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Old 10-27-2010, 10:45 PM
naraht naraht is offline
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Originally Posted by DrPhil View Post
Yes because the water back then was too dirty to drink. That's why the iced chai lattes were winey.
Yup. One could argue that the Latter Day Saints ban on Alcohol (they take sacrament with bread and water) was only a good idea because they only significantly existed in *very* rural areas with clean water supply up until the beginning of the 20th century.
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