Octoberfest.

Dahil matatapos na ang Oktubre at ginawa na ng San Miguel Corporation na para bang pista ng serbesa ang buwang ito, at dahilan na rin na hindi ko na sinusunod ang pangako ko sa aking partner{na galit na galit na}, ang post na ito ay puno ng mga katotohanan tungkol sa mga tinatagay niyo. Sana’y malinawan kayo sa mga mitolohiya at malamang kasaysayan na rin ng mga ito. Sige.

Babala: Ang sumusunod na teksto ay hindi ko na isinalin sa Filipino dahil tinatamad ako. Humingi nalang kayo ng tulong sa mga magagaling sa Ingles.

Origin of the word “toast”:

Fact: When toast is proposed people raise, not a piece if burnt bread, but their glasses. Yet, this ceremony is, in fact, related to the humble piece of toast. As early as the 16th century, English revelers added pieces of spiced toast in wine to improve its flavor. Soon it became the custom to drain a glassful—toast included—when someone was saluted, the act being called a “toast.”

Origin of the word “booze”:

Fact: Booze meaning any hard liquor, is frequently associated with Colonel Booze, an early 19th century American distiller who used bottles shaped like log cabins. The word actually dates back to the Middle English bouse and the Dutch buizen, both meaning “to drink.” But clearly Colonel Booze’s marketing gimmick did help to popularize the usage.

Meaning of the word “lambanog”:

Fact: Lambanog is originally lambanug, meaning “whiplash.”

Where the 6th largest food crop goes:

Fact: Every year the world grows 220 million tons of barley. Ninety-six percent of all that barley is made into beer, of which 15.5 billion gallons are drunk every year. Barley is the brew’s principal raw material.

Why we clink glasses when we toast:

Fact: In medieval times, it was common to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. So to prove to his guest that a drink is safe, it became customary for a host to hold out his glass and allow the guest to pour a dose of his drink into it. Both would then drink simultaneously. When a guest wanted to show his trust in his host, he would pour the liquid but would simply touch the host’s glass with his own. Today’s clinking of glasses, or bottles, before toast is what remains of this ritual.

What beer is made of:

Fact: Beer has been brewed, in one form of another, from various grains and plants since the beginning of recorded history. And as early as 3400 B. C a tax on barley wine, one of the most popular beers, was imposed in the ancient Egyptian city Memphis, on the Nile. The Romans borrowed the knowledge of brewing from the Greeks, and Roman legions, whose main drink was beer, spread it throughout all the lands they conquered.

Which race is the world’s leading beer-drinkers?

Fact: Germans.

People are apt to telling their true feelings when they are drunk. True or flase?

Fact: True. Since liquor is a depressant, drunken people (especially men) tend to loosen up and freely converse about their most guarded secrets. So if you want to learn a friend’s most intimate secrets, get him/her as drunk as possible.

Coffee can help in sobering up a drunken person. True or false?

Fact: False. Coffee is of help only in that it takes some time to drink. And time is the only remedy for too much alcohol in the bloodstream. The human body burns alcohol at the rate of about one-half ounce an hour. There is no way to speed up this rate.

P. S. Para na rin sa kalusugan ninyo, iwasan na ang pag-iinom ng alak dahil naaapektuhan nito ang atay niyo. And remember: Don’t accept if the seal is broken. Salamat po. {hahaha magkikita kami ng founder ng site na ito bukas. Masesesante na ata ako. huhuhu}