…printing bills for all of us. And then I moved to Ireland, the land of saints and sages, where they have the best Guinness in the world. There was a sociological study a few years ago that showed the Irish were the happiest people in Europe, which…

…think the reason they're the happiest people in Europe is that marvelous religious establishment at st jane's gate in Dublin, the Guinness Brewery. You know there are two stories. There are two stories about how Guinness Stout was invented. It was in 1759…

…establishment at st jane's gate in Dublin, the Guinness Brewery. You know there are two stories. There are two stories about how Guinness Stout was invented. It was in 1759 when sir Arthur Guinness opened the brewery and the first batch they bring the…

…You know there are two stories. There are two stories about how Guinness Stout was invented. It was in 1759 when sir Arthur Guinness opened the brewery and the first batch they bring the hops by accident. The foreman came to him and said: sir Arthur…

…foreman came to him and said: sir Arthur I don't think he was sir Arthur Yet. Anyway, the foreman said to him: but the Guinness, We've had a terrible accident the hops got burned you have to throw it all out and start over. And Guinness said: wait a…

…to him: but the Guinness, We've had a terrible accident the hops got burned you have to throw it all out and start over. And Guinness said: wait a minute let me taste it first and he took a sip and like everything else in the history of Dublin there…

…Ireland. As Hugh Canner wrote, Irish facts have the plasticity of rubber inches. One version of the story is: he sipped it. Guinness sipped it this is delicious. We'll all become millionaires selling this. The other version is: he sipped it but the Irish…

…aloud in groups. I claim the honor of having made the discovery its best read aloud in groups with several six packs of Guinness on the table in the middle. And as the Guinness bottles evolved from totally full to totally empty and become dead soldiers…

…discovery its best read aloud in groups with several six packs of Guinness on the table in the middle. And as the Guinness bottles evolved from totally full to totally empty and become dead soldiers on their way out, the text of Finnegan's wake becomes…

…text of Finnegan's wake becomes marvelously clear, or I might say almost desperately clear as they would say in Dublin. So Arthur Guinness plays a major role in Finnegan's wake because his name Guinness is an English shortening of mark Angus, which means…

…say almost desperately clear as they would say in Dublin. So Arthur Guinness plays a major role in Finnegan's wake because his name Guinness is an English shortening of mark Angus, which means the son of Angus and his older was the daughter of Angus and…

…of Angus and his older christen and his older story is a major part of Finnegan's wake so that's one link with Guinness. But Arthur Guinness, Arthur is the primordial indo European root for a bear so Arthur Guinness gets identified with the primordial…

…his older christen and his older story is a major part of Finnegan's wake so that's one link with Guinness. But Arthur Guinness, Arthur is the primordial indo European root for a bear so Arthur Guinness gets identified with the primordial bear god, who…

…wake so that's one link with Guinness. But Arthur Guinness, Arthur is the primordial indo European root for a bear so Arthur Guinness gets identified with the primordial bear god, who also appears as artemis and Arthur, Duke of Wellington at the battle of…

…as artemis and Arthur, Duke of Wellington at the battle of waterloo. And also the bear god is all through Finnegan's wake. And Guinness had two sons who fought over the ownership of the business after he died so he's a parallel with Adam and his two…

…of the Dao, the yang expressing itself as active yang and passive yang. And Joyce keeps all these metaphors going at once and Guinness also makes the brew which makes the minor cycle in the book. The major cycle is: the rain comes down in wicklow…

…eternity. And within that there's the minor cycle where some of the water from the liffey gets used in the production of Guinness and gets drunk by the hero. And passes through his esophagus and bowels and whatnot and gets excreted and becomes part of…

…in the cycle. So there's the natural cycle and the intestinal cycle inside the dreamer. These are isomorphs of each other. And Guinness is also in the book because Guinness Brewery is at st James gate and Joyce put in everybody who had any coincidental…

…cycle and the intestinal cycle inside the dreamer. These are isomorphs of each other. And Guinness is also in the book because Guinness Brewery is at st James gate and Joyce put in everybody who had any coincidental connection with his own name, James or…

…the only way you can define it. They say the probability of encountering the puka increases after you've had your 14th pint of Guinness. Guinness they burn the hops that's why it tastes different than any other beer. Those of us who love Guinness say it…

…way you can define it. They say the probability of encountering the puka increases after you've had your 14th pint of Guinness. Guinness they burn the hops that's why it tastes different than any other beer. Those of us who love Guinness say it tastes…

…14th pint of Guinness. Guinness they burn the hops that's why it tastes different than any other beer. Those of us who love Guinness say it tastes better than any other beer. Those who can't stand Guinness say it tastes like mud or something or it…

…different than any other beer. Those of us who love Guinness say it tastes better than any other beer. Those who can't stand Guinness say it tastes like mud or something or it tastes like stale coffee. They burn the hops and that gives it that special…

…mud or something or it tastes like stale coffee. They burn the hops and that gives it that special flavor that only Guinness has in the whole world. Now it happened by accident originally, when sir Arthur Guinness opened his brewery on December 31st 1759…

…that gives it that special flavor that only Guinness has in the whole world. Now it happened by accident originally, when sir Arthur Guinness opened his brewery on December 31st 1759 a day that will live in glory they burned the first lot of hops…

…31st 1759 a day that will live in glory they burned the first lot of hops accidentally and the foreman came to sir Arthur Guinness in a terrible state entirely and he said: we'll throw it all out and we'll start over I'm very sorry. And sir Arthur…

…what happened next. According to one version he said: hey this tastes good let's see if those customers will buy it. And so Guinness was launched on its career of becoming the most successful brewery in the history of the world. The other version is he…

…in an American City. What it is as miles nagopolin said the streets seem to meet by accident and if you've had enough Guinness sometimes the streets don't meet at all. Anyway going down fumbly lane to st Peter's to see Swift's Grave I saw a little…

…thing is it's best in groups and the third law which I discovered is it's best in groups with several six packs of Guinness on the table the more Guinness you drink, the clearer Finnegan's wake gets. Sir Arthur Guinness is one of the major characters in…

…and the third law which I discovered is it's best in groups with several six packs of Guinness on the table the more Guinness you drink, the clearer Finnegan's wake gets. Sir Arthur Guinness is one of the major characters in Finnegan's wake and one of…

…groups with several six packs of Guinness on the table the more Guinness you drink, the clearer Finnegan's wake gets. Sir Arthur Guinness is one of the major characters in Finnegan's wake and one of the major supporters of bloomsday. Still, yes yes, they…

…one of the major supporters of bloomsday. Still, yes yes, they put ads in all the pubs with quotes from Joyce about Guinness on bloomsday and they always leave out the quote where bloom thinks about Guinness Charitable man he was endowed all those homes…

…in all the pubs with quotes from Joyce about Guinness on bloomsday and they always leave out the quote where bloom thinks about Guinness Charitable man he was endowed all those homes for the insane. Of course it was his booze that put them there in the…

…just like getting the great outdoors there and putting a big fence around it. Most of the animals were donated by the Guinness Family. The guinnesses are a very central part of Finnegan's wake. Guinness comes from the old gaelic mac Angus, which means son…

…around it. Most of the animals were donated by the Guinness Family. The guinnesses are a very central part of Finnegan's wake. Guinness comes from the old gaelic mac Angus, which means son of Angus. Angus was the father of Isolde and the whole Tristan…

…was the father of Isolde and the whole Tristan and Isolde and King Mark Theme runs all through Finnegan's wake and Guinness creates the porter which the dreamer sells at his bar all day long. Which explains the recurrent question throughout the dream:…