I can believe the beer bit, it's the bacterial reference that I
question, since nobody linked micro-organisms to pathology until
Pasteur. In other words, "germ theory" didn't exist in the 18th
century.
BW
Quoting Ron and Pat <[log in to unmask]>:
> Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy - Ben Franklin
>
> Bill Witt wrote:
>> 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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