Two stories today on beverages. First off, the Anheuser-Busch brewery has come up with a new line of beers named B-to-the-E, with B standing for beer and E for something "extra". The E is shown as the exponent of B which means we have another "expert", this time advertising types, using Algebra to make their point. What is going on here? Maybe if our high school math teachers had told us back in the day that we needed to learn algebra so we could understand depression and beer we might have paid more attention. In any event, this new beer will be flavored in order to appeal "to 20-something consumers craving something zippy in their highly social, fast-paced lifestyles." hahahahahaha "Slightly sweet but tart and coming in the aromas of blackberry, raspberry and cherry, B-to-the-E is to be marketed toward "active 21- to 27-year-old experimenters looking for new tastes and options." bwahahahahaha
Second beverage in the news today is tea. Scientists have discovered that instant tea contains high levels of flouride which can lead to bone pain. "Swallowing high levels of fluoride boosts bone density, but also makes bones more brittle. It can lead to skeletal fluorosis, which causes bone pain, calcified ligaments, bone spurs, fused vertebrae and difficulty in moving joints." This link between instant tea and bone pain was discovered by researchers looking into the medical history of a woman who made it a habit to drink one to two gallons of super strength tea a day. Well there you go, two gallons of anything a day should send up a red flag and I'm not even an expert...on health diagnosis or algebra.