Comments on: That Other Power Hour http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5124 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:18:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Alan http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5124/comment-page-1#comment-10748 Alan Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:50:31 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5124#comment-10748 I agree with Alice that absinthe has been wrongly maligned and it's good to know that it is now making a comeback in every non-Muslim country in the world except the USA. Given that the original article refers to a "Czech hillside," it seems that the writer may not have been drinking REAL absinthe. Check my blog for a few more details. I agree with Alice that absinthe has been wrongly maligned and it’s good to know that it is now making a comeback in every non-Muslim country in the world except the USA.

Given that the original article refers to a “Czech hillside,” it seems that the writer may not have been drinking REAL absinthe. Check my blog for a few more details.

]]> By: Alice Venables http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5124/comment-page-1#comment-10326 Alice Venables Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:41:05 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5124#comment-10326 Absinthe has been maligned ever since returning French soldiers put a strain on the supplies of absinthe in France and shady types started peddling faux absinthe made with wood alcohol. That, and only that, is the cause for absinthe's overblown reputation. Of itself, this beverage is tasty and, other than having a very high alcohol content, harmless. Absinthe has been maligned ever since returning French soldiers put a strain on the supplies of absinthe in France and shady types started peddling faux absinthe made with wood alcohol. That, and only that, is the cause for absinthe’s overblown reputation. Of itself, this beverage is tasty and, other than having a very high alcohol content, harmless.

]]> By: Amuseal http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5124/comment-page-1#comment-10303 Amuseal Mon, 09 Apr 2007 22:27:08 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/5124#comment-10303 It's a fantastic alcohol drink! It’s a fantastic alcohol drink!

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