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17 Historically Hilarious Facts About Alcohol
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Posted on 11/06/2015 11:06:03 AM PST by Heartlander
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Happy Friday!
To: Heartlander
18. The Puritans had a pub by/near their churches. During breaks in the all day worship, which was common for all Christians back in the day, they would quench their thirst and go back for some more worship.
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:11:42 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(Preach the gospel daily, use words if necessary is like saying Feed the hungry use food if necessary)
To: Heartlander
Interesting, but hardly hilarious...
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:12:09 AM PST
by
Paisan
To: Heartlander
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:12:11 AM PST
by
Old Sarge
To: Heartlander
#6 - if you’re going on a long sea voyage with 17th-century food storage technology, you’re going to take your water in the form of wine/beer to make sure it doesn’t cultivate nasty microbes (the alcohol killing off anything that would otherwise grow in water). Wine/beer in addition are, well, basically liquid fruit & bread - a lot easier to store & transport (weight aside) in liquid form than trying to keep from rotting on shelves. Alcoholic side effects, well, gosh darn.
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:14:16 AM PST
by
ctdonath2
(Trump/Cruz - Because you gotta win, first.)
To: Heartlander
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:16:07 AM PST
by
ctdonath2
(Trump/Cruz - Because you gotta win, first.)
To: Heartlander
If you thought we were the first generation who liked to get our drink on…
Why would anyone think such a thing? Is the generation referred to therein that much dumbed down now?
The Bible is filled with references to alcohol and even drunkenness.
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:16:43 AM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Heartlander
Another episode of Drunk History.
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:17:28 AM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
To: Heartlander
look up ‘churchill’s hiccup’, or ‘winston’s hiccup’. i’m sure most of southern jordan knows that story
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:17:49 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Heartlander
beer was preferred aboard ship not necessarily because of its effects, but because water would go bad and sicken the crew after a voyage of even moderate length.
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:19:16 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: Heartlander
This is one of my favorite pieces of alcohol history:
“Indeed, we still have available the bar tab from a 1787 farewell party in Philadelphia for George Washington just days before the framers signed off on the Constitution. According to the bill preserved from the evening, the 55 attendees drank 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, eight of whiskey, 22 of porter, eight of hard cider, 12 of beer, and seven bowls of alcoholic punch.”
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:19:47 AM PST
by
Politicalkiddo
("This is the way the world ends--Not with a bang, but a whimper.")
To: Heartlander
Alcohol is a solution. Just ask any chemist.
To: Gamecock
19. After putting down the Whiskey Rebellion, aka, “The Competition”, Washington built one of the largest distilleries in the new nation at Mt. Vernon.
To: Heartlander
Hilarious? I don’t think so. A bunch of made up, inacurate crap is more like it.
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11/06/2015 11:30:34 AM PST
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased miHe's just not a good presidential candnds.)
To: ctdonath2
I think it was around 1900, give or take, that a couple of chemists in Philly figured out that chlorinating water had more pluses than minuses.
Sea voyage or not, alcohol in any sort of beverage was a good thing.
To: laplata; All
Hilarious? I don’t think so. A bunch of made up, inacurate crap is more like it.
That's kinda what I thought, too...Magellan organized the Spanish Inquisition? WTF!??!
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11/06/2015 11:46:00 AM PST
by
notdownwidems
(Washington DC has become the enemy of free people everywhere)
To: Heartlander
Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.
John 2:10
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:46:47 AM PST
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Boojum
To: notdownwidems
You’re right. I love trivia but this is a silly piece.
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posted on
11/06/2015 11:53:47 AM PST
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laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased miHe's just not a good presidential candnds.)
To: notdownwidems
Of course. Just like how Napoleon crossed the Delaware. /s
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11/06/2015 11:55:23 AM PST
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Politicalkiddo
("This is the way the world ends--Not with a bang, but a whimper.")
To: Heartlander
4. Sailors Used To Light Their Drinks On Fire To Test The Proof Of Their Rum Before pounding a few back, sailors used to mix their rum with gunpowder and try igniting it. If It caught fire, or blew up, it was good rum. Seems logical enough. It also began the famous line: Hold me mug and watch this!......................
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posted on
11/06/2015 12:01:02 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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