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First Cocktail 5,000 Years Old
Praxiteles writes "The first cocktail was...grog?! From the article: 'The first cocktail ever was made in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago, using wine, beer, apple juice and honey. Patrick McGovern defined the mix as "grog", an archaic drink that in the United States is sold as the Midas Touch'."
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Does it run linux or something?
"What is in that grog stuff anyway?" Guybrush Threepwood
Yeah that be my larnin' as well. Avast ye blarney folk! A cocktail it may be, but grog it isn't!
All togeather now:
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
(Hat!) Where is me hat? (me what?)
Me noggin', noggin' hat (oh!)
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, the band is knocked about and the brim is all worn out
So me head is lookin' out for better weather
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
(Shirt!) Where is me shirt? (me what?)
Me noggin', noggin' shirt (oh!)
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, the sleeves are knocked about and the collar's all worn out
So me back is lookin' out for better weather
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
(Pants!) Where is me pants? (me what?)
Me noggin', noggin' pants (oh!)
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, the knees are knocked about and the seat is all worn out
So me arse is lookin' out for better weather
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
(Boots!) Where is me boots? (me what?)
Me noggin', noggin' boots (oh!)
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, the heels are knocked about and the toes is hangin' out
So me feets is lookin' out for better weather
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
(Bed!) Where is me bed?
Me noggin', noggin' bed
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Oh, I lent it to a whore, now the sheets they all are tore
So the springs are lookin' out for better weather
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
you could only drink about 5 of these before ya started puking.. what kinda crap is that?
Thank god we've evolved to the point where we understand that you shouldn't mix wine and beer in a single brew. However this is a recent jump in evolution because "Malt Duck" (beer + wine) was still popular in the 70s and early 80s (my dad has the stories to prove it).
I don't know, but I'd rather think that your peanut butter is in my chocolate.
Oh wait, err, that sounds bad, huh?
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Supporting the finding was the nearby discovery of several small papyrus umbrellas...
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Found nearby, a toilet bowl carved out of stone and the world's oldest recipe for a hangover cure.
And the first hangover was 4999 years, 364 days ago.
Actually, the spelling with two g's is more correct. "Grogg" is just a wrapper. The full name, of course, is "Grogg Vorbis."
Shop as usual. And avoid panic buying.
Here in Australia it's just grog, mate. Anyone know the etymology?
It's onomatapaeic - from the sound it makes coming back up.
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maybe they just unearthed containers from an old prison where they were making pruno.
An analysis of one old pot does nothing to prove the prevalence of such a drink.
I think this has inspired a new sig for me. "Booze, helping nerds get laid for 5,000 years."
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And reading an anonymous coward's post is now considered "checking validity?" Wow. Just. Wow.
Well, not as valid as checking a post by Breakfast PAnts, true.
Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.
> history channel ... keep showing WWII reruns.
Heh. I had a history teacher once who called the History Channel "All Hitler, All the time." I found it particularly amusing when I happened to be watching the History Channel one night when they were showing a documentary on the building of roads and highways, and at one point discussed Hitler's contributions to the German autobahnen. I laughed my head off.
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Nonsense. Grog is, as every real pirate knows, a secret mixure containing the following:
Rum and water? Pah. You fight like a cow.
Coffee.. all over my monitor, and most unfortunately.. my cat was sitting on my desk. I dont think she will be back for a while.
Dr. Patrick McGovern of the Museum discovered that the residues inside the vessels belonged to a "Phrygian cocktail," which combined grape wine, barley beer and honey mead.
I've read this before, but my first assumption would have been that the people also enjoyed wine, beer, and mead (or more likely, braggots and melomels), but used the same containers to make them and did a lousy job of washing them.
It makes me wonder what future archaeologists will make of the stuff in my sink. "It looks as though these people drank a Mountain Dew, orange juice, beer, and chicken soup cocktail!"