> I guessed so, but I had to ask. I imagine my > portuguese ancestors > are spinning in their graves to hear such a horrible > blasphemy > against them.
I dunno, it was an old Roman tradition. Alcohol was important to pre-modern societies because of course water was not always safe to drink. You watered down the wine so that it went further and you could drink more without actually getting drunk. Damon. ===== ------------------------------------------------------------ Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: ------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
