Re: [LAU] [Extreme OT] silly semantics (was ... Re: Dublin buskers must have at least 20 songs)

From: Ken Restivo <ken@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Aug 14 2012 - 03:40:27 EEST

On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 07:01:47PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 04:49 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 05:31:14PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2012-08-13 at 03:17 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > > > I've tried whiskey (not to my taste) and I drink beer,
> > > > but never tried whiskey and beer, might react? :)
> > >
> > > If you are totally pissed by good whiskey, it's possible to drink
> > > pseudo-beer :p.
> >
> > SCNR, I was just being silly.
> >
> > If I say I have some red and white ping pong balls, does that mean I
> > have some white ones and some red ones or does it mean each one is red
> > and white?
> >
> > Sorry this is WAY OT.
>
> It takes some seconds, since I understand :D and I just had some beer
> today ;). I suspect a mix of whiskey + beer = kryptonite. Only bad for
> Superman.
>

A history professor at university did his doctoral thesis on the
drinking habits of colonial America.

Apparently a drink which was quite popular in those days was called
"flip". It was, IIRC, a pint of stout, with a shot of rum dropped in,
and stirred with a red-hot poker.

-ken
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