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Rod - 14 Jul 2007 01:54 GMT
Subject: History lesson

For those that don't know a lotabout history...Here is a condensed
version...

Humans originally existed as members of small bands of nomadic
hunters/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the
summer and
would go to the coast and live on fish and lobster in the winter.

The two most important events in all of history were the invention of
beer
and the invention of the wheel. The wheel was invented to get man to
the
beer. These were the foundation of modern civilization and together
were the
catalyst for the splitting of humanity into two distinct subgroups:

1. Liberals; and
2. Conservatives.

Once beer was discovered, it required grain and that was the beginning
of
agriculture. Neither the glass bottle nor aluminum can were invented
yet,
so while our early humans were sitting around waiting for them to be
invented, they just stayed close to the brewery.

That's how villages were formed.

Some men spent their days tracking and killing animals to B-B-Q at
night
while they were drinking beer. This was the beginning of what is known
as
the Conservative movement.

Other men who were weaker and less skilled at hunting learned to live
off
the conservatives by showing up for the nightly B-B-Q's and doing the
sewing, fetching, and hairdressing. This was the beginning of the
Liberal
movement.

Some of these liberal men eventually evolved into women. The rest
became
known as girlie-men or wussies. Some noteworthy liberal achievements
include
the domestication of cats, the invention of group therapy, group hugs,
and
the concept of voting to decide how to divide the meat and beer that
conservatives provided.

Over the years Conservatives came to be symbolized by the largest,
most
powerful land animal on earth; the elephant

Liberals are symbolized by the jackass.

A few modern liberals like Mexican light beer (with lime added), but
most
prefer a chilled glass of Sauvignon Blanc,with passion fruit and kiwi
aromas
which are marked by grassy notes, then rounded out on the midpalate by
peach
flavors. Crisp and refreshing, with a hint of chalky minerality on the
finish; or Perrier bottled water. They eat raw fish but dislike beef.
Sushi,
tofu, and French food are standard liberal fare.

Another interesting evolutionary side note: most of their women have
higher
testosterone levels than their men. Most social workers, personal
injury
attorneys, Ivy League professors, journalists, dreamers in Hollywood
and
group therapists are liberals. Liberals invented the designated-hitter
rule
because it wasn't fair to make the pitcher also bat.

Conservatives drink Sam Adams, Harpoon IPA or Yuengling Lager. They
eat red
meat and still provide for their women. Conservatives are big-game
hunters,
rodeo cowboys, lumberjacks, construction workers, firemen, medical
doctors,
police officers, corporate executives, athletes, Marines, and
generally
anyone who works productively.

Conservatives who own companies hire other conservatives who want to
work
for a living.

Liberals produce little or nothing. They like to govern the producers
and
decide what to do with the production. Liberals believe Europeans are
more
enlightened than Americans. That is why most of the liberals remained
in
Europe when conservatives were coming to America. They crept in after
the
Wild West was tamed and created a business of trying to get more for
nothing.

Here ends today's lesson in world history: It should be noted that a
Liberal
may have a momentary urge to angrily respond to the above before
forwarding
it. A Conservative will simply laugh and be so convinced of the
absolute
truth of this history that it will be forwarded immediately to other
true
believers and to more liberals just to tick them off.
Grumman-581 - 14 Jul 2007 02:57 GMT
<snip>

That one was worth saving...

http://grumman581.googlepages.com/humor--history-lesson

Thanks...
JOF - 14 Jul 2007 03:39 GMT
> Subject: History lesson
>
[quoted text clipped - 109 lines]
> true
> believers and to more liberals just to tick them off.

But you ignore those liberals (being obviously higher on the
evolutionary scale) who discovered the process for making fine scotch
whiskey and thereafter evolved into yet a higher order of being. They
now recline, imbibing said smokey beverage, and marvel at the
silliness of those lesser mortals who still see their world in
partisan terms.

JF
Dennis (Icarus) - 14 Jul 2007 05:15 GMT
> > Subject: History lesson

<snip>

> But you ignore those liberals (being obviously higher on the
> evolutionary scale) who discovered the process for making fine scotch
> whiskey and thereafter evolved into yet a higher order of being. They
> now recline, imbibing said smokey beverage, and marvel at the
> silliness of those lesser mortals who still see their world in
> partisan terms.

And completely missing the irony of their own partisanship.
:-)

Dennis
Lee Bell - 14 Jul 2007 12:11 GMT
> But you ignore those liberals (being obviously higher on the
> evolutionary scale) who discovered the process for making fine scotch
> whiskey . . .

Anyone that thinks those that are responsible for scotch whiskey really
needs to take another look at the history of the Scotish people.
JOF - 14 Jul 2007 14:48 GMT
> > But you ignore those liberals (being obviously higher on the
> > evolutionary scale) who discovered the process for making fine scotch
> > whiskey . . .
>
> Anyone that thinks those that are responsible for scotch whiskey really
> needs to take another look at the history of the Scotish people.

Did you miss a word or three here?

JF
Doh - 14 Jul 2007 18:30 GMT
>> But you ignore those liberals (being obviously higher on the
>> evolutionary scale) who discovered the process for making fine scotch
>> whiskey . . .
>
> Anyone that thinks those that are responsible for scotch whiskey really
> needs to take another look at the history of the Scotish people.

There is no such thing as Scotch Whiskey!
(Its Whisky if made in Scotland, Whiskey elsewhere!)

The Bard of Banff
Whisky Or Whiskey?

A Scotsman who spells
Whisky with an ‘e’,
should be hand cuffed
and thrown head first in the Dee.

In the USA and Ireland,
it’s spelt with an ‘e’
but in Scotland
it’s real ‘Whisky’.

So if you see Whisky
and it has an ‘e’,
only take it,
if you get it for free!

For the name is not the same
and it never will be,
a dram is only a real dram,
from a bottle of ‘Scotch Whisky’.

Stanley Bruce.
20th April 2004
Lee Bell - 14 Jul 2007 19:02 GMT
Doh rote in message

> There is no such thing as Scotch Whiskey!
> (Its Whisky if made in Scotland, Whiskey elsewhere!)

I stand corrected.
JOF - 14 Jul 2007 19:18 GMT
> >> But you ignore those liberals (being obviously higher on the
> >> evolutionary scale) who discovered the process for making fine scotch
[quoted text clipped - 31 lines]
> Stanley Bruce.
> 20th April 2004

Mea culpa.   8)
Scott - 14 Jul 2007 20:07 GMT
Out-f.cking-standing!

> >> But you ignore those liberals (being obviously higher on the
> >> evolutionary scale) who discovered the process for making fine scotch
[quoted text clipped - 31 lines]
> Stanley Bruce.
> 20th April 2004
Rod - 14 Jul 2007 22:31 GMT
>Out-f.cking-standing!
>
[quoted text clipped - 33 lines]
>> Stanley Bruce.
>> 20th April 2004

I hate it when people that know what they are talking about correct
us. I guess I'm to used to people like Carl the yap-yap
Scott - 14 Jul 2007 22:50 GMT
> I hate it when people that know what they are talking about correct
> us. I guess I'm to used to people like Carl the yap-yap

<shudder>
Greg Mossman - 14 Jul 2007 17:14 GMT
> A few modern liberals like Mexican light beer (with lime added), but

That's hilarious.  The entire microbrew movement is a liberal
conspiracy to make conservatives look like idiots for sticking to Bud
and Miller Lite even though they taste like crap.  Since
conservatives, lacking bottle openers or teeth, can only drink out of
cans, microbrews are obviously out of their reach.

> Conservatives drink Sam Adams, Harpoon IPA or Yuengling Lager. They

Sure they do.  That's why you always see Sam Adams, Harpoon IPA, and
Yuengling cans littering the trailer parks of the enlightened
conservatives.  Sure.

Interesting that Jim Koch, founded of Sam Adams (Boston Beer Co.),
donates exclusive to the Democrat party:

http://newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/Jim_Koch.php

He must be one of those damn Massachusetts liberals that hire
conservatives to do all the real brewing for him.
Grumman-581 - 14 Jul 2007 17:45 GMT
> That's hilarious.  The entire microbrew movement is a liberal
> conspiracy to make conservatives look like idiots for sticking to Bud
> and Miller Lite even though they taste like crap.  Since
> conservatives, lacking bottle openers or teeth, can only drink out of
> cans, microbrews are obviously out of their reach.

We have pipe wrenches, vise grips, car door latches, etc... We can
handle bottles quite well, thank you... On the other hand, I'm pretty
sure that the screw tops on bottles and the easy pull tabs on cans
were done so that the liberals would be able to drink... Us
conservatives were quite able to just use a pocket knife to open a can
or bottle... Of course, the liberals were too afraid to carry a knife,
so we invented the "church key" type openers for them... They kept
injuring themselves with them though, so we had to come up with the
easy open type bottles and cans... At one point, we tried the 2 step
button approach on the Coors cans, but the liberals ended up either
cutting their fingers on them or getting their fingers stuck in the
cans... Nothing quite so sad as watching a liberal with 10 beer cans
stuck to his fingers trying to figure out how to open the next can...
With regards to the switch from steel to aluminum cans, we can also
blame that on the liberals... It seems that in trying to emulate the
conservatives, the liberals attempted to crush the beer cans against
their skulls, but being the wimps that they are, the steel cans caused
damage to their soft heads... To make them feel better about
themselves, we switched to aluminum for the cans so that they could
pretend that they were real men and able to crush the cans against
their heads...
 
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