Cigar Trade Fun and Games II

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i know how we got beer.

God came down from the sky and said, "try this, it will make you happy, sleepy, and youll think you can dance"


beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy
:cheers: :beer: :cheerschug:
 
one popular story has a sheep herder in Ethiopia by the name of Kaldi. He noticed how consumption of these beans affected his sheep. The sheep became hyperactive after eating the red “cherries” from a certain plant when they moved from pasture to pasture. He decided to try some himself, and soon was acting as jumpy as his sheep. The story then goes that a monk happened by and scolded him for “partaking of the devil’s fruit.” Shortly after, the monks discovered that this magical fruit from the shiny green plant could help them stay awake for hours allowing them to continue with their prayer time.

Another legend gave us the name for coffee or “mocha”. An Arabian had been banished to the desert for a crime to die of starvation. Because he was so desperate he decided to boil and eat some fruit off of an unknown plant. The resulting broth and fruit ended up saving him. However, his survival was seen as a religious intervention by the people of a neighboring town called, “Mocha”. To honor the event he named the drink Mocha or Coffee.
 
HEY...You stole my story!!! :evil:
(we must have googled the same thing :!: )
 
I found :

Coffee beans were chewed raw for centuries in Ethiopia and Yemen. Excavations in the Ethiopian highlands where coffee grows wild indicates human gathers have been eating coffee berries over a hundred thousand years. The fleshy pulp around the coffee bean in Ethiopian coffee has a high sugar content. Being sweet, being nutritious, and seeds, nuts, grapes and berries being generally eaten by humans for over a million years sort of supports this theory.

Ugandans were noticed chewing dried coffee beans when the first explorers from Europe were searching for the origin of the Nile river. Green coffee beans were ground up and mixed with fat, then made into small balls, which were eaten by travelers on long journeys. Some say this is the first trail mix.
 
You men all did very well, but the specific story I was looking for was the one about the Sheep (goat) herder named Kaldi. I found that story on this website:

http://www.coffeereview.com/reference.cfm?ID=12

Which I know you coffemooks will find of interest. So..........
Bennett's dad is the winner of a nice little sampler pack. Send me your address brother, and it will be on its way.


By the way Kuzi, I love that little beer story!
 
Ouch...The Shaft Hurts...You cut me deep Gordo...you cut me real deep
 
Well I guess that it is my turn to ask....

In the movie "We are Marshall" Matthew McConaughy is the new football coach for Marshall University. He had coached at another school prior to that..... What is the mascot for that school?
 
sports fans dont get too excited about the game questions but surely someone must have watched the movie

I bet I know but I will let someone else grab this as I just sent a pif to bennetts dad
 
do you want to pass some back to me ( I think I know) or do you want to wait for someone else to wake up and try
 
you know this would be really embarrassing if I shoot off my mouth and then have the wrong answer :oops:
 
ok now watch me look like a real dumb a$$ when I get it wrong

wooster fighting scott ??
 
thats what I meant I googled this last week so I forgot the exact answer. have seen pieces of the movie but have not seen it all the way through

anyway I know everyone is either hunkered down waiting for spring or enjoying sun in some places where it never snows and waiting for the next game question. you'll just have to wait
 
ok give me the official day spring starts on or the number of days counting from today the 20th until the official start of spring
 
good enough for me we have a winner. your hard work has paid off. pm your addy and a package will be out to you.
 
Here's my question:


I played 4 years of this sport in college. Name the sport I played. As a bonus, I played 2 different positions over the 4 years. Name one position and I'll throw in a bonus stick - maybe a Swisher Sweet aged at least 2 weeks(haha). No- it' wasn't Darts or Beer Pong. Although, "I coulda been a contender" in those.
 
I am guessing 4 years of hockey, part of which was in the center position.

I am going off of my experience up in Ct but it depends on where you attended school. Any hints on what school?
 
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