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Good Day, Students!
As you may know, I am British, and the British virtually invented drinking in the modern age. Plymouth Gin, for example, went on the sailing ships with the crew, and a bunch of limes, to prevent scurvy and bad attitude all at once. You won't insult me by calling me a Limey, just so long as you call me Professor Limey!
You may have heard that the Irish invented whiskey (or, in their language, uisce beatha, or water of life), and they may well have done. At least some Irish monks think so, and they did, after all, save civilization.*
Thank God for that! Thank God the monks understood the place of drink in life, medicinal and spiritual.
In any case, if you do not find what you desire in your quest for information about booze in our academy, please drop me a line about your quest and, if we find it merits attention, we will attempt to cover that issue in a future course offering.
Meanwhile, enjoy your libations. And visit our campus store to view the "rah, rah" stuf we have made available for anyone who wishes to let the world know he or she is a serious, well-educated, student of grape and grain known as acqua vitae, water of life, uisce beatha….booze.
Prof. Crispin St. John
September 8, 2008
See Cahill, Thomas. How the Irish Saved Civilization.
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