better than eating the now disgusting mish-mash of sloppy cereals that was once his bread.
At some point the unsuccessful hunter is overcome by his hunger and succumbs to the bread, which is now a lumpy foul-smelling liquid.
It must have tasted terrible, but the caveman would have immediately recognized the wonderful buzz after his very first beer.
Thats the story, at least as it was told to me.
15 posted on
02/19/2004 2:39:50 PM PST by
wesdale
To: vannrox
bump for later...when I have a drink in hand...
To: vannrox
Laudanum, a tincture of alcohol and opium, was widely available as a cure-all in a population which almost never consulted a qualified medical practitioner.
If they would have consulted a qulaified medical practioner, they would either have been dispensed laudanum or the cure for laudanum addiction at the time, morphine.
19 posted on
02/19/2004 3:04:54 PM PST by
JmyBryan
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 4ConservativeJustices; ...
One last blast from the past for tonight, although this will be the top one in your article list. G'night all! Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
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22 posted on
12/29/2004 7:17:16 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
("The odds are very much against inclusion, and non-inclusion is unlikely to be meaningful." -seamole)
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