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Beer We Go

Germans fear we're going to drink them dry
by Jeremy Armstrong

ENGLAND's massive army of World Cup fans is drinking Germany dry, it emerged yesterday. Breweries warned beer could run out before the final because of huge demand from our supporters.

In Nuremberg, organisers revealed 70,000 England fans who flooded the city drank 1.2 MILLION pints of beer - an average of 17 pints each. Astonished bar keeper Herrmann Murr said: "Never have I seen so many drink so much in such little time." His bar at a fans' tent in the city ran out after they drained all 32 of his 50-litre (11 gallon) barrels.

Herr Murr calculated Britons were shifting beer at a staggering rate of 200 pints per minute. City official Peter Murrmann said: "The English proved themselves world champs. They practically drank us dry."

In Cologne, where England drew with Sweden, bottles and barrels of the local K?lsch beer ran out because so many English took them to campsites and parties.

Stuttgart bar chiefs said an extra 900,000 pints were sunk last weekend where 60,000 fans partied before and after our 1-0 win over Ecuador.

The Veltins brewery also revealed it has produced a record 418,000 gallons in a bid to keep up with demand. A spokesman said: "It is incredible how much is being drunk but the hardest thing for the breweries is keeping up with the thirst of the English."

In Dortmund, where most fans for England's Gelsenkirchen clash against Portugal on Saturday are staying, the giant DAB brewery is bracing itself by ferrying in extra supplies to boost production.

www.mirror.co.uk

posted by AuntT @ 6/29/2006 08:01:00 PM

I love Harry Potter, but I don't LOVE Harry Potter.

I am continually amazed at some of the things in which people will invest their time, but the below is actually pretty clever.

The Boy Who Lived
to the "Brady Bunch" theme song

Here's a story of a kid named Harry
In Godric's Hollow he lived with his mum and dad
Until Lord Voldemort
Came and killed 'em
But not Harry, and he thought that he'd been had

Here's a story of a family, Dursley
Who brought up Harry most unwillingly
They tried to make him normal
Like a Muggle
But that would never be

In the middle of the night during a storm
Hagrid found them on an island where they hid
And he told Harry that he
Was a wizard
And how he came to be the boy who lived

The boy who lived
The boy who lived
How he came to be
The boy who lived

submitted by Tabitha
at Mugglenet.com

posted by AuntT @ 6/26/2006 08:01:00 PM

Of course, I'm rooting for England!

Maybe I'll have time to post something in two weeks.
For now, I'm in football heaven!

posted by AuntT @ 6/25/2006 08:01:00 PM

Tornado Alley Rollergirls

posted by AuntT @ 6/16/2006 08:01:00 PM