in reply to The Weekend
Hey everyone!!
Thanks for all your comments, they've been a great read!
First starters, I never did intend for the code to run. Not for any reason but to be a simple poem.
You're all also right, it was never meant to be beautiful or profound. I was just stating what goes on at every bar every weekend in at least North American, but most places over the world as well! So I don't understand how this is inappropriate subject matter.
For fun, here are some good old beers through the ages:
1. More than 4,000 years ago in Babylon, it was an accepted practice that the bride's father would supply his new son-in-law with all the mead he could drink for a month after the wedding. This mead is in fact a honey beer and since the Babylonian calendar was lunar based, this period was referred to as the "honey month" or what we know today as the"honeymoon".
2. After consuming a bucket or two of vibrant brew they called aul, or ale, the Vikings would head fearlessly into battle often without armour or even shirts. In fact, the term "berserk" means "bare shirt" in Norse, and eventually took on the meaning of their wild battles.
3. It was customary in the 13th century to baptize children with beer.
4. What we now call "light beer" was known as "small beer" in the Middle Ages, and the historical footnotes aver it was the drink of the lower classes.
5. Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service resulting in today's phrase, "Wet your whistle."
6. In the early 17th century, 2 gallons of beer a day was part of the rations allocated to each youngster in the Children's Hospital of Norwich England. Beer was considered food.
7. The saying 'Mind your P's and Q's' comes from the time when alcoholic beverages were served/sold in Pints and Quarts. Thus, to mind your P's and Q's meant to be careful how much you drank.
Cheers!