Cat(h) wrote:
> On Feb 12, 7:31 pm, "Westprog" <westp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Cat(h) wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> You are, I believe, quite right. Fact is, most Irish people I know
>>> have *their* drink when ordering in the pub and rarely deviate from
>>> it. A Guinness drinker is unlikely to drink anything else, except in
>>> Summer, because as we all know, Irish Summers are so stiffling that
>>> you could not possibly drink somethign as substantial and warming as
>>> stout.
>>> You don't go to the pub to sample new things, you go to the pub for
>>> whatever "yours" is.
>>> If you want truly goddawful stuff, though, it is hard to beat
>>> something called Bramah (sounds terribly Indian**, but if memory
>>> serves, it is even more exotically Brazillian), available in some
>>> offies and other retailers
>>> **I've since learned that Joseph Bramah invented some contraption to
>>> pump beer as draught, back in the 18th century some time.
>> It didn't agree with me at all.
>
> The Beloved and I bought a four pack some time ago for pig iron, and
> we managed one gulp each. The rest went to unblock the drains.
> Gack! Give me a Bud light to wash off the taste!
> Cat(h)
Bud lite can't wash away it's own taste.
>> --
>>
>> J/
>>
>> SOTW: "Dancing Barefoot" - Patti Smith
>
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