Hmmm...now my curiosity is peaked about this Old Peculiar brew. I'll =
have to find some, although I can imagine the looks I'll get when I ask =
the natives...
Phil, the term "Yank" gets the same reaction outta us Suthnas as it did =
when I called a strapping Welsh Sergeant a "Brit"!!!! ;)=20
ahem...you should show more sensitivity to our diversity as a nation! I =
ain't no g/d Yankee!=20
I agree about our beer, but ya'll are talking about the cheap =
mass-produced poison swill, try some Sam Adams Honey Porter next time =
you come across the big Pond!!! yum!
Dan
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From: miker15@juno.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 1997 11:55 AM
To: philip.raby@eos-magazine.com
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: MG trip to England
On Wed, 10 Dec 97 09:04:19 -0000 Philip Raby
<philip.raby@eos-magazine.com> writes:
>On 10/12/97 3:46 am Ray McCrary said
>
>>>I had VERY CAREFULLY stayed away from commenting on the
>>>beer thread since i no longer drink the stuff myself however I do=20
>have
>>>significant experience having lived in pubs (literally and=20
>figuratively)
>>>for many years as a callow youth in England.....
>>>
>>>OLD PECULIAR IS ABSOLUTELY LETHAL!!!!
>>>
>>>Two pints of it and you're anybodys, three and you're nobodys!!
>>>
>>>avoid at all costs unless you want to get very pissed very quickly=20
>and
>>>then suffer the worst hangover you will ever know!!!!!
>
>Now, I'm not mean enough to start a thread about Yanks not being able=20
>to=20
>handle their drinks, but only three pints? Come on..... ;-))
>
>Philip Raby
>Editor, MG World
>PO Box 163, Bicester OX6 3YS, UK
>Tel: 01869 340061 Fax: 01869 340063 Mobile 0467 767361
>www.chp.ltd.uk
>
>
Yank........YANK!!! - im scottish by descent, "sarf Lundn" by =
inclination
and
theres still Blue Bass running in these veins from 20 odd years ago!!!!
I just happen to be re-colonizing these parts
Next time im over, im going to sit you down and make you drink 3 pints
of old peculiar - then Im going to write an article about it for MG =
World
-
I guarantee an entertaining piece....
PLUS - if you dont repent, i will bring Ian Pender with me to videotape
the
whole thing.......
A gauntlet thus thrown down shall not go unpicked up!!!!
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
72 roadster
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