Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: "That's what i call some ironic sense of humour from a booze company! I like these Belgins! "Flems?" delirium tremens n. An acute, sometimes fatal episode of delirium usually caused by withdrawal or abstinence from alcohol following habitual, excessive drinking. It also may occur during an episode of heavy alcohol consumption. [New Latin delirium tremTns : Latin dTlhrium, delirium + Latin tremTns, trembling.]" The Belgians delight in naming their brews diabolically also. There are beers called Satan and Lucifer too, probably a few others - often with dramatic label art. The Quebec-made Belgian knock-offs follow with La Maudite (the Damned), l'Eau Benite (Holy Water, with a satanic label) and a few others. Canadian cigarette packs now carry (compulsory) pictures of diseased lungs, gums, and stylized flaccid male sex organs. It's all truth in advertising, IMHO. Emanuel Lowi Montreal - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html