On 09/12/2003 04:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Despite your French notice about danger to the health (not to the
sanity, though that might be true, too), Guinness was actually
introduced as a health drink. I think the problem was that too many
Irish people were spending their money on whiskey and not eating well,
so Arthur Guinness introduced a drink that was so full of nutrients that
you could live on it, and so heavy that you can't drink enough of it to
get drunk!
Alas, you can easily drink enough of it to get drunk, even if you don't like
being drunk, since its delicious taste will lead you to exceed your limit.
I think the current version has been watered down and strengthened in
alcohol compared to the original. And I am not thinking of being
slightly woozy and not safe to drive; I am thinking of being blind drunk
and unable to crawl home, which (I am told!) is much easier with whiskey.
--
Peter Kirk
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