This week the girls take aim at World History From The 1700s.
The girls go back in history to Europe in the 1700s this week, although one of them may have gotten a bit lost on the way.
But first, what were we drinking?
Amy was drinking Jen Pfeiffer The Rebel Bubbles NV
Bianca was drinking Mt Buff Merlot
Sorry can't remember where it came from
Sarah was drinking nothing again
Sarah opens this week's topic with the confession that she did not think this week's topic through very well and had trouble settling on a subject.
After some light research, she discovered a subject that was right up her alley. Stupid death of the 1700s.
The first stupid death Sarah discussed was the untimely demise of Julien Offray de La Mettrie who died from overeating at a feast in his honour.
Sarah then discussed the death of Georg Wilhelm Richman. The late Mr Richman became the first person to die from performing electrical experiments.
Sarah also discussed Adolf Fredrick, the King of Sweden. The late monarch passed away after consuming a meal that consisted of fourteen servings of his favourite dessert.
Lastly Sarah discussed the outbreak of the bubonic plauge in France in 1720. The outbreak originated from contaminated cargo and crew. Sound familiar anyone?
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| Adolf Frederick king of Sweden |
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| Georg Wilhelm Richmann |
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| Julien Offrey De Le Mettrie |
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| The Great Plagues Of Marseille |
Amy misread the week's topic and instead of the 1700s, she wrote her segment based on events from the 17th century. For those playing at home, she did explain how they are different eras in history.
With a busy work/mum life hitting a peak that week, Amy had no time to re-write her segment and decided to run with what she had.
Amy's first event in the 1700 century was that time an angry Dutch mob killed and reportedly ate their own prime minister. Johan de Witt and his brother were killed by an angry mob that formed outside the jail where de Witt's brother was being held.
Amy then discussed the time the English attempted to invade Spain. The brains behind this operation were motivated by their own personal greed.
In the end, Karma got them when they had to herd a bunch of drunk English soldiers back onto the ships that brought them to Spain with no bounty to bring home.
Lastly, Amy explained a unit of measurement which is based on the distance a reindeer can walk before it needs to pee. It is called Poron kusema.
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| Johan De Witt |
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| England Invades Spain |
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| Finnish Measurement - Poronkusema |
Bianca last but not least and quite drunk, ends us with Sweden's 1700s coffee laws. Coffee came to Europe from the Middle East in the early 1700s. At first, the Swedish folks did not know what to make of the exotic beverage.
However, they quickly discovered the delightful buzz you get from drinking coffee and felt that their need to sleep was a thing of the past! Coffee became so popular that it replaced the traditional morning beverage of beer.
Still, some people did not approve of this new beverage taking the country by storm. In fact, the Swedish government tried to ban the dark delicious beverage in 1746.
Gustav III was tasked with conducting some experiments to determine if coffee was dangerous. The authenticity of the experiments conducted has been questioned and did not render any proof coffee was dangerous.
Bianca also discussed some of the fashion trends that dominated the era. Like all fashion trends, some were good and others were plain awful.
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| Gustav III of Sweden |
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