[Info-vax] Terrible news for Mr VAXman

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In article <hgqkp6$e32$1 at gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk>, rf10 at cl.cam.ac.uk (Robin Fairbairns) writes:
> VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>> Neil Rieck <n.rieck 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...
>>>>
>>>> ##
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> =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.

That's because you're drinking the bottled pish.  I get my Guinness in 50L cans.



>>>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).

All I smelled in Amsterdam was the sewage in the canals.  :(


>>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.)

Relax, you'll be fine.

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