[thechat] Quick: list every hot beverage you can think of

[Ashok at MagicalKenya.com]

>>actually its an ancient indian cure for lot of ailments.
>Um, that implies that all Indians revere it (being an "ancient cure" and
>all that.) Not so. 99% of us probably find it revolting.

my brother used to practice it...that makes him a 1%ler ;)

>>a former indian prime minister was well known for partaking
>>of this stuff regularly (he lived past 100 years !).
>About 50 years too many, IMO. :p

yeah janata party always sucked, no wonder they are defunct.
he wasnt such a bad guy though (at least from what i saw & read about him,
though  all of this was after he had stopped being the prime minister) ,
must've
 scared of any disease germs with that ammoniated breath.

i've always heard this joke (or fact ?!) about morarji desai going to
Britain
and meeting the prime minister (i think Margaret thatcher at that time).
She proposes a toast in morarji's honour - at that point he says 'excuse
me',
visits the gents and returns with the wine glass full of you-know-what....