Tricky Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 Beer Foils a Kidnapping - Is There Anything Beer Can't Do? Recently released papers reveal that in 1964, some leftist students devised a plan to kidnap Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the Prime Minister of England. After their initial plan went astray, the student walk up to his house and rang the bell. The Prime Minister was at home alone, and answered the door himself. The students announced that they were there to kidnap him. He asked if he could pack a few things. While they were waiting, he invited them to have a few beers. The beer pacified the students and they left quietly after other members of the household returned home. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1585069/How-Alec-Douglas-Home-foiled-student-kidnappers-with-beer.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted November 1, 2010 Author Share Posted November 1, 2010 Beer Foils A Robbery \u2013 Is There Anything Beer Can\u2019t Do? A man in the USA, was woken up by Scott Cote who had just broken into his house. The homeowner was able to convince Cole to leave by offering him free beer. He was apprehended by police a short time later. According to police, Cole was drunk at the time and did not even realise that the beer, he was bribed with, was non-alcoholic. http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/110619.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brew Master Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 ......good on you Rick. You never cease to amaze. [surprised Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted January 13, 2011 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Beer reduces the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure \u2013 Is There Anything Beer Can\u2019t Do? According to a report published on Wednesday by Spanish Doctors "the beer belly is a myth" since two or three glasses of beer a day, combined with a healthy diet like the Mediterranean one, "doesn't make people fat" and in fact reduces the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure. The image of men and women with disproportionately huge bellies belongs, they say, to the Anglo-Saxon culture, which is characterised by the consumption of huge quantities of beer and a diet high in saturated fats, combined with little or no physical exercise. The study, which looked at 1,249 people over the age of 57 with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease because of their age, concluded that beer is actually healthy. According to the authors of the report, people who stuck to a Mediterranean diet and drank between a quarter and half a litre of beer each day "not only didn't put on weight, but in some cases actually missing weight". Beer is a fermented product that derives its nutritional goodness from the cereals from which it is made, it also provides greater folic acid, vitamins, iron, and calcium than other drinks, which produce a "protective" effect on the cardiovascular system. http://thereader.es/en/spain-news-stories/5703-Beer-belly-a-myth-according-to-doctors-in-Asturias.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossm Posted January 13, 2011 Share Posted January 13, 2011 ....I think I love you Rick........in a mate sort of way of course!...[biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Beer Helps You Catch Fish \u2013 Is There Anything Beer Can't Do? One day, Norm Price in Alberta, Canada, bent a beer bottle cap in half and threw it up on his table next to some fishing hooks. When he glanced over, it looked like it was attached to the hook. This gave him the idea to make a lure out of it. He found the lure to be really effective so he got his mates to try it out. Now he runs a fully-fledged business making excellent fishing lures out of used bent beer bottle caps. http://www.wfn.tv/mafv/view.php?entry=275 http://www.bottlecaplure.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 Beer Great for Heart Health - Is There Anything Beer Can't Do? \u201cRed wine enjoys a reputation for sophistication and health benefits, but as interest in artisan brewing gains momentum and emerging research reveals unique nutrition properties, beer is finding redemption not only as a classy libation with deep roots in many cultures, but as a beverage with benefits,\u201d said American Dietetic Association (ADA) spokesperson Andrea Giancoli. Giancoli said that moderate consumption of beer has shown to increase HDL cholesterol (good), lower LDL cholesterol (bad), and reduce the risk of blood clots. It also lowers the risk of gallstones and type 2 diabetes. \u201cBeer specifically has been associated with additional health outcomes, including lowering the risk of kidney stones in men compared to other alcoholic beverages, possibly due to its high water content and diuretic effect,\u201d Giancoli said. \u201cCompounds in hops may also slow the release of calcium from bone that is implicated in kidney stones. Additionally, beer drinkers seem to have a more protective effect towards greater bone mineral density due to the high content of silicone in beer.\u201d http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/02/10/report-beer-great-heart-health/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kearnage Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Beer can bring horses back from the dead - Is there anything beer can't do? Beer brings horse back from the dead Imagine if it was Coopers - might have turned him into Phar Lap [biggrin] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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