Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, January 22, 2017

To Drink Booze is to be Civilized

Drinking alcohol not only predates things such as literacy and nations, it may have been the thing that sparked the creation of civilization, if not humanity. People first domesticated grains not for making bread, but for making beer.

5 comments:

B said...

Beer was safe to drink....water wasn't. Same same wine.

Srsly.

The New York Crank said...

To follow up on B's correct statement, in the US during the 19th Century, beer was often the preferred breakfast beverage. Half the world went to work with a buzz on.

Crankily (maybe because I don't drink beer for breakfast),
The New York Crank

Comrade Misfit said...

B, I know. As the article pointed out, the ethanol in beer and wine had some disinfecting properties.

Wasn't it W.C. Fields who said: "I don't drink water. Fish fuck in water."

Z@X said...

I drink therefore I am ...



JayNola said...

I remember reading about this theory of civilization in an Anne Rice novel 20+ years ago. The thought fascinated me but I couldn't find any corroborating studies, it was pre-internet. It seems like a good bet given human nature that it's true.