[Magdalen] America's Drunkest Cities

[Jay Weigel]

If I still lived in Wisconsin, I'd be drunk too......because of what Scott
Walker has done to my state.

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 6/13/2016 7:09:42 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> cervus51 at gmail.com writes:
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> I don't  usually click on these side links in Facebook, but this one caught
> my eye.  Apparently it's a CBS News survey on self reported drinking rates.
> All 20  cities listed were in the midwest or northwest of the USA, and 12
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> them  were in  Wisconsin.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Not surprising, and probably true.  The beer consumption, in  particular,
> has been a source of local pride.  That may stem from the heavy  German
> ethnic makeup of the State.  A regular feature of UW-Madison  football
> games is the playing and singing of the Budweiser jingle.
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> Big Ten football games at Camp Randall Stadium had become a drunken
> display until authorities began a campus-wide effort to curb the  excess
> which had also spread to such gatherings as graduations.
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> Wisconsin also has the largest per capita consumption of brandy, but  this
> is secondary to brandy being substituted in mixed drinks in place of
> whiskey.
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> David Strang - Native Wisconsinite.
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