First Cocktail 5,000 Years Old 258
Praxiteles writes "The first cocktail was...grog?! From the article: 'The first cocktail ever was made in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago, using wine, beer, apple juice and honey. Patrick McGovern defined the mix as "grog", an archaic drink that in the United States is sold as the Midas Touch'."
"Grog" is now sold by it's commercial name: (Score:5, Funny)
I dont geddit? (Score:5, Funny)
Monkey Island TM (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Arrrr! (Score:5, Funny)
It's All for me Grog (Score:2, Funny)
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
(Hat!) Where is me hat? (me what?)
Me noggin', noggin' hat (oh!)
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, the band is knocked about and the brim is all worn out
So me head is lookin' out for better weather
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
(Shirt!) Where is me shirt? (me what?)
Me noggin', noggin' shirt (oh!)
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, the sleeves are knocked about and the collar's all worn out
So me back is lookin' out for better weather
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
(Pants!) Where is me pants? (me what?)
Me noggin', noggin' pants (oh!)
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, the knees are knocked about and the seat is all worn out
So me arse is lookin' out for better weather
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
(Boots!) Where is me boots? (me what?)
Me noggin', noggin' boots (oh!)
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, the heels are knocked about and the toes is hangin' out
So me feets is lookin' out for better weather
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
(Bed!) Where is me bed?
Me noggin', noggin' bed
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Oh, I lent it to a whore, now the sheets they all are tore
So the springs are lookin' out for better weather
And it's all for me grog -- me jolly, jolly grog
It's all gone for beer and tobacco
Well, I spent all me tin on the lassies drinkin' gin
Now across the western ocean I must wander
well in my expert opnion, (Score:3, Funny)
Grog contains one or more of the following: (Score:5, Funny)
Sounds like a bad hangover (Score:2, Funny)
Re:So, who's the first who said... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh wait, err, that sounds bad, huh?
bar code... (Score:5, Funny)
Supporting the finding was the nearby discovery of several small papyrus umbrellas...
Re:"Grog" is now sold by it's commercial name: (Score:5, Funny)
situated nearby... (Score:3, Funny)
Found nearby, a toilet bowl carved out of stone and the world's oldest recipe for a hangover cure.
First Hangover? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wrong! Grog is made with rum (Score:5, Funny)
Actually, the spelling with two g's is more correct. "Grogg" is just a wrapper. The full name, of course, is "Grogg Vorbis."
Re:Wrong! Grog is made with rum (Score:2, Funny)
It's onomatapaeic - from the sound it makes coming back up.
confusion with PRUNO? (Score:3, Funny)
An analysis of one old pot does nothing to prove the prevalence of such a drink.
Re:Thanks Slashdot (Score:2, Funny)
I think this has inspired a new sig for me. "Booze, helping nerds get laid for 5,000 years."
Re:Wrong moderation! It's a ref to Monkey Island (Score:3, Funny)
Well, not as valid as checking a post by Breakfast PAnts, true.
Re:Yet another round of History Channel shows.... (Score:3, Funny)
Heh. I had a history teacher once who called the History Channel "All Hitler, All the time." I found it particularly amusing when I happened to be watching the History Channel one night when they were showing a documentary on the building of roads and highways, and at one point discussed Hitler's contributions to the German autobahnen. I laughed my head off.
Re:I dont geddit? (Score:2, Funny)
With my laptop?
Re:Arrrr! (Score:3, Funny)
Nonsense. Grog is, as every real pirate knows, a secret mixure containing the following:
Rum and water? Pah. You fight like a cow.
Re:Wrong! Grog is made with rum (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Midas Touch (Score:5, Funny)
I've read this before, but my first assumption would have been that the people also enjoyed wine, beer, and mead (or more likely, braggots and melomels), but used the same containers to make them and did a lousy job of washing them.
It makes me wonder what future archaeologists will make of the stuff in my sink. "It looks as though these people drank a Mountain Dew, orange juice, beer, and chicken soup cocktail!"