Shark 0 #1 August 13, 2002 In case you missed it... http://www.msnbc.com/news/793342.asp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pop 0 #2 August 13, 2002 I am the healthiest man on planet Earth and it's all thanks to BEER?7 ounce wonders, music and dogs that are not into beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FliegendeWolf 0 #3 August 13, 2002 WOOOOOOOO-FREAKING-HOOOOOOOOOOOO!A One that Isn't Cold is Scarcely a One at All Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #4 August 13, 2002 Duh. I read that in the 1800's the U.S. Supreme Court had bottles of both water and gin on the bench. The water couldn't be trusted so it was "disinfected" or whatever with Gin. You know what else is good for you? Buttered popcorn, Alfredo pasta, and Pizza. I hate food nazis almost as much as I hate PC nazis. Thanks Shark. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hobbes4star 0 #5 August 13, 2002 i knew it all along. Why else would it be one of the major food groupsif fun were easy it wouldn't be worth having, right? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #6 August 13, 2002 May be...but my few brain cells are getting lonely after that WFFC clearing house. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,096 #7 August 13, 2002 >I read that in the 1800's the U.S. Supreme Court had bottles of both >water and gin on the bench. The water couldn't be trusted so it > was "disinfected" or whatever with Gin. True for most of recorded history. In fact, we evolved ADH (the enzyme that breaks down alcohol) partly because of this. In very early times, mead, wine, and finally beer were one of the few safe things to drink - the alcohol was sufficient to kill the bacteria in the water, and water contamination from human and animal wastes was very common. The people with ADH could drink wine and beer, and thus survived longer than the people who had to drink the contaminated water. Evolution in action. Interestingly, while most of Europe was into the wine and beer thing, much of Asia had tea rituals - the boiling water was what killed the bacteria in that case. ADH wasn't much use to them so it wasn't selected for. To this day, some Asian people cannot produce ADH, and are made sick by alcohol. So in a very real sense we (or at least most western cultures) evolved the ability to drink beer, over hundreds of thousands of years. Seems a shame to waste all that adaptation . . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #8 August 13, 2002 QuoteTo this day, some Asian people cannot produce ADH, and are made sick by alcohol I don't think there is a single Korean on the planet that has this problem.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wlie 0 #9 August 13, 2002 If I've learned one thing over the weekend, it'd be "beer has food value, food has no beer value".My other ride is the relative wind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #10 August 13, 2002 BILLVON YOU ROCK! That's the kind of sh*t you drop at a bash that makes people think you are a genius. I suspect that you may be. It only works for me when other people are drunk already. Once sober they realize I'm full of crap. ADH was selected for so that persons who occupy my place on the food chain can fool the rest that we fulfill some vague function. Thank you and Cheers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #11 August 13, 2002 You don't see us calling for sandwitches after 100 jumps - BEER!!! Once the plane takes off, you're gonna have to land - Might as well jump out!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scoby 0 #12 August 13, 2002 It's random, I think. My ex-fiance's dad could drink me under the table, but her cousins would all barf after a couple of cups of soju. Korean people seem harder hit than other asian folks, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #13 August 13, 2002 QuoteQuoteTo this day, some Asian people cannot produce ADH, and are made sick by alcohol I don't think there is a single Korean on the planet that has this problem.... Kinda make you wonder about all the Sake that is produced. not to mention the Asahi, Sapporo, Kirin, Tsing Tao, San Miguel, etc.... Party till you barf?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #14 August 13, 2002 My dad put a copy of the Wall Street Journal article on my desk this morning before I got there. He knows me so well!She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,096 #15 August 13, 2002 >Kinda make you wonder about all the Sake that is produced. not to >mention the Asahi, Sapporo, Kirin, Tsing Tao, San Miguel, etc... Oh, not all Asians lack ADH - but many do. Even the ones that lack it can still drink it, but it's not that pleasant to do so. From a tutorial on the issue (www.uams.edu/m2003/Behave/Modules/Alcohol%202001.doc) - "In most Asian cultures the overall incidence of alcohol related disorders is considerably lower than other cultures. Of significance is the absence of aldehyde dehydrogenase in as many as 50% of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean individuals. Alcohol use by affected individuals results in an antabuse like reaction. This makes the ingestion of large quantities unlikely." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wlie 0 #16 August 14, 2002 It's 5:27pm. All I can say is that a cold one sounds real good right now. Especially after sitting in traffic 'puttin at 2 mph. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkzone 0 #17 August 14, 2002 It's a well known fact that every Mg of alcohol kills millions of brain cells Far away is close at hand in images of elsewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkzone 0 #18 August 14, 2002 And what's more, it's also a well known fact that every Mg of alcohol kills millions of brain cells Far away is close at hand in images of elsewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #19 August 14, 2002 QuoteKorean people seem harder hit than other asian folks Well...in my 14 months in Korea I used to drink quite regularly with the girls at the "Together Club" They loved to play quarters and it was pretty easy to get them sloshed just because I weighed about 196 Lbs at the time and I don't think any of them could break 100Lbs with sand in their pockets. On the other hand....there was my trip out to the country to do some work and visit a friends mother in law. She had to be in her 50's or 60's and out drank 5 of us when it came to Soju. That was one crazy old Korean woman.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #20 August 14, 2002 QuoteWell...in my 14 months in Korea I used to drink quite regularly with the girls at the "Together Club" They loved to play quarters and it was pretty easy to get them sloshed Did they also play with the roll of quarters???? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #21 August 14, 2002 QuoteDid they also play with the roll of quarters???? I remember one girl in Toka Ri that did quite the "Banana Show" and an occasional beer bottle but no rolls of quarters that I can think of. Of course...that was a looooong blurry spot in my memory. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #22 August 20, 2002 ANd if you are still not convinced.... Scientists say alcohol makes others better-looking http://www.msnbc.com/news/796225.asp?0dm=C25CT Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
megscott73 0 #23 August 20, 2002 QuoteIt's a well known fact that every Mg of alcohol kills millions of brain cells Well, you're just no fun!!======================= "What I want is what I've not got ,but what I need is all around me"-DMB Meghan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
