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.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Eidsmoe
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Sent: Mon, Oct 15 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: Scientific Fact
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.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Witt" [log in to unmask]>
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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?
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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