"toddlintown" > wrote in message
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> On May 22, 11:47 am, "JWBH" > wrote:
>> About drinking Wine and Beer one after the other; some years ago I heard
>> the ditty: Wine after Beer and you'll feel queer, Beer after wine and
>> you'll feel fine.
>>
>> But now I'm thinking I may have remembered it wrong and it should be:
>> Wine then Beer and you'll feel queer, Beer then wine and you'll feel fine.
>>
>> Which is it please?
>
> In the original German;
>
> Wein auf Bier,
> dass rat ich dir.
>
> Bier auf wein,
> lass es sein.
>
> Translation: I recommend [drinking] wine after beer. Don't bother
> [drinking] beer and then wine.
>

You might need to work on that translation.

Bob