If you're traveling to Mozambique, BYOB (Homebrew kills 70)

[podz]

I wouldn't even drink the water from that sh*thole country........

Somebody obviously poisoned it intentionally, i.e. this was a criminal act.

And what gives you, or anyone else for that matter, the right to stand holier than thou? The fact that you settled into a land that wasn't yet under imperial control, systematically killed off or imprisoned the indigenous population and wildlife, imported AND exported slave labor to build the economy, and should I go on?

 

[soccerdad]

I wouldn't even drink the water from that sh*thole country........

LOL - I know about a dozen people who have been there (peace corps, Habitat trips, mission trips) and they LOVED it. Admittedly, sanitation is an issue whether in ref to sewage or clean running water.....

Now someplace within 150 miles of DC .... there's a cesspool

 

[firerat]

The fact that you settled into a land that wasn't yet under imperial control, systematically killed off or imprisoned the indigenous population and wildlife, imported AND exported slave labor to build the economy, and should I go on?

That would make him kind of old wouldn't it?

 

[YeastMode]

 

[podz]

That would make him kind of old wouldn't it?

Ambiguous semantics - the joy of playing with language!

Fact is that we all stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. The other fact is that the only reason the seaman's act of 1915 was actually enforceable was due to the switchover to steam powered marine transportation.

Here I go again, making tangential comments. I'm sorry, but we are all citizens of this world regardless of political and cultural boundaries.

 

[Hobanon]

Ambiguous semantics - the joy of playing with language!

Fact is that we all stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. The other fact is that the only reason the seaman's act of 1915 was actually enforceable was due to the switchover to steam powered marine transportation.

Here I go again, making tangential comments. I'm sorry, but we are all citizens of this world regardless of political and cultural boundaries.

Seamen.

 

[GHBWNY]

Tragic event. But the "evidence" supporting the toxicity of this poor, innocent reptile's bile to the extent it killed this many people is --- IMO ---

a "croc".

 

[ajdelange]

.. systematically killed off or imprisoned the indigenous population...

There weren't that many left to kill. European/Asian diseases are actually what knocked out most of the IP's of North America. But the Indians got their revenge. They exported syphilis to Europe.

 

[sumbrewindude]

Somebody obviously poisoned it intentionally, i.e. this was a criminal act.

And what gives you, or anyone else for that matter, the right to stand holier than thou? The fact that you settled into a land that wasn't yet under imperial control, systematically killed off or imprisoned the indigenous population and wildlife, imported AND exported slave labor to build the economy, and should I go on?

Pot, before you scream about the color of the kettle you'd be wise to consider your own country's history.

 

[Psylocide]

Ambiguous semantics - the joy of playing with language!

Fact is that we all stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. The other fact is that the only reason the seaman's act of 1915 was actually enforceable was due to the switchover to steam powered marine transportation.

Here I go again, making tangential comments. I'm sorry, but we are all citizens of this world regardless of political and cultural boundaries.

Tan genital.

Wait... nope. Sorry.

 

[worlddivides]

Pot, before you scream about the color of the kettle you'd be wise to consider your own country's history.

Being abused and mistreated by both the Swedes and the Russians?

 

[VT-NAV]

It happened in Mozambique and it was all kind of ingredients mixed in a steel drum. It could have been caused by something that was previously stored in the drum or bad ingredients. This is not remotely related to the standard homebrewing of beer.

Mozambique is a place where folk medicine has expanded to include drinking brake fluid as a cure-all.

 

[GarageDweller]

Gotta use that croc bile in the boil, no "dry dropping"...duhhh. There should be a law somewhere...Ban all crocodiles!

 

[passedpawn]

♫ But the biggest kick I ever got was drinking a thing called the Crocodile Bock ♫

 

[beernbourbon]

♫ But the biggest kick I ever got was drinking a thing called the Crocodile Bock ♫

Wow. Really? Ya went THERE?
Such a punny guy.

 

[passedpawn]

Wow. Really? Ya went THERE?
Such a punny guy.

I know, sad. I thought about it earlier, then thought better of it, but it was sticking in my mind. I kept humming it. Must release! My apologies to all, I know it's a tragedy.

 

[MaxStout]

Being abused and mistreated by both the Swedes and the Russians?

But the Finns had this badass...

 

[podz]

But the Finns had this badass...

Heroes are born of INFJ men in extraordinary circumstances.

Simo Häyhä
Adam Brown
Genghis Khan
Anthony Kiedis

For those of you too young to know this song, please don't lose your patience with the long, slow intro - I promise you, it will be worth it.

 

[Dmlsys23]

I never once thought this was a hoax but according to Snopes, it is. At least, the part about the crocodile bile. Someone did poison those poor folks but not with bile as the main ingredient. http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/crocodilebile.asp

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

Anyone else get douchey reminders that homebrew sucks and can kill you after this story made the rounds?

 

[MaxStout]

Anyone else get douchey reminders that homebrew sucks and can kill you after this story made the rounds?

No doubt some blame will be directed toward home brewers, though I doubt it will be widespread.

Nearly any product can be tampered with, and when it happens, someone will always blame the product itself and the product's producers. Doesn't matter if it's homebrew, bottled water, Tylenol, etc.

 

[Psylocide]

Anyone else just want to know what it tasted like?

 

[MaxStout]

I'm going to guess and say very bitter, and not in a good way.

 

[m00ps]

It just came to me

Croco-bile Rock IPA

 

[The_Professor]

Not croc bile?

 

[MaxStout]

Now someone is suggesting that the poisoning may have been due to pesticides, not croc bile.

 

[The_Professor]

Here's a much older story where as many as 10,000 people may have died over a large period of time from intentionally poisoned alcohol.

And a 2012 article of a possibly safer source for your African beer.

 

[The_Professor]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkr...entity-inconclusive-says-mozambique-official/

A national analytical laboratory in Mozambique has been stymied in their attempt to identify a poison contaminating a traditional drink that killed 75 and hospitalized 177 earlier this month...officials have turned to laboratories in South Africa, Portugal and the United States for assistance.

 

[soccerdad]

Juju

 

[The_Professor]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/02/18/world/africa/ap-af-mozambique-deadly-beer.html?_r=0

A man suspected of poisoning the traditional beer that killed more than 70 people has been arrested...