[geeks] This bogles my mind

[David Cantrell]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 03:21:00PM -0500, ward at zilla.nu wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 08:26:53PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote:
> > > Smoking and drinking are very very different.  One has actual medicinal
> > > value, the other has zero.
> > 
> > That is debatable.
> 
> Are you arguing against the beneficial value of wine or for the
> beneficial value of smoking?

The former.

Of course, given a choice between medieval-quality water and medieval-
quality beer, I'd take the beer any day.  Beer won't ferment properly
in the presence of a large number of common bugs, so is a good sign of
a reasonably clean drink ;-)

-- 
David Cantrell | david at cantrell.org.uk | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/

      Good advice is always certain to be ignored,
      but that's no reason not to give it            -- Agatha Christie