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it's an interesting story but is there a moral?

Jesuits are cunts.

 

[Bill Walker]

probably a stupid question,
but from what were they rescued?

They were upside down mate, now they're ok.

 

[Lavinda Past]

 

[BimboBob]

another accidental booze discovery was champagne...

it is well known that monks like a drink.

in the 17th century the monks of the champagne region of france got a bit disheartened when they began making wine,
because during winter when the temperature plummeted at their high altitude the wine temporarily stopped fermenting.
when it began to ferment again in spring there was an excess of carbon dioxide in the bottles.

this pissed them off,
so in 1668 the catholic church sent a french monk to sort it out.
his name was dom pierre perignon.
he advised the local monks that they didn't know what they were on about because it actually tasted lovely.
he then set about developing the process to make it even fizzier.

Hmmmm...all champagne was attempted to be made non sparkling originally, bubbles were considered a wine fault, and it was the English who developed the technique and understood the principles before the French made it sparkling on purpose due to their appetite for it. The English also developed stronger glass, the French versions kept exploding, and reinvented the corking process. From the Romans.
Also the French in the Champagne region had been making it for a lot longer than the 17th century. Supposedly as far back as the 5th.

Here endeth the lesson.

 

[A57 the snake]

i'm afraid i don't know his name,
but brandy was accidentally invented by a dutch shipmaster in the 16th century.

he wanted to make bulky wine easier to transport on long sea voyages
(the more you can take the more profit you make).

his idea was to heat up the wine to concentrate the alcohol,
then when he got to the destination simply add water to it.

what he discovered was that the concentrated stuff was well nice,
so he marketed it as "brandewijn" the dutch for burnt wine.

Dick Advocaat ?

 

[BimboBob]

i'm afraid i don't know his name,
but brandy was accidentally invented by a dutch shipmaster in the 16th century.

he wanted to make bulky wine easier to transport on long sea voyages
(the more you can take the more profit you make).

his idea was to heat up the wine to concentrate the alcohol,
then when he got to the destination simply add water to it.

what he discovered was that the concentrated stuff was well nice,
so he marketed it as "brandewijn" the dutch for burnt wine.

Except the Romans and the Moors made and drunk brandy. It was just called burnt wine.

 

[Barcon]

My electrickery went off two hours ago so I am drinking bloody Caesars outside.
At least as interesting as a map of shops.

 

[2smokinberyls smockfrocks]

They were upside down mate, now they're ok.

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that's actually well scary.
some right perverts in there.

the five in the background are off-the-scale skulking weirdos.

front row left to right as we look at them...
1 = flasher! put it away!
2 = some sort of bear with an albino chin pretending to be a bat by wrapping himself up in a bela lugosi binbag.
3 = front of stage tongue out show-off who probably did the interview on the local news.
4 = i must admit i quite fancy her. cute as fuck.

 

[2smokinberyls smockfrocks]

Hmmmm...all champagne was attempted to be made non sparkling originally, bubbles were considered a wine fault, and it was the English who developed the technique and understood the principles before the French made it sparkling on purpose due to their appetite for it. The English also developed stronger glass, the French versions kept exploding, and reinvented the corking process. From the Romans.
Also the French in the Champagne region had been making it for a lot longer than the 17th century. Supposedly as far back as the 5th.

Here endeth the lesson.

Except the Romans and the Moors made and drunk brandy. It was just called burnt wine.

why don't you just go ahead and ruin everything in my life with your facts.

properly spoiled my evening, you have :)

 

[2smokinberyls smockfrocks]

@BimboBob

i only have one more accidental booze invention story.
you may as well go for your hat-trick...

once upon a time
some bloke in france fell down a well in winter and broke his legs.
he couldn't climb up to free himself.
he shouted and shouted for help but none came.

some apples had fallen down into the bottom of the well in autumn.
they had gone rotten but it was all he had to eat.

as he munched on them he realised he was getting pissed.
thus cider was invented and upon his rescue he began to market it.