[Loch-Ruadh] Strange way to die

[giles nemeton]

Perhaps then any such vat might be sold under the name
of......something like 'Volf Volfsonssonsson's Demise'
......; )


--- Sam Milligan <padraig_ruad at irishbard.com> wrote:
> 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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