> > Budweiser is a light formulation, it's current incarnation > comes from > > the WWII era, when women entered the workforce in large numbers in
> > industries that had been mostly the province of men, which > lead to those > > same women going to bars after for a cool beer, which was > reformulated > > for their tastes. After that cost cutting set in and so we have a > > cheaper version of those lighter beers. So I guess you can > either blame > > Hitler, Women, the idiots who forced the treaty of > Versailles on the > > Germans, or General Hague depending on how far back in the > causes of > > WWII you want to go... > > As WWI was essentially a family squabble writ large that led > to the circumstances that conceived WWII, we should blame the > British royal family for the state of beer today. I knew > they were useful for something. > I blame the Norwegians. If Harald Hardrada hadn't invaded in 1066 he wouldn't have distracted our Harold from the battle with William the Conqueror, we would have defeated the French, and we wouldn't have had a Franco-German aristocracy to have a family battle amongst. Instead we'd be ruled by jolly, beer-swilling, mead-guzzling Saxons with a penchant for burnt cakes and boring sagas. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
