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   Roy Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960905125153.28670A-100000@bcstec>, Don
>Harrington <[log in to unmask]> writes
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>>MPE Beer
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>>Any and all additions and/or modifications gleefully read.
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>>Don  Harrington                         Boeing Commercial Airplane Group
>
>INIT:
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>SET Ginormous <gr>
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>FIELD:
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>MPE Beer
>
>You walk down the streets, which are full of billboards for UX Beer,
>into the pub (tavern) where the sign outside says 'UX Beer' in huge
>letters. You know if you ask the barman for 'a beer', he will serve you
>a UX beer without even thinking, so you specifically ask for an MPE
>beer. However, he shakes his head in bewilderment; he doesn't seem to
>think they have any.
>
>You resist the urge to get cross; after all, he's probably new on the
>job, and even the old hands seem to have forgotten that the brewery grew
>large and prosperous on the back of MPE beer. Indeed, it was only this
>that enabled them to develop the new UX beer at all.
>
>However, if you show him *exactly* which pump to use, and how to pull
>it, and how long for, he can indeed draw you a measure of MPE beer. As
>he does so, you can't fail but to be impressed by its clarity and
>consistency, and by the fact that you seem to be getting a quart in a
>pint pot. However, he does have to give you it in the older-type glass
>with a handle, rather than the more modern type where you gets your
>hands right on the beer. It's safer of course, and it's for your own
>good after all. Ah well....
>
>As you cross the bar with your beer, you are beckoned from a far corner.
>Here, slightly to your surprise, you find a small and tightly-knit
>coterie, *all* of whom have a pint of MPE beer prominently displayed on
>the table. (Some of them seem to have a UX beer under the table, from
>which they occasionally take furtive sips, but let that pass). Here,
>again to your surprise, you find there are actually MPE beermats, though
>the lettering is rather low-key. Ah well....
>
>These MPE drinkers will regale you with tales of the old days - the
>original MPE beers I-V, so full flavoured you could only take tiny sips
>at a time; the amazing MPE/XL which had a whole new flavour, but could
>still taste just like the 'Classic' MPE beers, *though only if you
>wanted it to*; and the latest MPE/iX beer which can taste just like UX
>beer, providing you drink it with the right foods. Ah well...
>
>You greatly enjoy the company of these people. You are also intrigued to
>notice that, almost to a man, they each offer what they claim is the
>'missing ingredient' in MPE beer. Some have devices to help you drink
>it, while some proffer extra flavourings. One venerable and well-
>respected denizen, the 'Old-Ager', you think he is called, has a product
>which lets you cut down on the number of hops needed, while giving you
>even better flavour.
>
>As your evening draws to a close, you pilot your trusty Edsel back to
>where your old reliable Betamax video will have downloaded that
>evening's offerings on the Legacy channel for you to watch and enjoy.
>
>FINISH:
>
>Big Sigh for better days.......
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<sniff> <sniff>
 
I love you man.
 
 
 
(For those of you who don't get the above mentioned comment, there is a US
commercial that portays a loveable beer nut who is constantly sucking up to
people in hopes of getting the ever elusive beer that he craves (I forget which
brand, I guess that means it's not a good commercial).  But the general gist of
the commercial is he always breaks down and says "I love you man" only to hear
"you can't have my <beer name>")
 
 
 
 
 
 
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