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Re: clive liked it
cemery said this:
>
> >>A black and tan is half stout and half ale. Let's not take branding
>too
>much to heart.
>
>I'm wondering though. I've been wondering but haven't pursued trying to
>find out. Guinness is Irish; Bass is English. The Black and Tans were
>basically the terrorist branch of the English army during the Irish
>revolution. Somehow I doubt, given that fact, that the name "black and
>tan" is coincidental. Or that the clash of English and Irish in the
>glass is coincidental. Something to think about. Nothing I have answers
>about.
>
>
> >okay, iīm confused...why would you work at liking something you donīt
> >necessarily need to like? seems like a waste.
>
>Hi, Marie. :)
>
>The first time I tried beer it was something cheep and I was like, "Hmm.
>Okay. Hmm." And I tried it a few other times without quite
>understanding why Homer says, "Mmmm. Beer," though I discovered that
>there was a reason to drink good beer rather than cheap beer. But. What
>happened was. One day. I *wanted* a beer. "What is it that I need?" I
>thought. "It's beer! Off to the Heorot!!"
>
>Really the only proof that beer might be a worthwhile taste to acquire is
>all the people who say it is. Which includes CS Lewis, and everybody
>listens to CS Lewis. :)
>
>Here end my two cents,
>
>Fred
>
amen fred. i didn't always like onions or mustard, or thunderstorms, or
opera music, for instance. in fact i used to hate them with a passion. but
now i know that i'm a better person because of the important role they play
in my life. (i'm almost sobbing with gratitude, here)
thus ends my too sense,
brian
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