We've gotta lighten up A2K

Daddy has a Harbor Seal
It's a thinker, not a do-er.
And when it comes to making beer
It's a drinker, not a brewer.

Daddy has a harbour seal,
It loves to drink its brandy -
But then it tries to cop a feel,
For brandy makes seals randy!

damn good thing i don't know how to make beer. i'd never leave my house

Now, Pueo just loves to drink beer,
But it makes him look awfully queer -
Cos his tongue, it hangs out
And his eyes roll about -
Well the sight fills me, frankly, with fear!

hmmmmmm..................

Hey mustang! where y'all from? and welcome to this here joint, a bit late, but welcome...

Hey Pueo, I know how to make beer ;-)

Hi bigdice67, thanks for the welcome! The only thing southern about me is that I live in the southern part of a county which is near Detroit, Michigan. My Great Grandparents came to this country from some place in Germany near the Polish border. (Can't even remember the name now.) I once found their names on a ship's manifest which departed Hamburg. They came through Ellis Island. Didn't know them too well and my grandparents couldn't supply very much information, so that's about all I know.

A while back (hate to admit how long!), I visited my Sis and her husband, who was stationed in Wiesbaden and had a chance to see a lot of your beautiful country. Frankfurt, Stuttgart (sp ), Mainz, Munich, etc. Also got to The Netherlands (only to change planes, but enough time to sight-see a bit) Switzerland, Luxembourg, France, Great Britain--not enough time to make Spain and Italy. Wish I could go back some time, but that's doubtful.

Was very impressed with the cathedral in Koln and Schloss Neuschwanstein. Hey, that kooky Ludwig really knew how to live, didn't he?

Beer in the morning
Beer at night
Gas in the belly
And the stomach is tight!

We'll sing a song for A2K
We'll raise our glasses high.
We'll sing a song for A2K
As the world goes rollin' by

For all the folks who gather here
For the rock and roll and wry,
We'll sing a song for A2K
As we chat, debate and lie

(to be sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne)

Hell, folks. I can't sing and write at the same time

Great fun reading all these replies.

Letty, I like that![/color]

P.S. Now that tune will be going through my head all day.

LOL ... that works pretty well sung to "The Mickey Mouse Cub Song" too ... try it!



timber

timber and chat,

A2K--A2K
Just a mouse away.

We certainly do have a versatile little AWEchestra here, don't we.

Hey sweet Letty, I just found your thread! It has been a wonderful learning experience. Everclear is something I had never heard of, an empty chapter in my life, no doubt.

Phoenix and Gezzy, like the two of you, I can't hold my liquor without getting all lovey and sentimental or simply going to sleep.Beer or the hard stuff, it doesn't seem to matter.

If there is good champagne around, I just throw caution to the wind. To me, there is nothing better than champagne.

The night they invented champagne,
It's plain as it can be,
They thought of you and me.
The night they invented champagne,
They absolutely knew,
That all we'd want to do
Is fly to the sky on chamnpagne,
And shout to everyone in sight:
That since the world began,
No woman or man
Has ever been as happy as we are tonight.

Cheers!!

Diane, I suspect a couple of the hazier, if not empty, chapters in many a life had something to do with Everclear, and its rustic cousin, good ol', unpretentious, home-made, untaxed, and wholly unregulated country 'Shine. Transparent whisky enjoyed from a canning jar is a Weapon Of Mass Disfunction. You ain't missed nothin', girl.


Everclear Trivia: It was available during prohibition as a prescription medicament, as an indifferently regulated cooking and illuminating fuel, a solvent, and, in very respectably industrial quantities, as a component of many processes of production. Pure Grain Alcohol is pretty versatile stuff. Quite a few drums of Everclear that were aimed at a factory wound up being poured from bottles at "Speakeasy"s in just about every village, town, and city in The Country. Theft and other diversions of the stuff, from truck loads to rail cars and warehouses full, was a major occupation of organized crime in that era.



timber

Aaaah, so that is why it was called rot gut?

"Rot-Gut" referred more to the less stringently quality-controled distalations of amatures. Everclear was, and remains, Industrial Grade.



timber

timber - Do you mean that I should leave it unopened????

Leave it tucked away in a safe place Phoenix. I'll be right over to pick it up and dispose of it safely for you. No need to worry.



timber

Another Everclear trivia - Dr Hulda Clark, of alternative medicine fame, recommends that we purchase Everclear for use as an antiseptic. Except for alcoholics.