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This is the first BCN newsletter of 2004. Things to keep sharp eye for.

1. We have a new partner site to announce soon.

2. We are busy getting the cobwebs off the competition page.

3. All over 200 Euro Orders get a Free T-shirt for Spring.

4. We reckon the Summer BBQ Season 2004 is less than 7 weeks away.

Thanks for staying subscribed, and we hope to see you soon.

We have selected the 5 events below as keg worthy for March.

• Saturday 6th Rugby Away to England
• Saturday 13th March Sky Fest Fireworks from North & South Quays 8:00pm
• Wednesday 17th St. Patrick Day Parade
• Saturday 20th Rugby Home against Italy
• Saturday 27th Rugby Home against Scotland

P U B  O F  T H E  M O N T H

This one was sent in Josh O'Sullivan.

"Check out this site, it's for a bar / restaurant called Wankers Corner in Oregon in the US. They even have their own microbrewery. I've never been but my brother in law has and the favourite call around the office he visits over there at lunchtime is "Are you going for a wanker?"

The phrase we are familiar with doesn't have the same meaning to our fellow Americans apparently, but the best joke is that the place is apparently owned by an English guy who must get a great laugh at the whole thing."

We checked out the site, and it is sounds like a pretty good spot. They even donate the weekend cover charge to the Food Shelter. What a good idea. Although, not quite sure how the "Wankers Own Outback Ale" would sell in Ireland.

H A V I N G  A  'M A R E  A T  W O R K ?

1. Classic Rock played backwards reveals Satanic message. http://www2.memlane.com/jmilner/stairwaybackwards.htm

2. One of those cute Flash games, where you get a score outta 100 for how likely your are to score on a night out. http://www.thesite.org/flash/pull-o-meter/pull-o-meter.html

3. A list of rules on stealing Cigarette Lighters from friends. http://www26.brinkster.com/tartpumper/lighter.html

4. More Yeti games to play http://yeti.e-medien.com/playonline.html

5. This has been doing the rounds. Beer is good for you. http://www.sydes.net/jokes/flash/beer.swf

O L D  B U T  G O O D  J O K E

Best joke in ages - classic

A man comes home from work, sits down in his favorite chair, turns on the TV, and says to his wife, "Quick, bring me a beer before it starts." She looked a little puzzled, but brings him a beer. When he finishes it, he says, "Quick, bring me another beer. It's gonna start." This time she looks a little angry, but brings him a beer. When it was gone, he says, "Quick, another beer before it starts." "That's it!" She blows her top! "You b*stard! You waltz in here, flop your fat ass down, don't even say hello to me and then expect me to run around like your slave. Don't you realize that I cook and clean and wash and iron all day long?" The man sighed. "It's started..."

A S  W E  G O  A R O U N D  T H E  B A R from http://www.realbeer.com

1. Irish Finish Respectable Second in Per Capita Consumption.

Czech beer drinkers continue to lead the world. While China and the United States are the largest overall producers because they are the largest countries, beer lovers in the Czech Republic and Ireland run well ahead in per capita consumption. Czech drinkers downed an average of 162 liters each in 2003. "This means that the average citizen of our country drinks daily a minimum half-liter mug of this utmostly popular Czech drink," said Jan Vesely, Chairman of the Czech Union of Breweries. Irish drinkers averaged 146, with Germany and Austria following at 123 and 112 liters respectively.

2. Top Trumps for These Drunks

Wolverhampton, located in the south of England, recently purchased pictures of convicted drunkards from nearly 100 years ago to display at the Council’s City Archives and Local Studies Unit. We can't really explain how this might be related to beer appreciation, but they sure are fun to look at.

The six cards were issued to the New Inn on Dudley Road, Brierley Hill (now the Dog and Lamp Post) in about 1905 by Wolverhampton Police. "I am delighted these fascinating documents have been added to our collections where they are available for anyone to come and see them", said Peter Evans, Wolverhampton City Archivist. "They give us a glimpse as to how the authorities sought to tackle drunken behavior 100 years ago."

The cards show four women and two men, and give their names, addresses, ages and occupations together with details of their appearance and any distinguishing marks ("first finger left hand missing").

Under the Licensing Act of 1902 the local police issued cards like these to ensure those convicted of being habitual drunkards were not served in local pubs. If the landlord of the pub was convicted of supplying alcohol to the person on the card he or she could be fined £10. http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART19090.html

3. Re-cycle, Re-use...Check out the photos. Industrious is the word.

More than 100 police officers converged on a former Molson brewery site last month, exposing what they say is the largest mari7uana growing operation in Ontario history. Nine men were arrested in connection with the operation, and 30,000 mari7uana plants were found in the bust. Here's a police photo showing a former brewing tank full of mari7uana plants: http://completewasteoftime.blogs.com/weblog/2004/01/old_brewery_bec.html

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