BARTENDER!!
On second thought, how 'bout a nice cold gruel?
(Thanks to dbphillips)
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no way i need a buzz that badly.
Posted by: yuk | May 23, 2005 at 01:47 PM
They probably realized the alcohol made them feel better
Well, you don't have to be an ancient Nubian to figure that out.
Posted by: elle | May 23, 2005 at 01:56 PM
"Excuse me, miss, you look very pretty tonight. May I buy you an Anal Fumigant?"
"Thanks, but I only drink Anal Fumigant Lite."
Posted by: elle | May 23, 2005 at 02:00 PM
So...these ancient peoples were doing enemas (with beer, no less) well before California, huh?
Interesting...
Posted by: Schadeboy | May 23, 2005 at 02:07 PM
Dunno which I'm more concerned about ... the fact that this grain disease has been around for so long and hurting the crops, or the fact that this guy has spent over 20 years finding out about the benefits of antibiotics in naturally fermented beverages/gruels ... or ... mebbe neither ... ?
Posted by: U.O | May 23, 2005 at 02:11 PM
"For more than two decades, he and his colleagues have studied bones dated to between A.D. 350 and 550 from Nubia"
...and boy do they know how to party!
Posted by: Brainy Jello | May 23, 2005 at 02:18 PM
mmmmmmmmmmm, gruel.
Posted by: Homer | May 23, 2005 at 02:23 PM
This is a bit off topic, but...
A friend of mine and I were discussing word usements that are no longer used. I looked up a word: Agger. According to dictionary.com, this word means "An anatomical prominence."
I can only imagine what this blog will do with that definition...
Posted by: Schadeboy | May 23, 2005 at 03:03 PM
Awhile back I read that Egyptian workers were paid in bread and beer in lieu of money. They apparently also preferred Egyptian beer to Nubian beer, for reasons I can only guess...('Tastes great!' 'Less filling!')
Posted by: Candy Tutt | May 23, 2005 at 03:24 PM
Funniest sentence in article:
The ancient Nubians had no written language but lived just south of the Egyptians who did.
And........?
Posted by: Eleanor | May 23, 2005 at 03:42 PM
There's a degree for biochemistry and brewing science? Boy did I major in the wrong thing!!
Posted by: Aunt Nancy | May 23, 2005 at 05:39 PM
new name for beer: Nubian tetracycline
Posted by: insomniac | May 23, 2005 at 08:46 PM