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Old 07-29-2011, 06:58 AM
 
Location: Hermoso y tranquilo Panamá
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Good morning kids and happy TGIF
. . . . . Didja Know?
The ancient Egyptians recommended mixing half an onion with beer foam as a way of warding off death.
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Old 07-29-2011, 07:02 AM
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Did they think the bad breath kept Death away?
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Old 07-29-2011, 07:12 AM
 
Location: Funky Town
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I didn't even know they had beer back then!
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Old 07-29-2011, 08:00 AM
 
Location: grooving in the city
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That is an interesting factoid...so how far back does beer go?? Thanks, Joy.
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Old 07-29-2011, 08:04 AM
 
Location: Neither here nor there
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Makes sense. Onions are a healthy food and contain important nutrients. The alcohol in beer kills nasties in the water. Drink up, matey!!
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Old 07-29-2011, 08:10 AM
 
Location: Out there somewhere...a traveling man.
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I didn't even know they had beer back then!
Beer goes back @10,000 years according to historians...

Beer motto then was "til death do us part", then marriage came along and everything changed...
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Old 07-29-2011, 09:38 AM
 
Location: Abilene, Texas
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Well that's weird....lol. I didn't know it.
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Old 07-29-2011, 11:20 AM
 
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Well the Egyptians knew a whole lot of stuff, I they had beer way back thing that means they started "Miller Time" and that rock!!! Sounds like they were into onion dip too.
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Old 07-29-2011, 12:14 PM
 
Location: Hermoso y tranquilo Panamá
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Beer goes back @10,000 years according to historians...

Beer motto then was "til death do us part", then marriage came along and everything changed...
you crack me up buddy

here's a little mid-day, TGIF history about my favorite adult beverage
History of beer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Old 07-29-2011, 01:24 PM
 
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Beer goes back @10,000 years according to historians...

Beer motto then was "til death do us part", then marriage came along and everything changed...
U r too funny... I suspect marriage just made it better... and all the married people say
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