A lady who had given a workman engaged on some work at her house a glass of beer, afterwards asked him if he liked it. Said she : “It is pure beer. I brew it myself, and it is composed of nothing but malt and hops.” “And water,” joined in the man“Ah, yes, certainly, and the water. I had forgotten that.” “No, you didn’t forget the water, ma’am ; maybe it was the malt- and hops you forgot.”
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2283, 5 February 1912, Page 2
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