From: Paddy on 24 Mar 2007 10:54 "Angof" <Mailfalger1(a)yahoo.co.uk(no need for Mail)> wrote in message news:46053999$0$8732$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net... > Achtungbaby wrote: >> "Jonbhoy" <jonbhoy(a)champs.com> wrote in message >> news:vMadnUzabvpqupjbRVnyhgA(a)giganews.com... >>> >>> "Achtungbaby" <under(a)bloodredsky.com> wrote in message >>> news:rs9Nh.4408$j_2.3500(a)newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... >>>> For a bit of fun (and curiosity) whats everyones faveourite match >>>> day tipple and well see whats the most popular drink... >>>> >>>> I'll start with mines... >>>> >>>> Tennents Lager >>> >>> cup of coffee or rootbeer , not an alcohol drinker (although i smoke >>> like a chimney!) >>> >>> JB >>> >> what is rootbeer anyway? > > It's another bloody Americanism!...Ginger beer is the correct term ;) Are you sure? I tried a 'rootbeer' in America and it was just like Dr Pepper. Paddy
From: Jonbhoy on 24 Mar 2007 11:16 "Paddy" <pa(a)nospam.co.uk> wrote in message news:nYaNh.1340$Fe4.260(a)text.news.blueyonder.co.uk... > > "Angof" <Mailfalger1(a)yahoo.co.uk(no need for Mail)> wrote in message > news:46053999$0$8732$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net... >> Achtungbaby wrote: >>> "Jonbhoy" <jonbhoy(a)champs.com> wrote in message >>> news:vMadnUzabvpqupjbRVnyhgA(a)giganews.com... >>>> >>>> "Achtungbaby" <under(a)bloodredsky.com> wrote in message >>>> news:rs9Nh.4408$j_2.3500(a)newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... >>>>> For a bit of fun (and curiosity) whats everyones faveourite match >>>>> day tipple and well see whats the most popular drink... >>>>> >>>>> I'll start with mines... >>>>> >>>>> Tennents Lager >>>> >>>> cup of coffee or rootbeer , not an alcohol drinker (although i smoke >>>> like a chimney!) >>>> >>>> JB >>>> >>> what is rootbeer anyway? >> >> It's another bloody Americanism!...Ginger beer is the correct term ;) > > Are you sure? I tried a 'rootbeer' in America and it was just like Dr > Pepper. > > Paddy > Nah nothing like ginger beer,most people i know say it smells of domestos and tastes about the same.Your not far off Paddy,closest you can get here is Dr Pepper but when i lived out in america for a while i got hooked on A&W rootbeer . Luckily you can get it on the UK via the net now so i put in a once monthly order.Pretty sad but just one of those things! :-) JB
From: colin mckechnie on 24 Mar 2007 11:23 "Paddy" <pa(a)nospam.co.uk> wrote in message news:EXaNh.1338$Fe4.48(a)text.news.blueyonder.co.uk... > > "Achtungbaby" <under(a)bloodredsky.com> wrote in message > news:rs9Nh.4408$j_2.3500(a)newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... >> For a bit of fun (and curiosity) whats everyones faveourite match day >> tipple and well see whats the most popular drink... >> >> I'll start with mines... >> >> Tennents Lager > > Buckfast. Or, just Tennents Special 70 /- if I'm behaving myself. > > Paddy > > > haha why am i not surprised buckfast?? ffs
From: Angof on 24 Mar 2007 11:35 Paddy wrote: > "Angof" <Mailfalger1(a)yahoo.co.uk(no need for Mail)> wrote in message > news:46053999$0$8732$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net... >> Achtungbaby wrote: >>> "Jonbhoy" <jonbhoy(a)champs.com> wrote in message >>> news:vMadnUzabvpqupjbRVnyhgA(a)giganews.com... >>>> >>>> "Achtungbaby" <under(a)bloodredsky.com> wrote in message >>>> news:rs9Nh.4408$j_2.3500(a)newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... >>>>> For a bit of fun (and curiosity) whats everyones faveourite match >>>>> day tipple and well see whats the most popular drink... >>>>> >>>>> I'll start with mines... >>>>> >>>>> Tennents Lager >>>> >>>> cup of coffee or rootbeer , not an alcohol drinker (although i >>>> smoke like a chimney!) >>>> >>>> JB >>>> >>> what is rootbeer anyway? >> >> It's another bloody Americanism!...Ginger beer is the correct term ;) > > Are you sure? I tried a 'rootbeer' in America and it was just like Dr > Pepper. > > Paddy You could be right...I always thought it was ginger beer.
From: Jonbhoy on 24 Mar 2007 11:48
"Angof" <Mailfalger1(a)yahoo.co.uk(no need for Mail)> wrote in message news:4605453c$0$8757$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net... > Paddy wrote: >> "Angof" <Mailfalger1(a)yahoo.co.uk(no need for Mail)> wrote in message >> news:46053999$0$8732$ed2619ec(a)ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net... >>> Achtungbaby wrote: >>>> "Jonbhoy" <jonbhoy(a)champs.com> wrote in message >>>> news:vMadnUzabvpqupjbRVnyhgA(a)giganews.com... >>>>> >>>>> "Achtungbaby" <under(a)bloodredsky.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:rs9Nh.4408$j_2.3500(a)newsfe3-gui.ntli.net... >>>>>> For a bit of fun (and curiosity) whats everyones faveourite match >>>>>> day tipple and well see whats the most popular drink... >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll start with mines... >>>>>> >>>>>> Tennents Lager >>>>> >>>>> cup of coffee or rootbeer , not an alcohol drinker (although i >>>>> smoke like a chimney!) >>>>> >>>>> JB >>>>> >>>> what is rootbeer anyway? >>> >>> It's another bloody Americanism!...Ginger beer is the correct term ;) >> >> Are you sure? I tried a 'rootbeer' in America and it was just like Dr >> Pepper. >> >> Paddy > > You could be right...I always thought it was ginger beer. Nope,although your not totally wrong.Ginger beer is based on a varient of root beer,much like Dandelion and Burdock. But if you taste Ginger beer and then taste root beer they taste totally different. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_beer JB |