"It was necessary, he suppos'd, to drink strong beer, that he might be strong to labor."

Althouse:

We hear lots of excuses for drinking nowadays, but never that one. Hilarious. How could people get anything done, drinking like that?

No, she's not writing about us. You'd think maybe she was, but no. The post is about some of Benjamin Franklin's observations while visiting London.

Read the whole thing. I have never had so much fun reading the comments to a blog post.