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Default Drinking beer and then wine

On Jul 11, 10:02 am, (GregS) wrote:
> In article . com>, toddlintown > wrote:
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> >On May 22, 11:47 am, "JWBH" > wrote:
> >> About drinkingWineandBeeroneafterthe other; some years ago I heard
> >> the ditty: WineafterBeerand you'll feel queer,Beerafterwineand
> >> you'll feel fine.

>
> >> But now I'm thinking I may have remembered it wrong and it should be:
> >>WinethenBeerand you'll feel queer,Beerthenwineand you'll feel fine.

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> >> Which is it please?

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> >In the original German;

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> >Wein auf Bier,
> >dass rat ich dir.

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> >Bier auf wein,
> >lass es sein.

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> >Translation: I recommend [drinking]wineafterbeer. Don't bother
> >[drinking]beerand thenwine.

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> What if you gobeer,wine,beer? But then you should be OKafterthe nextwine?
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> greg


It's like I always say:
Wine before beer, never fear,
Beer before wine, everything's fine!