Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Guy, The name is Mort Subite, i.e. sudden death. Somewhat misleading, since the beer has a nice fruity taste and is quite weak by Belgian standards, less than 5%. According to legend, the name came from a bar in Brussels in the 1920s where local journalists would hang out and play cards while waiting for something interesting to happen. The games ended suddenly when everyone had to clear out to cover some breaking story, and hence the local beer was so named. It is a Brussels specialy. Nathan Guy Bennett wrote: > Is that Morte Subite or Mort Subite? Are we talking about a sudden dead > woman or sudden death? In either case, it's making me thirsty! > > Guy - -- Nathan Wajsman Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch Photo-A-Week: http://www.wajsman.com/indexpaw.htm General photo site: http://www.wajsman.com/index.htm - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html