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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Beer a Dietary Supplement?
There is too much being said about beer being good for you. I submit (me as an example) that most beer drinkers do not hold it to 2 beers a day. One Big Dog (32 oz at the White Owl) and you've exceded that amount. That is to say many of our local beer-selling restaurants sell beer in quantities that excede this "healthy" perspective on beer. That said, I should not be judged by what I consume or by how much of it I consume. Judge me by my actions. If I get drunk and stumble down the aisle at your favorite restaurant and shout obscenities (NEVER HAVE NEVER WILL) then judge me for that and don't let me use the booze as an excuse for offensive behavior.
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So what's your point? Is it that beer is/isn't good for you or that you shouldn't be judged on beer consumption unless you're acting like an ass?
On the subject of the former, beer remains one of the only mainstream sources of maltose available.
On the subject of the latter, if you come to the movie theater reeking of Milwaukee's Best and sit next to my daughter, you should expect to find another seat -- like at home where you can be closer to your precious beer.
The point is that most "beer drinkers" (not to be confused with a very slim population of teetotalers who throw back one or two beers from time to time) do not hold their beer consumption to "healthy" levels as defined by widely accepted research. Most of what I've read is that moderation is the key. Most seem to claim that this level holds constant at somewhere near 1 or 2 beers / day. I will make no mistake about claims of “this beer is good for me” especially when I’m on Saturday’s 10th.
As for hitting the movies, I'm not a fan of Milwaukee's Best though it is a Miller product. I prefer the High Life but I presume the odiferous side effects are likely similar. I will not be embarrassed to sit near your daughter nor should you or she be frightened by me. In fact, if you are in the habit of asking those who don't "smell right" to get up and move to another seat, I'd expect you've had an altercation or two over the topic.
When you come to the movies with Body Odor, you are just stinky and I will move to get away from the funk.
When you come to the movies with Beer Odor, there is a possibility you could be trouble.
I don't know how much you drank, whether you can hold your alcohol, or whether you used the beer to wash back the metallic aftertaste of your PCP hit.
and NOW you are a blogger. you have my respect.
you did before, but even more so now.
Hornblower,
You would move if I had BO, but want ME to move if I smell like beer?
Don't you think your shot at avoiding an altercation or unnecessarily insulting someone pales by comparison to simply choosing to move on your own even if you have to get creative about your reasoning?
I'm just not seeing as reasonable behavior asking a belligerent drunk to go elsewhere because he sat his questionable arse next to your kid. Not that you'd be in the wrong, but it will not enhance your movie-going experience if you ask me.
What sort of flicks are you taking your kid to anyway? If you’re going in to an encore presentation of Pulp Fiction, I’d expect certain behavior among my co-viewers. If you’re seeing Cinderella and some drunk guy comes alone reeking of booze, well…anyway, I still wouldn’t ask HIM to move…I’d just move.
Thanks Jess,
Please post a link to your Blog...
And TH,
"I don't know how much you drank, whether you can hold your alcohol, or whether you used the beer to wash back the metallic aftertaste of your PCP hit."
The same holds true if I just STINK TO HIGH HEAVEN!
Hey TH, "...or that you shouldn't be judged on beer consumption unless you're acting like an ass?"
Another element of my point is that if you're acting like an ass, you should be judged or otherwise held accountable for your behavior whether or not you've had too much beer. The beer is NO excuse. The ole' cliche holds no water: "But honey, I was drunk. Really, I'm sorry. It was the booze talking. Not me!"
Just like I roll up my windows and lock my doors when I drive through the projects, I practice prudence when I can tell someone has been drinking.
Yes, there are people who act like idiots without alcohol. And not everyone who smells of sauce is a troublemaker.
I am just saying that if I can smell booze on you in public, there's enough of it in your system to be coming out your pores.
When I smell that smell, I take the appropriate precautions.
Similarly, whe I smell reefer on someone, I make sure to clear a path to the Doritos aisle.
TH
So I guess you'd agree that removing you and your family from the situation is a more prudent solution than asking the drunk to "find another seat"?
Beer is great stuff and has a long history of being great stuff! The earliest inhabitants of Harvard puritan college used to inbibe in beer for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Beer is way more healthy than soda, coffeee and the like.
Sheesh, can people get over their programming???
No beer, no civilization.
Charlie Bamforth, a British academic who holds the most fabulous of titles—the University of California's Anheuser Busch Endowed Professor of Brewing Science—claims that without beer, we would be without computers, the iPod, Silicon Valley and the space program. ...
read the rest here -- http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/everything/scientist-declares-beer-as-the-source-of-civilization-and-technology-nobody-is-surprised-253196.php
i mean here
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