ThingGuy@aol.com (ThingGuy@aol.com) said on the date of 7/18/98 2:34 PM

>There is no comparison to the "King of Beers" Budweiser.
>
>Everyone has their preference for beer taste, but good old Bud is the clear
>world wide winner for clean refreshing beer. (It's that Mississippi river
>water)

     From my cousin, who was in the beer distribution business in the
70's-80's (he sold Stroh's, "the beer that makes you fart") I learned
that Bud became as big as it was for one reason:  You could get it
anywhere, literally anywhere.

     After my sister's second year in Ireland, my mom and dad figured
they'd take a trip to see the homeland.  On the first night in, my dad
got my mom settled in the hotel in the outskirts of Dublin, and took a
walk.  He was gonna go get a pint in a pub.
     He walked in the neighborhood place, and looked down the bar.

     Every single man had a bottle Bud in front of him.

     These are sad times we live in ;)

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