The Bottle Cap

I was sitting on the patio drinking beer when I noticed the bottle cap. It looked like the inside of the cap was corroded. There was a black splotch on the shiny metal cap. It didn't stop me from drinking the beer, but it did get me to wondering.

Just in the interest of science, I opened a second bottle of beer to see if the splotch was unique to that one bottle. Of course, I drank the second beer while I contemplated my discovery. The second bottle had the identical splotch. It had to mean something, it was too ugly to be purely decorative.

I decided that the splotch was a silhouette of a flying insect with its wings extended above its body. What that had to do with beer was a mystery. Although, it did remind me of a story my dad told me about a moonshiner he knew of during prohibition. This moonshiner was well known for his smooth whiskey with the amber color. When his still was found by the law, it was broken up and hundreds of grasshoppers were found inside. That's what gave the whiskey its lovely color.

It got me to wondering if grasshoppers or other flying insects were responsible for the beer's color. It didn't stop me from drinking the beer, but still, it was a puzzle. Then I turned the cap around.

It was a moose's head. I guess that makes sense if you're drinking Moosehead beer. You don't suppose that is an ingredient do you?

Tonight I watched for the first time, Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? It's hard to believe, but I am as smart as a fifth grader. Who would have believed it?