... eine Gopher-Betreuer-Mailingliste an der
Philosophischen Fakultät zu
Saarbrücken.
Eines schönen Tages ergab es sich, daß folgende E-Mail aus dem
Staate Amerika bei eben diese Liste
einging:
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 19:12:49 -0500 (CDT)
From: Robert Becker
To: XXX
cc: gopher@phil.uni-sb.de
Subject: becker bier
Greetings Mr. XXX!
I'm sending this message to you because your the only email address I
came across while connected to the University of Saarbrucken, I hope you
don't mind me writing to you.
A few years back, my great uncle visited Germany and brought back some
becker bier from St. Ingbert. I've been looking for this beer here in
the USA but haven't been able to find it. I was wondering if you knew if
the beer is still being made and if you could possibly give me an address
so I could send a letter to the becker brewery. I wish to get some of
their beer shipped to me, hoping I can make a{rrangements for this.
I connected to Saarbracken due to your proximity to St. Ingbert, I'd
greatly appreci{ate any help in this matter as I'm totally lost as to how
to get the address for the brewery.
If anyone in Saarbrucken would like to converse with me, that would be
fine, would be interesting to hear about life there. I live in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
I may be switching to a different Internet provider, so if possible,
please send a reply both to (address removed) and (address removed) (a
good friend of mine). Again, I GREATLY appreciate any help in this
matter, I truly feel the Germans make the world's finest beers and hope
to try the one with my last name on the can :-)
Sincerely,
robert becker
Nun ergab es sich, daß ein gewisser Lothar Fritsch im kommenden August zum Zwecke eines Studienaustauschs
nach Amerika fahren würde. Nachdem er die
E-Mail von Robert gelesen hatte, bot er ihm an, einige Dosen des wertvollen
Stoffs in die Vereinigten Staaten
einzuschmuggeln und die ihm zu schicken.
Die Zeit verging, und es wurde August. Lothar reiste nach Columbia,
Missouri, USA und mit ihm zwei Dosen
'Becker Pils' und eine Flasche 'Becker's Extra' sowie eine original
Becker-Bier - Plastiktüte mit dem Firmenlogo - Schriftzug und der
'Becker-Turm' in St.Ingbert.
Inzwischen wurde Robert von Chris
Blum über das bevorstehende Ableben der Becker-Brauerei unterrichtet:
From chris Thu Jul 13 02:40:47 1995 Subject: Re: becker bier To: (Robert Becker) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 02:40:47 +0200 (MET DST) Hello Robert, I'm not XXX, but I think I can help you. The Becker brewery still exists, but they are no longer independent. Karlsberg, the biggest brewery in Saarland, Germany, bought them recently; they still sell beer under their old label, though. Ask for "Becker's Extra", that's the best one. (Karlsberg Urpils is better, but it's for the name I guess :-) Their address is: Becker Privatbrauerei Kaiserstr. 170-174 66386 St. Ingbert Germany You can also phone them; try +49 6894 103-0. I don't know if their telephonist speaks english though. regards, ChrisNachdem Lothar in Columbia heimisch geworden war, war es eines Tages so weit. Er schwang sich trotz wüsten Unwetters auf sein Fahrrad, um die Reise zu einem magischen Materieverschieber namens UPS anzutreten, der sich irgendwo in Nordost-Columbia befindet. Dort wurde der teure Saft per Paketpost in Richtung Wisconsin geschickt. Eine Woche später erschallte folgender Freudenschrei: