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Re: stubby beer bottles

#2235
From: Chris Redmond
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 1986 21:22
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In article <247@winston.UUCP> veerman@winston.UUCP (Maarten Veerman) writes:
>
>The biggest joke of it all is: On a trip to Boston a few years ago on
>business, I spent a Friday afternoon after work in a downtown bar where all
>the young business types (read yuppies) congregated for the after-work
>drinks. They were showing their good taste and 'class' by drinking (You
>guessed it!) Molsons Export in a green Heineken bottle, with the label
>facing outwards...
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------

However, they don't know what the stuff is.  American bars and bartenders
will offer you "Molsons", and if you ask Molsons *what*, they look at you
funny.  Never could figure out whether I would be getting Ex, Canadian,
Diamond or what.

Would you like some Kelloggs for breakfast?
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From: credmond@watmath.UUCP (Chris Redmond)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: stubby beer bottles
Message-ID: <3255@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Nov-86 16:22:56 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  6 16:22:56 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 7-Nov-86 21:35:00 EST
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