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magebard Geek 
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posted June 22, 2002 19:35
   
How much beer did it take to build the egyptian pyramids (cheops, chefren, mycerinus)? I mean, considering all the workers quarrying the stone, bringing it to the pyramids, the artisans, etc. IP: Logged |
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quantumfluff Uber Geek 
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posted June 22, 2002 20:05
Unless it was Guiness, I couldn't care. IP: Logged |
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littlefish Geek
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posted June 24, 2002 03:10
Lots. Did you know the egyptian word for beer was kasha? And they paid the workers with beer. Hence the word cash. Also, the oldest known writing is an egyptian recipe for beer. Beer- the cause and the solution for all the worlds problems IP: Logged |
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SpikeSpiegel Super Geek 
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posted June 24, 2002 03:53
doesnt kasha also mean oatmeal in russian? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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littlefish Geek
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posted June 25, 2002 01:48
I dunno, it wouldn't suprise me. As it's made from oats/wheat/barley/whatever. I should really know as I did a bit of russian a while back. My favourite word was <attempting in wrong alphabet> dostoprimilchechilnosti </the horror> which is the word for sights. The words for bread and beer are also quite commonly the same, beer has often been known as liquid bread. Also it is thought that the reason people first stopped the nomadic lifestyle and started cultivating crops, it was to make beer. IP: Logged |
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ilovemydualg4 Alpha Geek Posts: 308 |
posted June 25, 2002 07:28
babelfish only does russian-english not back, but kasha doesn't mean oatmeal ------------------ IP: Logged |
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