From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 09:06:01 EST
On 09/12/2003 04:44, jon@hackcraft.net wrote:
>>Despite your French notice about danger to the health (not to the
>>sanity, though that might be true, too), Guinness was actually
>>introduced as a health drink. I think the problem was that too many
>>Irish people were spending their money on whiskey and not eating well,
>>so Arthur Guinness introduced a drink that was so full of nutrients that
>>you could live on it, and so heavy that you can't drink enough of it to
>>get drunk!
>>
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>Alas, you can easily drink enough of it to get drunk, even if you don't like
>being drunk, since its delicious taste will lead you to exceed your limit.
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I think the current version has been watered down and strengthened in
alcohol compared to the original. And I am not thinking of being
slightly woozy and not safe to drive; I am thinking of being blind drunk
and unable to crawl home, which (I am told!) is much easier with whiskey.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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