[MR] Fwd: it's perception...not just the facts... See?! This is what am talking about

[Medwyn]

Water spoils?

Steven Chang wrote:
> http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Did_they_have_beer_in_the_Middle_Ages
>
> On 7/23/09, Alric <alric at alricthemad.com> wrote:
>   
>> ROFLMAO!!!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Alric
>>
>>     
>>> According to Wikipedia, (which M'lord Disco confided is highest of
>>>       
>> quotable
>>     
>>> sources), "The Oxford English Dictionary cites *the Globe*, 1872, as the
>>> earliest verifiable use of *flogging a dead horse*."
>>>
>>> So I'm afraid it isn't period.  But then again, we're having this
>>>       
>> discussion
>>     
>>> via e-mail.  Give me 10 minutes and I bet e-mailing will be period
>>>       
>> according
>>     
>>> to Wikipedia!
>>>
>>> Dubhghall
>>>
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> From: Alric <alric at alricthemad.com>
>>> Date: Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [MR] it's perception...not just the facts... See?! This is
>>>       
>> what
>>     
>>> am talking about
>>> To: Achbar Ibn Ali <achbar at earthlink.net>
>>> Cc: The Merry Rose <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
>>>
>>>
>>> Achbar,
>>> So when do we start the discussion over whether kicking dead horses is
>>> period and if it should be allowed within the scope of the SCA for
>>> historical or possibly PR purposes (PETA or SPCA might show up to threaten
>>> protest)?
>>>
>>> Alric
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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