barkingmoose

Some fun pretzel facts (from up the road at Snyders of Hanover):

• Pretzels date back to around 610 A.D.
• Early settlers may have brought the pretzel to America on the Mayflower
• A baker’s apprentice accidentally created the hard pretzel when he fell asleep on the job, overcooking a batch of soft pretzels

And one more: the President of the United States nearly died when he choked on a pretzel. He’s recovered now, apparently, and is trying to make light of it: “My mother always said when you’re eating pretzels, chew before you swallow.” But this is no joke.

He avoided military service by serving in the Texas Air National Guard, but George W. Bush has now been to the brink and lived to tell the tale. What’s more, like his father before him, he is not afraid to vomit as well as faint should the situation warrant it. Enemies and would-be enemies of freedom be warned: the leader of the free world no longer fears death.

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