From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 06:52:47 EST
On 08/12/2003 17:29, Philippe Verdy wrote:
> ...
>
>Nota: when speaking about alcohol in public areas, we have to
>add here in France a mandatory legal notice:
>"L'abus d'alcool est dangereux pour la sante, appreciez et
>consommez le avec moderation."
>
>
...
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!
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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