# ::glug glug::

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glug-glug/39950>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 6, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glug-glug/39950 "2000-11-06T16:11:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glug-glug/39950/1 "2000-11-06T16:11:27Z")

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How did those people in India feed milk to statues? The video I’ve seen shows everthing from marble to bronze statues, so the media of the statue itself seems irrelevant. I couldn’t see any milk trickling down the side of the statues either. And I’m very disinclined to think that Ganesha can’t fetch his own whenever he has a yen for dairy. What’s the scoop?

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**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glug-glug/39950/2 "2000-11-06T20:32:54Z")

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When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide…

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**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glug-glug/39950/3 "2000-11-06T21:08:46Z")

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Where I stop and I turn and I go for a [ride](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=45325).