declan's presentation at ignite dublin 8
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Declan's presentation on Ancient Booze at Ignite Dublin 8 8th December 2011TRANSCRIPT
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He was a wise man who invented beer. - Plato
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Laussel Venus – Dordogne Valley, France about 20,000 years BP
Horn of Plenty & Fertility Goddess depiction or simply a carving of a drunk, promiscuous woman
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Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.- Dave Barry
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The Great bar in the Sky – Methanol clouds in space
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Give my stomach to Milwaukee if they run out of beer...- John Prine
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Dudley’s Drunken Monkey Hypothesis
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"I would kill everyone in this room for a drop of sweet beer." - Homer Simpson
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Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine, a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.-Benjamin Franklin
Or he may have said…
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“Beer in the morning, beer in the afternoon and beer at night. A little wine thrown in for good measure.
Out on the Tiles with Pyramid Workers, Melbourne Herald-Sun, 7th June 1993
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The entire of civilisation is a careful construction for the production and distribution of beer- Unknown
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"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with fools."
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Hymn to Ninkasi
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"Quaintest thoughts, queerest fancies, come to life and fade away. What care I how the day advances, I am drinking ale today."
- Edgar Allan Poe
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Images of Venus of Laussel CC http://www.donsmaps.comRat drinking CC adria.richards on Flickr
Banksy’s Hunter Gatherers CC robotson on FlickrMethanol Cloud - Jodrell Bank Observatory
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