beer, evolution and Kansas humor

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Joe Aistrup [mailto:joe_aistrup@msn.com] Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:09 PM Subject: Lebo-middle-of-nowhere-Kansas! To whom it may concern: I want to congratulate Chad Stevens for winning the Lallemand Scholarship. He are truly deserving. I do take exception with one aspect of Chad's letter. In it, he slighted poor little Lebo, Kansas. He refer to it as "Lebo-middle-of-nowhere-Kansas." Why is it that almost any community in Kansas is in the "middle-of-nowhere?" Chad needs to recognize that Kansans are not in the middle of nowhere. Heck, everyone knows that Nebraskans live in the middle of nowhere. Kansans are South of living in the middle of nowhere. Of course, if one takes into account the Colorado is just to the West of us, Kansans can state with some assurance that we are just East of someplace. Plus, Chad's acceptance letter failed to mention the biggest advantage of living in Lebo-middle-of-nowhere-Kansas. Of course, I am referring to the fact that evolution is not an accepted scientific theory in Kansas; as such, the yeast in Kansas never evolves, never strays from its pure culture, never picks up off flavors. Kansas is a brewer's paradise. So always remember the Kansas is south of nowhere and east of someplace, and that all yeast cultures remain pure here. The only disadvantage to living in Kansas is that Lambics are very difficult to brew. Well, maybe Kansas isn't such a brewer's paradise afterall. Bummer. Sincerely, Joe Aistrup Just south of nowhere in Manhattan, Little Apple, Kansas.