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Title: Did You Know ?
Post by: P.C. on Sep 23 07 07:09
 [H1]More than 20,000 brands of beer[/H1] [img height=81 alt=Beer src="vny!://www.didyouknow.cd/graphics/beer.jpg" width=50 align=left border=0]Worldwide, 20,000 brands of beer are brewed in 180 styles, from ales, lagers, pilsner and stouts to bitters, cream ales and iced beers.

 Beer has been a popular beverage for a long time. Babylonian clay tablets show detailed recipes of beer making in 4300 BC. Beer was also brewed by the ancient Chinese, Assyrians and Incas.

 An Egyptian text of 1600 BC gives 100 medical prescriptions using beer. A few years ago, the New Castle Brewery in England brewed 1,000 bottles Tutankhamun Ale from a 3,200-year old recipe found in the sun temple of Queen Nefertiti.

 Commercial beer making was established in 1200 AD in present-day Germany. In 1506, the German Purity Law is issued, specifying that beer ingredients must only be water, barley, wheat and hops. Bottling of beer started in 1605.

 

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 That's a lot of beer.  Who knew !

 
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Post by: GORDY GAMBINO on Sep 23 07 07:12
Australians have one of the highest consumption rates of beer in the world!!!  Cheers
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: P.C. on Sep 23 07 07:15
[img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/a063.gif" border=0]  Cheers Gordy....even though I don't drink beer.
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: GORDY GAMBINO on Sep 23 07 07:44
I drank well over 60 cans on the weekend. I got drunk with my daughter who was drinking rum.

Mrs.G was at work and did all the running around for us as we both were incapable of walking never mind driving.......lol

  I fully intend to resume drinking within the hour. A perfect time to get some building hints from me after all i saved you about $500 on an electrician.
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Post by: Michel on Sep 23 07 08:36
               
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Post by: purelife on Sep 24 07 09:35
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Post by: Michel on Sep 24 07 09:43
                     
 
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Post by: Lise on Sep 24 07 09:59
Beer. Viva La Beer! I only like beer..... in my fish n chips batter.
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Post by: Michel on Sep 24 07 10:05
       
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: Gopher on Feb 07 08 11:42
It is illegal to die in the British Parliament.

  In Bahrain, a male doctor can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror.

  In France it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon.
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: Lil Me on Feb 07 08 11:45
 Gopher wrote:
In Bahrain, a male doctor can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror.
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 I hope he doesn't get LEFT and RIGHT mixed up...especially if there is surgery involved.  Eeek.
 
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: 49er on Feb 07 08 05:12
Gopher wrote:
[SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"]In Bahrain, a male doctor can only examine the genitals of a woman in the reflection of a mirror. [/SPAN]
   Having difficulty picturing how the doctor is positioned when the woman is on the stirrups
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: Lil Me on Feb 07 08 07:16
He probably stands behind her head.
 
 Somewhat offtopic, I heard some rumour that the Scottish regiments by tradition aren't supposed to wear underwear under their dress uniform kilts.  To pass inspection, they walk over a mirror (instead of lifting up their kilts).
   
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: Gopher on Feb 09 08 11:37
In Switzerland a man may not relieve himself standing up after 10 p.m.  
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: Lil Me on Feb 09 08 12:23
hahaha.  Too much pee on the floor in the middle of the night.  I need the same law in my house.  I don't know how many times I've said TURN ON THE BATHROOM LIGHT!!!!!  
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: Russ on Feb 12 08 05:07
Lil Me wrote:
hahaha.  Too much pee on the floor in the middle of the night.  I need the same law in my house.  I don't know how many times I've said TURN ON THE BATHROOM LIGHT!!!!!  
   This would take away the thrill.
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: Lise on Feb 12 08 05:44
Ugh... remind me, don't use Russ' toilet EVA.
Title: Re: Did You Know ?
Post by: Russ on Feb 12 08 08:01
Lise wrote:
 Ugh... remind me, don't use Russ' toilet EVA.[/DIV]
 Whole new meaning to the term 'avoid the wet spot'?

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