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BEER QUOTES

BEER QUOTES
Do you like beer? It’s one of the most popular alcoholic drinks in the world. Here are a few words of wisdom on the
golden liquid.
Save water.
Drink me.
“Save water. Drink beer.” Anonymous. “Who does not love beer, wine, women and
song remains a fool his whole life long.” Carl
“Beer is proof that God loves Worner.
us and wants us to be hap-
py.” Benjamin Franklin. “You can’t be a real country unless you
have a beer and an airline. It helps if
“I drink beer to make other you have some kind of a football
people interesting.” George team, or some nuclear weapons,
Jean Nathan. but at the very least you need
a beer.” Frank Zappa.
“24 hours in a day, 24 beers in
a case. Coincidence?” Stephen “Sometimes when
Wright. I reflect back on all
the beer I drink I feel
“Without question, the greatest ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the
invention in the history of man- workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If
kind is beer. Oh, I grant you the I didn’t drink this beer, they might be out of work and their
wheel was also a fine invention, dreams would be shattered. Then I say to myself, ‘It’s better
but the wheel does not go nearly as that I drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be
well with pizza.” Dave Barry. selfish and worry about my liver’.” Jack Handy.

“Not all chemicals are bad. Without

chemicals such as hydrogen and
oxygen, for example, there would be no
way to make water, a vital ingredient in
beer.” Dave Barry.

“Alright brain, I don’t like you and you

don’t like me, so just get me through this
exam so I can go back to killing you slowly
with beer.” Homer Simpson.

“I’d kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer.” Homer Simp-
son.

“Make sure that the beer – four pints a week – goes to the troops under GLOSSARY
fire before any of the parties in the rear get a drop.” Winston Church-
proof n the parties in the rear n
ill. 1944. evidence the soldiers in the areas away from the
a case n fighting
a container for cans of beer (often 24 cans) wise adj
“No soldier can fight unless he is properly fed on beef and beer.” The mankind n clever/intelligent
you can refer to all human beings as a fool n
First Duke of Marlborough. “mankind” an idiot/stupid person
I grant you exp ashamed adj
OK, I accept that… if you feel “ashamed” of something, you feel
“I recommend bread, meat, vegetables and beer.” Sophocles (Greek a wheel n embarrassed and bad about that thing
most cars have four “wheels” (the round a brewery n
philosopher). objects that the car travels on) a factory for making beer
does not go nearly as well with pizza exp out of work exp
isn’t as good to have with pizza with no job
“He was a wise man who invented beer.” Plato. a brain n their dreams would be shattered exp
the organ in your head that does all the their hopes and dreams would be destroyed
thinking, etc to come true exp
get me through this exam exp if your dream “comes true”, it happens
“Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world.” Kaiser help me pass this exam selfish adj
Wilhelm. a drop n only thinking about yourself and what’s
a very small amount of liquid good for you
a pint n a liver n
a measurement of liquid – about half a litre an organ in your body that processes your
“I’m going to buy a boat... do a little travelling, and I’m going to be troops under fire n blood
drinking beer!” John Welsh, a bus driver from New York who won $30 soldiers who are being shot at by the enemy

million in the New York lottery.

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