I think Ben Franklin pre-dated Joseph Lister by about a century or so, so
the part of the quote about "bacteria" is probably a stretch.
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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Subject: Re: Scientific
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Did Franklin really say that? Or could it be another
of those
convenient-but-apocryphal Founding Father
Funnies?
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That’s why I occasionally teach wine appreciation classes...in people’s >
homes!!!! i love it when I am on the side of
science.
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> 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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