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Happy Birthday folks!

He was never heard from again! lol

Happy Birthday!

My wife loves to decorate for Christmas but our grandson lives with us so we only have decorations on the top half right now. He's 18mths old and likes to decorate and un-decorate haha. Will leave you to picture the tree yourself lol.

Happy Birthday to you both.

Chap in a pub on Saturday night. Had a few.... Notices two large women by the bar. They both had strong accents so he asks : "Hey, are you two ladies from Scotland ?" One of them chirped: "It's WALES you friggin' idiot!" So, the chap immediately apologised and said... "So sorry, are you two whales from Scotland ?"

Aw what a lovely thought, well done mate

had to get one for the wife in heaven .she always loved a white tree

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday

I'de literally take a day off of work for a Hide And Seek "Prop Hunt" event day. They are so much fun. lol

XtremeIdiots would like to wish all members celebrating their birthday today a happy birthday. Exe (39)Ironcity (60)

So sorry for your loss, Hope you all find the strength to get through this.

xxxoooxxxooo

So very sorry to hear this. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Jesus there is tonnes of those English, Irish, Scottish, Wales men jokes going into a bar, half of them you cant even find online . The best ones are primarily through mouth of word

Sorry about your news Wild. Condolences to your good lady.

It would be great to play other games with all you fellow idiots

NOW you have enough

Bollocks, the most famous beer in the world has to be Guinness, in far far more countries than Budweiser

Beer Facts and Trivia Beer is the most popular and widely-consumed alcoholic drink and the third-most-popular drink overall, next to water and tea. That’s already one fact about your favorite beverage. Beer is great with everything – burgers, pizza, or a great home-cooked meal – and of course, it’s great for drinking at parties. Being able to sound smart at a party is a life skill anyone must-have. And while you’re drinking beer, it’s fun to throw a “did you know” statement to someone, hoping to break the ice. Here are some interesting facts about beer that you might not know: Beer is as old as history, and humans were drinking beer 5,000 years ago.Beer drinking and brewing predate written language. For the Sumerians who lived in Mesopotamia, there was already a beer to drink. None of it included hops, so it probably didn’t taste that good, but according to studies, people had their pick of eight different wheat-based and eight various barley-based beers. Abraham Lincoln taxed beer to help fund the Civil War.Honest Abe had some budget issues back in the day, especially since fighting in the South isn’t cheap. Also, it turns out that many German and German-American soldiers drank German-style beers from American brewers in between the war. Non-German soldiers also seemed to enjoy the lager and drove the number of breweries in America to peak in the 1870s. Beer cans were invented in 1933.There was a brewery in Newark, New Jersey, that teamed up with a canning company to package Krueger Special Beer in 1933. It was the first-ever beer to be packaged in a can. Brewmeister’s Armageddon is the strongest beer in the world.The alcohol content by volume (ABV) of this beer is around 65%. Typically, beers are under 10% ABV, so you can imagine how stomach-burning this Scottish beer is. The most expensive beer was sold for over $5k.In 2015, a 140-year-old bottle of beer brewed for an Antarctic expedition was sold for $5,131. This beer was called Allsopp’s Arctic Ale, and it isn’t even drinkable. However, it didn’t stop a rich man from the UK from buying this 22-oz. ale. Snow is the world’s best-selling beer.It’s not real snow – it’s the name of the beer brewed for the Chinese market. Not surprisingly, it’s named as a best-seller because there are over 1 billion people in China, and it’s also the world’s largest beer market by volume. Oktoberfest originally started as a festival celebrating the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria.Beer lovers are particularly aware of Oktoberfest. It’s a festival of music, food, and of course, beer. It’s held over a two-week period, where millions of people around the world celebrate and enjoy the booze fest. But for your information, this festival originated on October 12, 1810, to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen. The crown prince later became King Louis I. New Hampshire drinks more beer than any state in the US.If you think about what state drinks the most beer, you may think it’s Nevada, because it houses Las Vegas, which serves so much booze every day. But if the US had a drinking competition, New Hampshire drinks more beer per person than any other state. Residents of the country have a total beer consumption of around 41.8 million gallons of beer annually, with an annual per capita consumption of 40.6 gallons of beer. The average US citizen over 21 drinks 26.9 gallons of beer.In 2017, the average American consumed 26.9 gallons of beer. However, the United States doesn’t even make the top 10 in terms of overall beer drinking. During the Prohibition, people were prescribed medical beer.But there’s no such thing as “medical beer.” Brewers, physicians, and imbibers only made it up and used it to try and skirt Prohibition’s laws. It worked, as doctors could prescribe beer as of March 1921. It lasted until November that year when Congress changed its mind and banned it again. Then, no one ever had a beer again in the US. A 15-feet high tidal wave of beer killed eight people in London.In 1814, there was a terrible disaster called the London Beer Flood when barrels of porter flooded the neighborhood of St. Giles Rookery. The bizarre industrial accident happened when a 22-foot tall wooden vat of fermenting porter burst, and the pressure destroyed another vessel, releasing around 128,000 to 323,000 imperial gallons of beer. Niels Bohr was awarded beer along with his Nobel Prize.After winning the Nobel Prize, famous physicist Niels Bohr gained more than just fame, money, and medal for his work in 1922 in quantum mechanics. He also received a gift that keeps on giving – a house with a free beer tap. This house provides him unlimited beer because it’s built adjacent to the Carlsberg brewery. The Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids under the influence of alcohol.We all marvel about how beautifully the pyramids of Giza were built, given that these were constructed pre-technology. But perhaps, the builders had a secret: beer. According to an archeologist from the University of Pennsylvania, the workers at Giza were paid with a daily ration of beer. Alabama and Mississippi only legalized homebrewing in 2013.Homebrewing is done in most states for years now, and it’s the cornerstone of the craft beer movement in America. Many homebrewers had their success, and some opened up microbreweries – which later become multi-million to billion-dollar companies. But the laws in AL and MS were outdated, and they only legalized homebrewing in 2013. California has the most breweries in the US.As of 2017, California has the most breweries in the United States, with a total number of 1,106 breweries. It’s no wonder since it’s one of the largest states in the country. Washington is the distant second, with 499 breweries. After that, it’s Pennsylvania and Colorado. If you can’t make it there for a visit, there are newer options like virtual beer tasting that have popped up as of recent. There is a phobia for fear of an empty glass.The term is cenosillicaphobia. This is a terrifying kind of phobia since it ushers the person into alcoholism and tons of health problems. Very frightening for us at the beer factory as if this were to turn into a pandemic that would put us out of business overnight! Craft beer has health benefits.Yes, that’s right. Craft beer has high levels of silicon, which promotes strong bones. Also, it can prevent kidney stones. According to a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, drinking a bottle of beer each day reduces the risk of developing kidney stones by 40%. Belgium offers the most number of individual brands of beer.Out of all the countries in the world, you can find the most beer brands in Belgium. Here, you can find around 400 different brands. Brewing in South Africa dates back to 1658, when the first Dutch Governor, Jan van Riebeeck, established a brewery at the Fort of Good Hope. The term “rule of thumb” is popularized by beer brewers.This term came to existence because of brewers who used to stick their thumb into the mix to know when the temperature is right for adding yeast. The foam on top of the beer is an indicator of its quality.Your beer must always produce a foamy head. This foam is formed by a complex carbon-dioxide reaction. If it’s missing, that means the beer is flat and bland-tasting Aussie beer facts Bob Hawke features in the Guinness book of records for drinking 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds whilst a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University In Australia and NZ in the early part of the 20th century the temperance movement was quite strong. It campaigned heavily against the evils of drinking. During WW1 pubs were forced to close by 6pm – creating the 6 o’clock swill – where workers attempted to drink as much as possible before 6pm.This remained for many decades, until NSW extended licensing hours in 1955, although NZ and some Australian states retained 6 o’clock closing until 1967. Whilst mining accounts for 15% of Australian GDP, more land is devoted to pubs than mines. Pubs were often the first buildings on the goldfields and the new towns grew around them. 1770 Captain James Cook brewed the first beer in New Zealand as a cure for scurvy aboard his ship. He used the needles of an indigenous spruce tree ‘with the addition of inspissated(note) juice of wort’ and molasses. Def: to thicken, as by evaporation; make or become dense.

Beer facts: 10 funny facts and myths The most expensive and strongest beer in the world Is Germany the world champion in drinking beer? Well, almost. Are 15 euros for a beer that expensive? It depends on what you’re using as a comparison. Is beer unhealthy? That’s a myth! Find out what the famous original gravity is, why the Purity Law was enacted, and where you can get beer on prescription. Beer fact 1) World champion in beer consumption: A surprise! Germany is the world champion in beer drinking - you might think, especially if you happen to be at the Wiesn.But that's not true.The Czechs have the highest per capita consumption of beer at 128 liters per year (2023).Whether the Oktoberfest with its approx. 7 million liters of beer consumption is included or not, it does not change the fact that Germany only comes third in the beer-drinking table with 88 liters per person per year, behind Austria and ahead of Poland and Romania. Beer fact 2) World champion in beer brands Even if the Germans aren’t world champions in beer drinking, they do still hold a title: we’re first place in production. Over 1,500 breweries and more than 5,000 beer brands are located in Germany, most of them in Bavaria. Beer fact 3) Beer vitamins, or: Beer is healthy After all, it consists of about 93 percent water! But not just that: Beer contains plenty of minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and potassium. It also has various B vitamins (or, to help you remember: Beer vitamins!). And, of course, beer is a purely plant-based and vegan specialty. Beer fact 4) The strongest beer in the world It's not the kind of beer you can drink in a pub at the end of the day. First, you'd have to be carried home afterwards, and second, it would be expensive fun: The Schorschbock from the Middle Franconian Schorschbräu in Gunzenhausen has 57% alcohol and the Maß would cost well over 600 euros. The good news is that a bottle of 0.04 liters is available for around 30 euros, depending on the retailer. Beer fact 5) The most expensive beer in the world Think that a pour price of 15 euros, or even more of over 600 euros like the aforementioned Schorschbock, is a lot? Nonsense. The winner of an auction in Great Britain in 2009 forked over roughly 22,000 euros per liter to buy a bottle of Löwenbräu lager from 1937. The brew isn’t drinkable anymore — but the story is exciting: The beer survived the crash of the Hindenburg zeppelin on May 6, 1937 near New York. Incidentally, a full pint of beer weighs just under 2.3 kilograms. Beer fact 6) Strong Oktoberfest beer: Just what is original gravity? Oktoberfest beer still has its original gravity in addition to the alcohol content, but what does it all mean? It describes the nutrient content of the beer before fermentation. It’s produced by the malt grain, the starch of which becomes sugar during the mashing process. Proteins, amino acids, and vitamins are also part of the original gravity. They serve as nutrients for the yeast: The higher the original gravity, the more the yeast can ferment, which in turn results in a higher alcohol content. The strongest Oktoberfest beer is the Hofbräu beer, with 13.7% original gravity and 6.3% alcohol. Beer fact 7) The Purity Law: why was it issued? Everybody knows the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516, according to which only barley, hops, and water are allowed in beer. But why was it actually issued? First was the regulation of beer prices, and the provision to allow only these three ingredients would be the easiest to enforce. But it was also for the protection of citizens, namely from “Grut,” adventurous ingredients such as aniseed, caraway, juniper, but also toadstools. Incidentally, the Munich Purity Law was enacted in 1487 and remains the central basis for the success of Munich beer to this day. Beer fact Who created it? No, not the Bavarians. Sorry. It was probably the Sumerians from Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq, back in the fourth millennium before Christ. According to legend, we owe our golden fortune to chance. Barley and wheat flatbreads were soaked in water, perhaps to make it easier for the sick to eat. The stuff began to ferment, and the pulp developed an intoxicating effect. Whether the patient was better after consumption or not is unknown. Beer fact 9) Beer on prescription “Can you prescribe me a beer, Doctor?” It sounds like a bar joke, but it’s the truth: Beer helps patients with urological complaints purge out the kidneys and flush out toxins. It should not be consumed too cold, and whether it can contain alcohol should be consulted with your doctor or pharmacist. Again, not in Bavaria, by the way, but in the Czech Republic and Poland. Beer fact 10) The history of strong beer The Oktoberfest beer is quite something, but it’s not the only strong beer in Bavaria: In the spring, during Lent, there’s strong beer. You can tell by its name, which always ends in “-ator”: Celebrator, Salvator, or Animator for example. It was the monks who let the church allow it with a trick, because alcohol was actually forbidden during Lent. They sent a load of their fasting beer to Rome. On the way there, the brew spoiled, and when the Pope tried it, he found it so nasty that he allowed it as a fasting beer.