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Re: Jingoism at its best

To: dmeadow@juno.com
Subject: Re: Jingoism at its best
From: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 11:35:15 -0500
Maybe that's why Americans and Brits prefer Canadian beer to all of them.
More alcohol than US beer, more flavour than US beer - fewer trips than
Brit Beer.

John




>I used to live in England before American beers were widely available
>there.  I lived on a U.S. Air Force base with a small Officer's Club that
>stocked American beers.  The locals used to come to the Club to drink the
>Budweiser to get drunk.  Bud had more alcohol per ounce and less "bulk"
>than the English beers.  If you have ever attempted to get drunk on your
>typical English beer, you know that you have to take at least two runs to
>the toilet on every pint.  You can drink several American beers and never
>leave your seat.
>
>However, all things considered, I'd rather run to the toilet more often
>than drink Bud.
>
>David Littlefield
>Houston, TX
>
>>On Fri, 13 Feb 1998 17:43:09 -0800 Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
>>writes:
>>>At 12:09 PM -0800 2/12/98, Paul Hunt wrote:
>>>>3. You can call Budweiser beer
>>>
>>>Ummm...wait just one second!
>>>
>>>I used to live in London, and one of my favorite (favourite) things
>>>about
>>>the UK is the beer.  But when I lived there, Budweiser was starting
>>to
>>>be
>>>sold, and I was quite frankly appalled.
>>>
>>>I was just in London in September for my honeymoon and Budweiser was
>>>everywhere...WHAT THE H**L HAPPENED?!?!?!  The friends that I stayed
>>>with
>>>were drinking the stuff!!  They said they liked it!!!
>>>
>>>EEEEEEEWWWWWW!!!!
>>>
>>>CTP
>>>
>>>
>>>
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