Six Smiling Women

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[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

Is that ram strong enough to pull that cart? Or has she sampled the goods already and hooked up her cart to the wrong animal?

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

I wondered the same thing..."bock" means "fancy" in German so I always thought bock beer meant fancy beer, but bock also means "goat" so perhaps it's goat beer? Maybe that's why the weird photo, but it does look like it's verging on animal cruelty.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

It's a bit more complex... Bock means "ram", but the beer called Bockbier or Maibock has this origin:

(wiki) "Einbeck had various industries over time that came and went. Yet from very early on beer has been the product Einbeck is famous for over many centuries, still sold under the brand Einbecker Bier. Einbeck is the birthplace of bock beer, a beer with a high alcohol content. In medieval times a brewmaster from Einbeck was hired to brew „Einpöckisch Bier“ in Munich. The name was corrupted and developed into „Oanpock“, and subsequently into „Bock“. The export of beer was a very important business so that in the harbor city of Hamburg Einbeck had it´s own distribution center (and pub), called the Eimbeck'sches Haus. A brewery is still operating in Einbeck under the name Einbecker Brewery. The company is listed on the Hanover Stock Exchange."

The two are linked together because the high alcohol content gives it the kick (or the head bashing) of a ram.

[luke-russell.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that! My mate used to inhale the stuff, I never knew it was high alcohol!

[tamara-rose.livejournal.com]

I bought a set of those Time Life cookbooks at a thrift store. They have some great recipes.

[hutchlover.livejournal.com]

Is the woman from #5 married to the giant from 'Jack & the Beanstalk'?

I have to admit the Howard Johnson's one is very appealing.

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

I want to ride in a little cart pulled by a smiling ram!