Hi Bill. Greetings from Bob Eidsmoe (formerly of Sioux City) and now in Rio
Verde, AZ. What is the consensus? Did Ben Franklin really makethe coment
about beer and God? I hope so,. because I have been quoting him to some of
my golfing friends.
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From: "Bill Witt" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: Scientific Fact
Did Franklin really say that? Or could it be another of those
convenient-but-apocryphal Founding Father Funnies?
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Quoting Lyle Krewson <[log in to unmask]>:
> That’s why I occasionally teach wine appreciation classes...in people’s
> homes!!!! i love it when I am on the side of science.
>
>
> On Oct 13, 2007, at 4:01 p, Donna Buell wrote:
>
>>
>>>> As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is
>>>> freedom, in water there is bacteria.
>>>>
>>>> In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have
>>>> demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end
>>>> of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia
>>>> coli, (E. coli) -- bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are
>>>> consuming 1 kilo of poop.
>>>>
>>>> However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or
>>>> Jagermeister, tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol
>>>> has to go
>>>> through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or
>>>> fermenting.
>>>>
>>>> Remember: Water = Poop, Wine = Health
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to
>>> drink water and be full of shit.
>>>>
>>>> There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I'm
>>> doing it as a public service.
>
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