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Subject: Michigan water tastes like... From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 10 May 00 - 06:23 AM [With apologies to Frank Hamilton!] If the news is correct that a Michigan citizen has scooped the US' largest lottery prize, I suppose Michigan water now tastes more like champagne or 20-year-old malt than sherry wine! I also see that Kentucky water now tastes of bourbon after a distillery fire and residents have been warned watering down their bourbon could make it stronger! [OK I made the warning up. "This story is true, only the facts have been twisted to make it funnier"] RtS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like... From: catspaw49 Date: 10 May 00 - 06:33 AM The only thing twisted around here is you Skiff.......well, possibly me too..............But ta' hell with the big bucks, what's this about a Kentucky distillery? My gawd, what a catastrophe!!!!!!!!!!! Spaw |
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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like... From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler Date: 10 May 00 - 10:51 AM Here's the details, 'Spaw. Read'em and weep. (from BBC News online)"Water contaminated": love that, most drinkers would have said "bourbon contaminated!")
Wednesday, 10 May, 2000, 09:00 GMT 10:00 UK Bourbon fire in Kentucky The fire consumed a seven-storey warehouse A distillery blaze fuelled by thousands of gallons of whiskey has destroyed a warehouse and threatened water supplies in central Kentucky. A spokesman for the Wild Turkey whiskey company said thousands of bourbon casks had been exploding like gunfire at the peak of the blaze in a seven-storey warehouse near the town of Lawrenceburg. No one was seriously injured, although two firefighters were overcome by fumes and heat. An investigation has started into the cause of the fire. Water contaminated The authorities shut down a local water treatment plant after a large amount of burning bourbon mixed with water from fire hoses flowed into the Kentucky River. Lawrenceburg officials ordered unnecessary water usage in restaurants and car washes to be halted temporarily. The burning alcohol also set fire to woods behind the water treatment plant. The warehouse was one of 12 at the plant. Company officials said each facility contained 15,000-20,000 barrels filled with bourbon. The distillery - the only one where the famous Wild Turkey brand is made - is still operating. The company spokesman said supplies of the bourbon would not be affected. He said the whiskey in the destroyed warehouse would not have been ready for drinking for another 10 years.
Wild Turkey is owned by the French spirits conglomerate Pernod-Ricard SA |
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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like... From: GUEST,CLETUS Date: 10 May 00 - 11:10 AM Mister Skiffler, Ima puttin up thzzeer postin cuz Catspaw iz in sum kinda tranz like thing. he allwez sez thet Wild Turkey iz the finust bourbon made in Kaintuck an I reckon thet meens the whole world. Me an Paw offerert himup summa our brew what we make in the Peterbilt radiator, but he jez givvuz a reel naztie look an tole us to git on. He may need ta be taken ta the Center ifn he doan snap outta thiz soon. Ile letcha know. CLETUS |
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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like... From: Amergin Date: 10 May 00 - 01:15 PM Let this forever be remembered as a day of mourning, a day of remembrance, a day of hope to build a new future, a new still, a new America. Amergin |
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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like... From: Bert Date: 10 May 00 - 01:43 PM There's gotta be a SONG here! Where are you Áine??? To go in the 'Sad Songs' thread of course. Bert. There was Brown, upside down mopping all the whiskey off the floor, Booze! Booze! Booze! the firemen cried... |
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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like... From: TerriM Date: 10 May 00 - 01:54 PM somebody call the sanevac, quick! |
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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like... From: Bert Date: 11 May 00 - 12:28 PM Puts a whole new twist on Chesterton's "I don't care where the water gets if it doesn't get into the wine' |
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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like... From: Bert Date: 11 May 00 - 12:29 PM "The tears that I cry for that whiskey are gonna flood you Big River" |
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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like... From: Áine Date: 11 May 00 - 12:42 PM Ok guys, here ya go -- this "whiskey river" is now an official Challenge! Let's see what you can do with SONG CHALLENGE! Part 27. Go for it! -- Áine |
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Subject: RE: BS: Michigan water tastes like... From: JamesJim Date: 11 May 00 - 10:02 PM Not to worry. There's lot's of Bourbon left here in Kentucky. However, there are reports that thousands of native Kentuckians rushed to the Kentucky river with straws. If this had only happened in winter, we wouldn't have to add ice. Speaking of songs, this reminds me of Woody's "Lonesome Road Blues." (I'm goin' where the water taste like wine - or in this case, Bourbon) Jim |