Beer
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| + | "An Englishman at an Indian's table in Surat saw a bottle of ale being opened, and all the [[beer]], turned to froth, rushed out. The Indian, by repeated exclamations, showed his great amazement. - Well, what's so amazing in that? asked the Englishman. - Oh, but I'm not amazed at its coming out, replied the Indian, but how you managed to get it all in. - This makes us laugh, and it gives us a hearty pleasure. This is not because, say, we think we are smarter than this ignorant man, nor are we laughing at anything else here that it is our liking and that we noticed through our understanding. It is rather that we had a tense expectation that suddenly vanished..." --[[Immanuel Kant]], in ''[[Critique of Judgement]]'' (1790) | ||
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| - | A '''couch potato''' refers to a person who spends most of his/her free time sitting or lying on a [[couch]]. This [[stereotype]] often refers to [[Laziness|lazy]] and [[overweight]] men who watch a lot of [[television]], sometimes in their [[underwear]] and sometimes drinking [[beer]]. Generally speaking, the term refers to a lifestyle in which children or adults don't get enough physical activity.{{GFDL}} | + | An [[alcoholic]] [[drink]] [[ferment]]ed from [[starch]] material commonly [[barley]] [[malt]], often with [[hop]]s or some other [[substance]] to impart a [[bitter]] flavor. |
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"An Englishman at an Indian's table in Surat saw a bottle of ale being opened, and all the beer, turned to froth, rushed out. The Indian, by repeated exclamations, showed his great amazement. - Well, what's so amazing in that? asked the Englishman. - Oh, but I'm not amazed at its coming out, replied the Indian, but how you managed to get it all in. - This makes us laugh, and it gives us a hearty pleasure. This is not because, say, we think we are smarter than this ignorant man, nor are we laughing at anything else here that it is our liking and that we noticed through our understanding. It is rather that we had a tense expectation that suddenly vanished..." --Immanuel Kant, in Critique of Judgement (1790) |
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An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material commonly barley malt, often with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
