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Wednesday, 11 February 2009

Liquids for Your Life

By Johna Ferguson

1. Milk suckled from mother’s breast


2. Milk poured from a glass bottle


3. Kool-aid stands in summer


4. Hot chocolate before the fireplace in winter


5. Coke, mixed with soda, not in a bottle (cherry, lemon or chocolate flavored)


6. Ice cream sodas at the drug store counter


7. Coffee in the morning to wake one up


8. Coffee in the evening to keep awake while studying


9. Beer – introduced at college parties


10. Champaign drunk at weddings


11. Red wine with pizza on Friday nights


12. Liquor served at parties after the children were all in school (scotch, vodka, whiskey)


13. Milk now in cartons


14. Decafe coffee, hopefully to help one’s heart


15. Wine served at all times by everyone


16. Bottled water, Wonder if Abe had his bottle on his long walk to school?


17. Ensure, a tasty, nutritious supplement


18. Liquid from a plastic pouch hanging above your bed

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