[Info-vax] Terrible news for Mr VAXman

[IanMiller]

On 22 Dec, 14:23, r... at cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) wrote:
>  VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
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> > Neil Rieck <n.ri... at sympatico.ca> writes:
> >>On Dec 21, 11:27=A0pm, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam... at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> >>> While this should be a festive season, I am affraid that I am to be the
> >>> bearer of devastating news for Mr VAXman...
>
> >>>http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/workmen-spark-b...
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> >>> ##
> >>> Workmen repairing a roof with a blowtorch yesterday sparked a major
> >>> blaze at the iconic Guinness plant in Dublin city centre.
>
> >>> Plumes of thick black smoke billowed across the city skyline as a dozen
> >>> fire crews battled to bring the inferno under control and stop it from
> >>> spreading to a nearby ammonia plant.
>
> >>> Pat Fleming, assistant chief fire officer with Dublin Fire Brigade, said
> >>> it took three-and-a-half hours to get the inferno under control.
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> >>> =93There have been no injuries to any of the Guinness staff but two
> >>> firefighters have been taken to hospital as a precaution,=94 he said. It
> >>> is understood the fire broke out when workmen tried to repair a felt
> >>> roof with the blowtorch.
> >>> ##
>
> >>> My most sincere condolences to Mr VAXman, and I truly hope you have
> >>> sufficient number of barrels of the dark gold elyxir to survive until
> >>> production resumes at the plant...
>
> does vaxman drink beer from dublin?  certainly guinness in this
> country comes from a brewery in north london (apart from the odd
> special import).
>
> my limited experience of "american guinness" is that it has a very
> different taste than that we get over here.
>
> >>What's next? Global warming melts the ice caps causing floods of the
> >>Heineken factory in Amsterdam?
>
> entirely possible.  the heineken brewery, while it doesn't produce
> any terribly exciting fluids, does smell quite nice if you're in the
> area (i once had to go to that part of amsterdam, from time to time,
> to visit a customer).
>
> >Just ship the 24" (60+cm) of snow that was just dumped on us here to the
> >polls.  That'll stop your global warming issues and save Amsterdam.  The
> >Heineken?
>
> i don't think it works like that.
>
> > The Heineken?  Who cares?
>
> i do -- if amsterdam's under water, cambridge won't be far behind.
> (likewise large swathes of florida, i would guess -- i'm not much of a
> geographer, but i know flat landscapes when i see them -- i live in
> one.)
> --
> Robin Fairbairns, Cambridge

The Guinness brewery in Park Royal, London closed in 2005. The UK
product comes from Dublin.