[Loch-Ruadh] Strange way to die

[Sam Milligan]

You're taking this much more seriously than I intended...  but I suppose if it were a real case, we could always pasturize it.  :)

Padraig

Cian wrote:

>the biggest reason i can think of is called
>cholera....
>when a person dies his bowels and bladder void, and
>depending on how full they were would contaminate
>quite a large volume of liquid......the urine is
>probably almost negligible since urine can be drunk in
>small volumes without much danger....however the fecal
>matter would be the most deadly (and disgusting)...a
>vat of brewing beer might act as a good growth medium
>for bacteria...cholera was caused in times past by
>locating the midden too close to your source of
>drinking water
>
>discussion anyone?    from a knowlegible brewer
>perhaps
>
>cian
>
>
>--- Sam Milligan <padraig_ruad at irishbard.com> wrote:
>> Why not?  We would - at least as long as his shoes
>> hadn't been too dirty.  Even then it could be
>> filtered just a bit to get out the big chunks.   :)
>>
>> Padraig
>>
>> Polydore wrote:
>>
>> >I have an ancestor that drowned in a vat of beer..
>> no, I am not kidding,
>> >it is in the church records from about 650 years
>> ago in Norway.
>> >
>> >Brings the question to mind... I wonder if they
>> drank the beer
>> >afterwards???
>> >
>> >"Sluggy!" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Steve Rourke wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/beer.htm
>> >>
>> >> If I had to choose between drowning in beer or
>> drowning in molasses, I
>> >> think I'd take my chances with beer...
>> >>
>> >> Sluggy!





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