QUOTE OF THE DAY - 7/8/18
Today's quote of the day is from the movie Casablanca:
The lines read:
Major Strasser: What is your nationality?
Rick: I'm a drunkard.
Capt. Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world.
I love this quote mainly because it is a funny line from a great movie. I do also see a lot of truth in this quote. Alcohol is a huge part of Western culture for sure, and probably Eastern culture as well. I find it amazing that two very different cultures that have developed from unique beginnings both built booze into the equation. I once read a short essay titled "Civilized Beer", part of a book by Thomas Standage. It detailed how beer and bread became a hallmark of civilization in early Mesopotamia. Essentially, it focused on how the ability to make bread and beer meant a society had agricultural capabilities, and thus many people could focus on other tasks besides hunting and gathering. Standage even told the myth of an uncivilized savage who wandered into a town, was given beer, and became a civilized human. So the next time someone tries to shit on your drinking habits, just say you are embracing humanity as the early developers of Western thought defined it.
-Crockpot
The lines read:
Major Strasser: What is your nationality?
Rick: I'm a drunkard.
Capt. Renault: That makes Rick a citizen of the world.
I love this quote mainly because it is a funny line from a great movie. I do also see a lot of truth in this quote. Alcohol is a huge part of Western culture for sure, and probably Eastern culture as well. I find it amazing that two very different cultures that have developed from unique beginnings both built booze into the equation. I once read a short essay titled "Civilized Beer", part of a book by Thomas Standage. It detailed how beer and bread became a hallmark of civilization in early Mesopotamia. Essentially, it focused on how the ability to make bread and beer meant a society had agricultural capabilities, and thus many people could focus on other tasks besides hunting and gathering. Standage even told the myth of an uncivilized savage who wandered into a town, was given beer, and became a civilized human. So the next time someone tries to shit on your drinking habits, just say you are embracing humanity as the early developers of Western thought defined it.
-Crockpot
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