...in 1787, two days before their work was done, the 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention “adjourned to a tavern for some rest, and according to the bill they drank 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, 8 of whiskey, 22 of port, 8 of hard cider and 7 bowls of punch so large that, it was said, ducks could swim around in them. Then they went back to work and finished founding the new Republic.” Note the 55 delegates and 54 bottles of Madeira. Which founder was slacking?
I also liked the Dylan Thomas definition of an alcoholic: "someone you don’t like who drinks as much as you do."
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this is just wonderful! great find.
Patton used to sometimes complain that he was born in the wrong century... JJ is pretty certain he was hardwired for the late 18th-century.
Yup.
And what about that brilliant Dylan Thomas definition of alcoholic?
I saw a better one on a bumper-sticker in a parking lot at a bbq joint in Three Rivers, Tx once, no offence. It went,I am not an alcoholic. I am a drunk. Alcoholics go to meetings.
Kind of reminds me of the "Alcoholics Anonymous is for Quiters" remark.
Never heard that one. Wonderful.
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