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Man comes home very much the worse for wear at 4am.

Finally works out where the stairs are and works his way up them...

...crash, bang, crash....he makes such a noise he wakes up the missus.

"What the hell are you doing making all that noise on the stairs at this time in the morning....!!!!"

Crash, thump, wallop....!!!

"I'm bringing up a barrel of beer!!!"

Crash, thump, wallop...!!!

"you what???!!!!! ...wtf are you doing bringing up a barrel of beer!!!???"

"I have to, I drank it!!!"

"Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky

by ChrisCook (cojockathotmaildotcom) on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 02:54:43 PM EST
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The aluminium in those barrels is worth north of £100, so theft is pretty common and the brewing industry sponsors some heavy development on a cheaper plastic alternative. So far, no luck.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 03:27:28 PM EST
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I know loads of people who used to work at the main manufacturing site for beer Barrels in the UK. they all had to sign the official secrets act, as they were a wartime emergency contractor, who in case of strife would be converted to constructing incendiary bombs in the sheds at the back.

I also remember being taken to London in my youth, because an uncle of mine had won a design council award for designing a new and improved Beer tap.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 04:17:58 PM EST
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In case of strife, wouldn't people rather have the beer? ;)

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.
by poemless on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 04:24:12 PM EST
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well but in conflict how often do people get what they want? the people might want  drinks and jollies, but governments tend to want to burn things down and blow things up for shit and giggles, I think it's all some obscure penis size thing they've got going on.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu May 8th, 2008 at 04:31:39 PM EST
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