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Subject: Guiness?

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Ed Harris (Venezia)

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Date Posted: 14:51:02 11/18/04 Thu
In reply to: Kevin 's message, "guinness" on 01:28:52 11/18/04 Thu

Not that I ever drink the much, as it is foul in the extreme, being essentially a species of alcoholic mud, but I was under the impression that Guiness is just an Irish company which makes stout, which is a British thing.

Not that it matters, as Guiness is a global thing these days. One of my ambitions in the near future is to do the Inca trail from Lima to Machu Pichu, but I suspect that when I get to the summit I will find amongst the Inca ruins a MacDonalds, a Starbucks, and an Irish theme pub with posters of cheery Irishmen holding up pints of Guiness. Ditto trekking in Nepal and reaching the summit of Everest.

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Stout
Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 14:59:44 11/18/04 Thu I believe the Irish invented stout, but this itself was a breed of the English porter... It may be a global brand, but it certainly does not taste the same. I like proper Guiness, but the chilled stuff you get here isn't very good. It's a good source of iron you know ;-) [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: A good source of iron?
Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:39:30 11/18/04 Thu So are the Derbyshire Dales, but I'm not eating them. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: I know which I'd rather have in my pintglass ;-)
Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:16:23 11/18/04 Thu [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Global Branding
Author: Dave (UK) [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 16:49:01 11/18/04 Thu Talking of Starbucks, don't they have joint franchises with Conservative Central Offices these days? Extra shot of Conservatism to go please... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]