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1. thelastgherkin

   Tradition has it that cider-makers would fling a dead rat into a vat of fermenting cider - when the rat had completely dissolved, fermentation was complete.

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   1. nixter

      @thelastgherkin Those... RAT cherriesS. *Bah-dun-tis*

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      1. thelastgherkin

         @nixter I don't get it. Also, please don't swear.

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         1. nixter

            @thelastgherkin I didn't know kiwi counted as a swear word... Well there is a saying when people would do something without others knowing that would be hindering or otherwise unpleasant and then when they found out they would call them 'rat grapess' so I figured since they threw in a dead rat into their cider it would be fitting.

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            1. thelastgherkin

               @nixter Oh, right. I thought you were having a go at dead rats for some reason. Talk about kicking them while they're down.

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               1. nixter

                  @thelastgherkin Naw, man. I love rats! And mice.

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   2. thelastgherkin

      @thatonestocking It also has something to do with kickstarting the fermentation process by adding that delicious dead rat protein.

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