To: Slings and Arrows
The Horse Shoe Brewery on Tottenham Court Road in London boasted a massive 22-foot-tall vat that held some 160,000 gallons of dark porter. On October 17, 1814, one of the metal hoops meant to secure it snapped, and the wooden vat succumbed to the immense pressure of all that fermenting brew. The gushing beer smashed open the brewery's other vats, resulting in a raging sea of beer that burst forth from the building. Doug:"Sad, eh?"
Bob: "Tell me about it."
Doug: "You tearin' up?"
Bob: "Me? No way, ya hoser!" [sniffs]
Doug: "It's all the beer, eh?"
12 posted on
10/19/2014 4:27:51 PM PDT by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: COBOL2Java
14 posted on
10/19/2014 4:30:03 PM PDT by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: COBOL2Java
That’s exactly how it happened.
26 posted on
10/19/2014 4:54:01 PM PDT by
Slings and Arrows
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