I would formally like to express my appreciation for the Catholic Church for the following reason:
Coffee was believed by some Christians to be the devil's drink. Pope Vincent III heard this and decided to taste it before he banished it. He enjoyed it so much he baptized it, saying "coffee is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it."
And there you have it... if you'll now excuse me I'm off to drink some spiritually blessed liquids.
Posted by hugin at February 18, 2002 12:53 PM