Guest guest Report post Posted February 21, 2004 A catholic priest, an imam and a rabbi are discussing the question of the beginning of life. The priest says that life begins as soon as the egg is fertilized by the sperm, as soon as conception occurs. The imam says that life begins 40 days after conception, then is when the spirit enters into the body of the baby. The rabbi says : "Life begins when all the children are gone!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dervish 0 Report post Posted February 23, 2004 What's the deal with Ovaltine? How did it get its name? They really ought to call it Roundtine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted February 28, 2004 Why this question? Ovaltine was the drink of my childhood. The name comes from Ovo-Maltine. Ovo derives from ovus, i in latin which means 'egg'. Maltine derives from malt, the extract of barley, very nourishing. They added in some chocolate and sugar to make chocolate mild for children. A Brief History ''Our story starts in 1904, in the peaceful, sleepy country of Switzerland, in fact, in it's capital, Bern. Thanks to the invention of the Swiss Bank, Switzerland had achieved a level of comfort and wealth by this year most other nations could only dream of. This led, as it has in other wealthy, comfortable societies, to a fascination, if not an obsession with health and long life. So, unsurprisingly, at about this time, a veritable plethora of health drinks came into existence, one being a fortified barley powdered egg malted-milk beverage product called Ovo-Maltine, invented by one George Wander. After this initial success, George's son Albert decided to take Ovo-Maltine international. Unable to find sufficient faceless proleterian workforce willing to manufacture his invention to his satisfaction in his own country, Wander was forced to look abroad. And thus, an Ovo-Maltine manufactory was opened in Hertfordshire in 1909. Unfortunately the hard-working Britons couldn't spell, not even their ministry clerks, and so the name was accidentally changed to Ovaltine. Why Roundtine? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dervish 0 Report post Posted February 29, 2004 "what is the deal with ovaltene? the container's round, the lid's round. they should call it roundtine" Seinfeld joke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
