Parochial Plea

[Dave Monroe]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Foster's was unknown in America at the time. When it was first
> introduced, Americans were very impressed by the size of the "oil
> cans".

My oldest, bestest freind in the world's family owned a liquor
distributorship @ one time (which si why I grew up underage drinking
Belgian et al. beers [$3 for a 22 oz, bottle of Chimay back in the
day, IF you had to pay for it] + German table wines; once tehre was a
tab to pick up, I quickly gave up beinga  beer et al. snob, it's been
"gimme the chepaest, crappiest ber you've got," rail vodka + "gimme
something blue" ever since, save my occasional bout of Stingers or
somesuch).  My one and only Sprin Beak trip I sept lounging in the
back of a van (I hhave never been what one might call a "licensed
driver") on top of a mattress on top of 32 cases of Fosters an/or KB
Lager.  Each ...