> > From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/06/15 Fri AM 07:45:06 GMT > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Meta-GFM: Are there any *bad* microbreweries in NC? > > > > > 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.
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