Declaration 3/30 : Misquote Ben Franklin Day

[HVBrewtality]

"I'm not drunk...No, shut the f*** up, I'm not drunk...I'm telling you this will work, you son of a whore. Now hold my beer while I fly this kite." - B.F.

 

[Dome555]

"No I don't think we need to put homebrewing in the Bill of Rights. Any sorry SOB who tries to prevent people from making their own beer will surely be driven into the hills with fire, pitchfork, and obscenities directed at his mother." - Benjamin Franklin

 

[bob1852]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all macro breweries are created equal; and the rest have to fend to the 2% of the market share not taken by BMC." ~ Ben Franklin

 

[YNOT2K]

"Watson, come here! I want to see you! And don't forget to bring the IPA!" - Ben Franklin

 

[Stardust]

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. Benjamin Frank Zappa

 

[redcoat_or_rebel]

"4 batches and 7 kegs ago, in the land of our forebrewers....."

"Beer at last, beer at last, thank god almighty we have beer at last!"

-- Benjamin "Happy Hour" Franklin

there has to be something in here about knickers and bocks....

 

[olllllo]

Saw this via: http://mentalflossr.tumblr.com/post/2805578190/ben-franklins-200-synonyms-for-drunk


Ben Franklin’s 200+ Synonyms for “Drunk”

Ben Franklin turned 305 today! To celebrate, here’s a list of expressions meaning “inebriated” that Franklin first published in the Pennsylvania Gazette on January 6, 1737.

The Drinkers Dictionary

A
He is Addled,
He’s casting up his Accounts,
He’s Afflicted,
He’s in his Airs.

B
He’s Biggy,
Bewitch’d,
Block and Block,
Boozy,
Bowz’d,
Been at Barbadoes,
Piss’d in the Brook,
Drunk as a Wheel-Barrow,
Burdock’d,
Buskey,
Buzzey,
Has Stole a Manchet out of the Brewer’s Basket,
His Head is full of Bees,
Has been in the Bibbing Plot,
Has drank more than he has bled,
He’s Bungey,
As Drunk as a Beggar,
He sees the Bears,
He’s kiss’d black Betty,
He’s had a Thump over the Head with Sampson’s Jawbone,
He’s Bridgey.

C
He’s Cat,
Cagrin’d,
Capable,
Cramp’d,
Cherubimical,
Cherry Merry,
Wamble Crop’d,
Crack’d,
Concern’d,
Half Way to Concord,
Has taken a Chirriping-Glass,
Got Corns in his Head,
A Cup to much,
Coguy,
Copey,
He’s heat his Copper,
He’s Crocus,
Catch’d,
He cuts his Capers,
He’s been in the Cellar,
He’s in his Cups,
Non Compos,
Cock’d,
Curv’d,
Cut,
Chipper,
Chickery,
Loaded his Cart,
He’s been too free with the Creature,
Sir Richard has taken off his Considering Cap,
He’s Chap-fallen,

D
He’s Disguiz’d,
He’s got a Dish,
Kill’d his Dog,
Took his Drops,
It is a Dark Day with him,
He’s a Dead Man,
Has Dipp’d his Bill,
He’s Dagg’d,
He’s seen the Devil,

E
He’s Prince Eugene,
Enter’d,
Wet both Eyes,
Cock Ey’d,
Got the Pole Evil,
Got a brass Eye,
Made an Example,
He’s Eat a Toad & half for Breakfast.
In his Element,

F
He’s Fishey,
Fox’d,
Fuddled,
Sore Footed,
Frozen,
Well in for’t,
Owes no Man a Farthing,
Fears no Man,
Crump Footed,
Been to France,
Flush’d,
Froze his Mouth,
Fetter’d,
Been to a Funeral,
His Flag is out,
Fuzl’d,
Spoke with his Friend,
Been at an Indian Feast.

G
He’s Glad,
Groatable,
Gold-headed,
Glaiz’d,
Generous,
Booz’d the Gage,
As Dizzy as a Goose,
Been before George,
Got the Gout,
Had a Kick in the Guts,
Been with Sir John Goa,
Been at Geneva,
Globular,
Got the Glanders.

H
Half and Half,
Hardy,
Top Heavy,
Got by the Head,
Hiddey,
Got on his little Hat,
Hammerish,
Loose in the Hilts,
Knows not the way Home,
Got the Hornson,
Haunted with Evil Spirits,
Has Taken Hippocrates grand Elixir,

I
He’s Intoxicated,
Jolly,
Jagg’d,
Jambled,
Going to Jerusalem,
Jocular,
Been to Jerico,
Juicy.

K
He’s a King,
Clips the King’s English,
Seen the French King,
The King is his Cousin,
Got Kib’d Heels,
Knapt,
Het his Kettle.

L
He’s in Liquor,
Lordly,
He makes Indentures with his Leggs,
Well to Live,
Light,
Lappy,
Limber,

M
He sees two Moons,
Merry,
Middling,
Moon-Ey’d,
Muddled,
Seen a Flock of Moons,
Maudlin,
Mountous,
Muddy,
Rais’d his Monuments,
Mellow,

N
He’s eat the Cocoa Nut,
Nimptopsical,
Got the Night Mare,

O
He’s Oil’d,
Eat Opium,
Smelt of an Onion,
Oxycrocium,
Overset,

P
He drank till he gave up his Half-Penny,
Pidgeon Ey’d,
Pungey,
Priddy,
As good conditioned as a Puppy,
Has scalt his Head Pan,
Been among the Philistines,
In his Prosperity,
He’s been among the Philippians,
He’s contending with Pharaoh,
Wasted his Paunch,
He’s Polite,
Eat a Pudding Bagg,

Q
He’s Quarrelsome,

R
He’s Rocky,
Raddled,
Rich,
Religious,
Lost his Rudder,
Ragged,
Rais’d,
Been too free with Sir Richard,
Like a Rat in Trouble.

S
He’s Stitch’d,
Seafaring,
In the Sudds,
Strong,
Been in the Sun,
As Drunk as David’s Sow,
Swampt,
His Skin is full,
He’s Steady,
He’s Stiff,
He’s burnt his Shoulder,
He’s got his Top Gallant Sails out,
Seen the yellow Star,
As Stiff as a Ring-bolt,
Half Seas over,
His Shoe pinches him,
Staggerish,
It is Star-light with him,
He carries too much Sail,
Stew’d
Stubb’d,
Soak’d,
Soft,
Been too free with Sir John Strawberry,
He’s right before the Wind with all his Studding Sails out,
Has Sold his Senses.

T
He’s Top’d,
Tongue-ty’d,
Tann’d,
Tipium Grove,
Double Tongu’d,
Topsy Turvey,
Tipsey,
Has Swallow’d a Tavern Token,
He’s Thaw’d,
He’s in a Trance,
He’s Trammel’d,

V
He makes Virginia Fence,
Valiant,
Got the Indian Vapours,

W
The Malt is above the Water,
He’s Wise,
He’s Wet,
He’s been to the Salt Water,
He’s Water-soaken,
He’s very Weary,
Out of the Way.

A note from Mr. Franklin: “The Phrases in this Dictionary are not (like most of our Terms of Art) borrow’d from Foreign Languages, neither are they collected from the Writings of the Learned in our own, but gather’d wholly from the modern Tavern-Conversation of Tiplers. I do not doubt but that there are many more in use; and I was even tempted to add a new one my self under the Letter B, to wit, Brutify’d: But upon Consideration, I fear’d being guilty of Injustice to the Brute Creation, if I represented Drunkenness as a beastly Vice, since, ’tis well-known, that the Brutes are in general a very sober sort of People.”

[Thanks to HistoryCarper.com for their Ben Franklin archives.]

 

[olllllo]

Our time is a-coming. But not until March 30. Prepare thyselves!

A Facebook, for those so inclined.
https://www.facebook.com/MisquoteBenFranklinDay

 

[Zamial]

FRIDAY...lol

 

[olllllo]

Don't make up quotes until you see the whites of their eyes! - Sven Cranklin

http://www.beerphxation.com/2012/03/march-30-misquote-ben-franklin-day.html

 

[Airborneguy]

Inspiration.

 

[Sithdad]

"A bird in hand leads to an infected wort" - Benjamin Franklin

 

[BesteBrew]

"She told me she was 18! " B.F

 

[gtlaw10]

"the endless banter within homebrewer guilds regarding the purity of process or lack thereof in the use of a primary alone or of primary and secondary in tandum, is proof that God doesn't give a **** how it's made and just wants you to brew more beer." - Benjamin Franklin

 

[bob1852]

Everyone needs to believe in something; I believe I'll misquote myself. ~ Ben F.

 

[carltjones]

In order to fly a kite in a storm tied to your privates one needs an unending supply of strong ale. This is proof that SWMBO must stop us if she loves us. - Benjamin Franklin

 

[olllllo]

My mountains aren't blue yet. Barmaid fetch me another. Ben Franklin

 

[bob1852]

Everyone needs to believe in something; I believe I'll misquote myself. ~ Ben F.

My mountains aren't blue yet. Barmaid fetch me another. Ben Franklin

"It's not March 30th in Arizona yet." ~ Ben Franklin

 

[olllllo]

"It's not March 30th in Arizona yet." ~ Ben Franklin

I'm in a New York state of mind. Ben Franklin.

 

[bob1852]

I'm in a New York state of mind. Ben Franklin.

"Besides; Arizona will never be a state." Benny F.

 

[Zamial]

This day in 1781 Benjamin Franklin said, "A man with an ale can change the world."

 

[Airborneguy]

We considered including the western lands, but the local beers were too hoppy, yet weak of malt. - Benjamin F.

 

[two_hearted]

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to make a delicious beer." -B. Franklin

 

[pickles]

"Time you enjoy wasted; was not wasted." - Ben Franklin

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

"When with two hands you can take what you desire, reach out boldly." B.F.

 

[Fastmetal]

Ben no function beer well without. -Ben Franklin

 

[JonM]

"If thy neighbour is outfide in broad daylight and labouring with coolerf and kettlef, he if brewing beer, you dumbaff, not making opium or other ill humours."

- B. Franklin

 

[HawksBrewer]

"As I plow forth the land and the bountiful gentleladies, I proclaim my glasses to be ale goggles and henceforth shall keep them on as I plow on." - Benjamin Franklin

 

[Homercidal]

"Leaves one feeling less full!" - Ben Franklin, replying to Thomas Jefferson's comment that his beer "Tasted very pleasing!"

 

[bernerbrau]

"So there I was, cashing some checks the other day at the bank, minding my own business, when I go to put the bills in my European carry-all, and holy s*** there's a guy on the $100 that looks just like me!" - Ben Franklin