Beer. Responsible for civilization?

[Viva_La_Migra]

Beer. I don't know if it's responsible for civilization, but I agree that it's been getting ugly men laid for over 10000 years.

 

[Steel_Magnolia]

there were long periods of cold and often wet weather such that starting in the 14th century, vineyards in Northern Europe died to the extent that grains were substituted to brew beer and distill hard alcohol. By the time of large immigration of Europeans to America in the 17th and 18th centuries Northern Europeans had been brewing beer and distilling liquor instead of making wine for two centuries.

http://potpourriessays.blogspot.com/2007/03/beer-consumption-other-little-ice-age.html

So just think, except for The Little Ice Age we'd be a nation where wine was a more popular drink than beer. Do you think that would have brought about other changes?

Hm-m-m-m.

 

[nnuut]

I love red wines, don't let that happen again!!!! Internationally there will always be wine.

 

[WorkFE]

AH, my favorite subject.
You all have a great day

 

[Buster]

Beer. I don't know if it's responsible for civilization, but I agree that it's been getting ugly men laid for over 10000 years.

Uum..yeah, That's another way of looking at it...

 

[crws]

Uum..yeah, That's another way of looking at it...

\clink/ LOL

 

[Buster]

This the best..

 

[Silverbird]

And people wonder why Prohibition didn't work. Back in the day before drinking water purification, drinking water out of a nearby source was a baaadddd idea (unless the weather was cold enough for tea). In many parts of Europe, all the common folk drank beer. Yes, that's everyone, including little kids. To this day, if you ask for a drink of water in some restaurants in Europe, you will either get a bottle of mineral water or a really strange look.

 

[dannyboy]

One just whet's your wistle,
A thousand has you needing more & more & more.
All depends on genes, past, etc.
DB

 

[alevin]

2 weeks travelling in China, 10 years ago. the only drinking water I had was a little bottle in the hotelroom every night-for brushing teeth-not near enough to suit an American. Lunch and dinners all pre-arranged. No water. Coke, 7up, beer. I drank 7up til I got sick of the sugar, switched to beer at meals the rest of the trip.

 

[PessOptimist]

What, if anything, do remember about the rest of the trip?

 

[alevin]

Much! :laugh: including seeing the Fa Lun Gong protester getting arrested in Tiannenmen Square 40 feet from our group! :blink:

 

[burrocrat]

ahhh, beer. makes anything on the menu taste better, but be careful.

just don't order the cweem of sum yung gai.

 

[burrocrat]

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Cream_of_Sum_Yun_Gai (Rated "R")

 

[Buster]

ahhh, beer. makes anything on the menu taste better, but be careful.

just don't order the cweem of sum yung gai.

Glad you didn't mention ordering for yourself a pearl necklace..

 

[burrocrat]

Glad you didn't mention ordering for yourself a pearl necklace..

no, but i was thinking about getting a watch.

 

[McDuck]

And people wonder why Prohibition didn't work.

Actually, it did work. There was less drinking.

 

[burrocrat]

roger that.

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[McDuck]

roger that.

JUST SMALL % OF RELATED NEWS ARTICLES PUBLISHED JUST IN THE LAST 12 HOURS. Do a google news search on "alcohol" to learn the real facts.

Increasing alcohol sales hours ups crashes‎
UPI.com - 12 minutes ago
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/11/12/Increasing-alcohol-sales-hours-ups-crashes/UPI-54401289539896/



http://www.guilfordian.com/world-nation/uk-study-claims-alcohol-most-harmful-drug-1.1772100


http://www.tcudailyskiff.com/alcohol-an-enhancement-not-an-activity-1.2402756


http://www.newswise.com/articles/alcohol-damages-much-more-than-the-liver



http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2010/11/alcohol-abuse-can-lead-to-holiday-er-visits.html

 

[McDuck]

ahhh, beer makes anything on the menu taste better

Cigarette smokers say the same thing about cigarettes.