-=> Quoting Maurice Kinal to Nancy Backus on 02-Jul-2018 17:34 <=-   
      
    NB>> since I find the taste of it totally nasty   
      
    MK> Like everything, there is beer and then there is beer.   
      
   That's what my brothers kept saying... as I rejected one more of the   
   supposedly much better beers... I really really don't like the hops in   
   beer... the only "beer" I've been able to tolerate has been Smithwicks,   
   which apparently has no hops in it... actually drank a good 2-3 oz of   
   that last year...  :)   
      
    NB>> Maybe we could use bottles of water on the wall   
      
    MK> It seems to me the original concern wasn't about the bottled beverage   
    MK> but instead the threat of 98 days of countdown where all that changes   
    MK> is the number of bottles, with only the last two days offering some   
    MK> variation - "1 bottle of beer on the wall" and "Go to the store and   
    MK> buy some more" on the 0 bottle day.  Given the previous 98 days I   
    MK> doubt that is enough to placate anyone who would object being   
    MK> subjected to the months of daily annoyance.  I seriously doubt that   
    MK> bottles of water are going to be much less objectionable to those who   
    MK> will potentionally object.    
      
   Oh, I don't know... the only objection I've heard so far in the echo was   
   to the beer (and it wasn't even me)... ;)   
      
    MK> For example something like the "The 12 Days of Christmas" might be   
    MK> more acceptable given it is only 12 days instead of 100 and has more   
    MK> variety in the offerings per day.  Having said that I don't believe   
    MK> "The 12 Days of Christmas" is appropriate for the occasion in question   
    MK> but it is a very good example of a countdown song.    
      
   Agreed that it isn't all that appropriate for the occasion, since in the   
   2024 case we're going to a Nov date, and in the 2019, it's smackdab in   
   the middle of those 12 days...  Plus, agreed as well that 12 days isn't   
   really long enough a countdown...  Besides, it's really a count up song,   
   as the numbers get larger, not smaller....    
      
    MK> Speaking for myself, who took the time to program the routine, I am   
    MK> inclined to leave well enough alone including the bottled beer which   
    MK> is traditional as far as the original song is concerned, although I   
    MK> did find one reference where pop was an acceptable substitution.    
    MK> Personally I don't agree but then again I have no claim whatsoever for   
    MK> "99 Bottles of Beer".  Probably the best source of information is   
    MK> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99_Bottles_of_Beer especially the   
    MK> section labelled "Mathematically inspired variants".  However it still   
    MK> lacks any suggestion for a reduction in duration of the potential   
    MK> annoyance in the Little Mikey's Brain implimentation.    
      
   Oh, well... do as you wish...  ;)   
      
   ttyl        neb   
      
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