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| | halvorsen.org - halvard halvorsen's weblog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Here in England the breweries are trying to get the ladies to drink more beer (The Times, possible regreq), not by the use of halves, but by using the “third”, |
 | | As its centrepiece, the Beautiful Beer campaign will unveil special long-stemmed glasses from which women will be able to sip delicately their 18.5 centilitre “thirds”, “without spilling it all over their shoes”, a spokesman said. |
 | | Although the 18.5 centilitre measure has been in existence since Victorian times when it was used to serve very strong beer such as porters, the “third” has now been largely forgotten. |
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