Daily Holidays September 12

[Sherman A1]

National Chocolate Milkshake Day Dating from 1885, Chocolate Milk Shake Day celebrates a drink loved by old and young alike. Originally served in bars, a milk shake was an alcoholic concoction of whisky, eggs and cream. If the customer enjoyed the drink, he shook hands and tipped the barman. By 1900, the whisky was replaced with chocolate, vanilla or strawberry syrup. In 1922, a Wahlgreen’s employee added Horlick’s malted milk powder to the mixture and the first malted shake was born. When Steven Poplawski invented the electric blender in 1922, the texture of milkshakes changed from smooth, thick and creamy to the frothy airy consistency loved today. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/chocolate-milk-shake-day/

Video Games Day We all know the Playstation, the PC, the Xbox, the Gameboy, and all the other myriad examples of gaming devices out there in the world today. Gaming is a pervasive part of our culture, coloring everything from our choices in clothing to our taste in cuisine, there are even themed restaurants that are entirely dedicated to gamers and the games they love. Video Games Day is dedicated to recalling this defining part of our culture and sharing it with our fellow gamers, new and old alike. Get your game on! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/video-games-day/

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[bigwillq]

1. Chocolate milkshakes are awesome!

[Sherman A1]

2. Yup

I think it's a trip to Steak n Shake this afternoon for their Buy one, Get one free special!

[femmocrat]

3. Happy Video Games Day to DU gamers:

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[malthaussen]

4. I've always preferred malteds...

... but it is getting hard to find them around here. And for whatever reason, I always preferred black and white to pure chocolate. (Similarly, I prefer Black and Tan to pure stout, but that's a different sort of malt)

-- Mal