Comments on: Beer Flood Claims Nine Souls http://www.damninteresting.com/beer-flood-claims-nine-souls A collection of Damn Interesting things Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:31:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: dragondm6 http://www.damninteresting.com/beer-flood-claims-nine-souls#comment-25289 dragondm6 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:09:09 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=50#comment-25289 You can always depend on Snopes.com to tell the difference between fact and fiction. A direct quote from Benjamin Franklin: "Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy." You can always depend on Snopes.com to tell the difference between fact and fiction.
A direct quote from Benjamin Franklin: “Beer is proof that God loves us, and wants us to be happy.”

]]> By: Locifer http://www.damninteresting.com/beer-flood-claims-nine-souls#comment-24018 Locifer Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:54:36 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=50#comment-24018 [quote]DanThinksDances&femaleGspot said: "Enter your reply text here. OK Snopes.com is reliable. And you guys prefer Wiki??????? It occurs, but why do people have to drown. Why can't they just swim. Common sence answer but I don't like it. I would calmy fight like an Isreali commando to reach safety."[/quote] Such huge amount of liquid has a lot of speed(probably chaneled trough the street),swimming just wouldnt cut it,the force would smack you in to a wall,or the debris would finish you off...try swimming against a tsunami,not a easy task... [quote]DanThinksDances&femaleGspot said: “Enter your reply text here. OK

Snopes.com is reliable. And you guys prefer Wiki???????

It occurs, but why do people have to drown. Why can’t they just swim. Common sence answer but I don’t like it. I would calmy fight like an Isreali commando to reach safety.”[/quote]

Such huge amount of liquid has a lot of speed(probably chaneled trough the street),swimming just wouldnt cut it,the force would smack you in to a wall,or the debris would finish you off…try swimming against a tsunami,not a easy task…

]]> By: Rose http://www.damninteresting.com/beer-flood-claims-nine-souls#comment-23086 Rose Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=50#comment-23086 There's nothing mentioned in the inquest report about someone drinking themselves to death, but it only mentions eight dead, and he may have taken longer to do himself in. You can read the original reports from The Times of 1814 at www.timesonline.co.uk/archiveblog There’s nothing mentioned in the inquest report about someone drinking themselves to death, but it only mentions eight dead, and he may have taken longer to do himself in. You can read the original reports from The Times of 1814 at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/archiveblog

]]> By: BenKinsey http://www.damninteresting.com/beer-flood-claims-nine-souls#comment-22850 BenKinsey Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:18:45 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=50#comment-22850 At the funeral the preist said...he drank like a fish... At the funeral the preist said…he drank like a fish…

]]> By: Dropbear http://www.damninteresting.com/beer-flood-claims-nine-souls#comment-22747 Dropbear Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:27:32 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=50#comment-22747 It was 1814, Dan. Nobody swam. But would you all actually drink warm street beer with the body of a neighbor floating in it? Doesn't it strike anyone as a little gross? .... No?.... It was 1814, Dan. Nobody swam. But would you all actually drink warm street beer with the body of a neighbor floating in it? Doesn’t it strike anyone as a little gross? …. No?….

]]> By: DanThinksDances&femaleGspot http://www.damninteresting.com/beer-flood-claims-nine-souls#comment-22265 DanThinksDances&femaleGspot Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:53:22 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=50#comment-22265 Enter your reply text here. OK Snopes.com is reliable. And you guys prefer Wiki??????? It occurs, but why do people have to drown. Why can't they just swim. Common sence answer but I don't like it. I would calmy fight like an Isreali commando to reach safety. Enter your reply text here. OK

Snopes.com is reliable. And you guys prefer Wiki???????

It occurs, but why do people have to drown. Why can’t they just swim. Common sence answer but I don’t like it. I would calmy fight like an Isreali commando to reach safety.

]]> By: Since804 http://www.damninteresting.com/beer-flood-claims-nine-souls#comment-21940 Since804 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:11:01 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=50#comment-21940 <i>Nine people were killed by the drink that day, all but one due to drowning. The ninth died of alcohol poisoning....</i> I hate to laugh at death but this set up was too perfect Nine people were killed by the drink that day, all but one due to drowning. The ninth died of alcohol poisoning….

I hate to laugh at death but this set up was too perfect

]]> By: Cloudshadow http://www.damninteresting.com/beer-flood-claims-nine-souls#comment-20311 Cloudshadow Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:53:30 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=50#comment-20311 1 guy died from alcohol poisoning? He tried to drink his way out of the flood? 1 guy died from alcohol poisoning? He tried to drink his way out of the flood?

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