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Waffle of Justice		2008-02-07 02:27:39 PM

IdBeCrazyIf: Andrew Wiggin: Wild Irish Rose

Wild Irish Rose FTW!

/fond memories of four friend, a minivan, vacant lot, and a bottle of WRI

First time accepting candy from strangers?

kc987654		2008-02-07 02:27:41 PM

quatchi: hotdamn: zima. and the people that drink it. still exist?

Not only does the original malternative beverage exist but it's fans have begun breeding.
I can has hangover?

More proof people are born ghey.

/if that's a boy
//just kidding

Keigh		2008-02-07 02:27:50 PM

I have trouble drinking anything carbonated. Ya know how when you drink a beer or a soda it tingles? Well, for me, it BURNS. Like cum in your eye. So i usually end up drinking cocktails, but I also really like Smirnoff's Raw Tea. No carbonation, comes in different flavors, and only a little more costly than beer. And I don't have to mix a new drink every time.

/$.02
//drtfa
///malt beverage is still beer

Andrew Wiggin		2008-02-07 02:28:04 PM

xxBirdMadGirlxx: IdBeCrazyIf: Andrew Wiggin: Wild Irish Rose

Wild Irish Rose FTW!

/fond memories of four friend, a minivan, vacant lot, and a bottle of WRI

First circle jerk?

Oh Bird, do you make me smile.

/NTTAWW circle jerks

IdBeCrazyIf		2008-02-07 02:28:37 PM

imgod2u: And here I was thinking first ghost mystery.

Well... some mysteries were revealed during those times.

kc987654: That's anti-asian.

ORRY?

vernonFL		2008-02-07 02:29:42 PM

crunch-o-matic: flavorless alcoholic beverage is called grain alcohol.

This.

Everclear + red gatorade + red bull = good times.

xxBirdMadGirlxx		2008-02-07 02:29:49 PM

imgod2u: xxBirdMadGirlxx: IdBeCrazyIf: Andrew Wiggin: Wild Irish Rose

Wild Irish Rose FTW!

/fond memories of four friend, a minivan, vacant lot, and a bottle of WRI

First circle jerk?

And here I was thinking first ghost mystery.

Jinkies!

snikrepkire		2008-02-07 02:30:53 PM

When dudes order "Twisted Tea" I usually kick them right in the vagina.

kornkob		2008-02-07 02:31:59 PM

Keigh: ///malt beverage is still beer

Is it? Beer needs hops-- otherwise it is just fermented malt, which is the raw materials for whiskey.

God Is My Co-Pirate		2008-02-07 02:32:26 PM

Alcopops - for teenage girls who want to get drunk but don't like the taste of alcohol.

/mine's a gin and tonic

imgod2u		2008-02-07 02:33:36 PM

xxBirdMadGirlxx: imgod2u: xxBirdMadGirlxx: IdBeCrazyIf: Andrew Wiggin: Wild Irish Rose

Wild Irish Rose FTW!

/fond memories of four friend, a minivan, vacant lot, and a bottle of WRI

First circle jerk?

And here I was thinking first ghost mystery.

Jinkies!

Ra Rearry.

Damien not Evil		2008-02-07 02:34:04 PM

The flavored drinks have too much sugar and give me a horrible headache. Not a fan of sweet alcoholic drinks.

Johnny Walker Green on the rocks FTW

vernonFL		2008-02-07 02:35:24 PM

kornkob: Beer needs hops

Not really. I thought the hops was only for flavor? I like hoppy beers such as Sierra Nevada but I also like Guinness which is not hoppy at all.

imgod2u		2008-02-07 02:36:13 PM

The flavored stuff has the advantage that it'll get a lot of girls who normally would not drink alcohol drunk.

The_Sponge		2008-02-07 02:38:15 PM

hotdamn: zima. and the people that drink it. still exist?

"Zima, it's zomething special." - George W. Bush

Andrew Wiggin		2008-02-07 02:38:57 PM

imgod2u: The flavored stuff has the advantage that it'll get a lot of girls who normally would not drink alcohol drunk.

Not so fun when they are puking it in the back of your dad's car. Not like that stopped me from farking her or anything...

kornkob		2008-02-07 02:40:25 PM

vernonFL: kornkob: Beer needs hops

Not really. I thought the hops was only for flavor? I like hoppy beers such as Sierra Nevada but I also like Guinness which is not hoppy at all.

Guinness has hops. Any beer you care to mention contains at a minimum hops, water, yeast and malted grain.

xxBirdMadGirlxx		2008-02-07 02:40:30 PM

Andrew Wiggin: imgod2u: The flavored stuff has the advantage that it'll get a lot of girls who normally would not drink alcohol drunk.

Not so fun when they are puking it in the back of your dad's car. Not like that stopped me from farking her or anything...

From behind, right? Cause that way you don't have to kiss her.

EthelPP		2008-02-07 02:41:16 PM

BlorfMaster: I remember when bartles and james came in those big bottles like soda. I wonder why they stopped doing that.

Oh god yes. I was living in South Carolina at the time and always kept a couple of those on hand for that damn 24-hour Prohibition.

Andrew Wiggin		2008-02-07 02:42:40 PM

xxBirdMadGirlxx: Andrew Wiggin: imgod2u: The flavored stuff has the advantage that it'll get a lot of girls who normally would not drink alcohol drunk.

Not so fun when they are puking it in the back of your dad's car. Not like that stopped me from farking her or anything...

From behind, right? Cause that way you don't have to kiss her.

There's another way to have sex? And what's this kissing that you speak of? The cigarette gets in the way of that.

ScottMpls		2008-02-07 02:43:50 PM

imgod2u		2008-02-07 02:45:02 PM

Andrew Wiggin: xxBirdMadGirlxx: Andrew Wiggin: imgod2u: The flavored stuff has the advantage that it'll get a lot of girls who normally would not drink alcohol drunk.

Not so fun when they are puking it in the back of your dad's car. Not like that stopped me from farking her or anything...

From behind, right? Cause that way you don't have to kiss her.

There's another way to have sex? And what's this kissing that you speak of? The cigarette gets in the way of that.

It's when you give them CPR afterwards to make sure they don't die in your dad's car.

xxBirdMadGirlxx		2008-02-07 02:47:03 PM

ScottMpls: Andrew Wiggin: imgod2u: The flavored stuff has the advantage that it'll get a lot of girls who normally would not drink alcohol drunk.

Not so fun when they are puking it in the back of your dad's car. Not like that stopped me from farking her or anything...

Did you at least hold her hair too?

For both experiences, I'm sure.

/Sensitive, New Age kind of guy.

cbcs		2008-02-07 02:53:04 PM

/that is all

aninconvenienterection		2008-02-07 02:58:07 PM

mike's light is one of the most refreshing and least caloric drinks around. mixed half and half with light beer it makes a nearly perfect post-lawnmowing drink.

Andrew Wiggin		2008-02-07 02:58:26 PM

xxBirdMadGirlxx: For both experiences, I'm sure.

All you womens like the hair pulling.

/but not pulling the hair downstairs
//if anyone even has any down there these days

zimbach		2008-02-07 03:00:39 PM

So this stuff that is made from mostly the same stuff as beer, has the same or very nearly the same percentage of alcohol as beer, has to be taxed differently because it doesn't taste quite as unpleasant to people who don't have a taste for beer?

Why don't they also force them to display it in the context of a healthy balanced meal in the commercials too? They do that for sweetened cereals.

xxBirdMadGirlxx		2008-02-07 03:01:36 PM

aninconvenienterection: mike's light is one of the most refreshing and least caloric drinks around. mixed half and half with light beer it makes a nearly perfect post-lawnmowing drink.

Why do you hate America?

kornkob		2008-02-07 03:01:52 PM

zimbach: Why don't they also force them to display it in the context of a healthy balanced meal in the commercials too? They do that for sweetened cereals.

I like this idea.

Your newsletter--- where can I subscribe?

the_colonel		2008-02-07 03:02:20 PM

I drank some Two Dogs Lemon Brew once just to honor the name and joke. Gotta love the classic joke and the label

Two Dogs Lemon Brew
"Why do you ask"

The 3 pairs of paw prints on the label cracked me up.

/can't find a good pic

aninconvenienterection		2008-02-07 03:04:49 PM

xxBirdMadGirlxx: aninconvenienterection: mike's light is one of the most refreshing and least caloric drinks around. mixed half and half with light beer it makes a nearly perfect post-lawnmowing drink.

Why do you hate America?

I know, I know. I may vote Dem this year too. Not sure yet. On the bright side, I do enjoy scotch regularly, but I cut it with a little diet gingerale. purests gag at the site, but after 750ml I could care less...

kc987654		2008-02-07 03:09:32 PM

jynxyu		2008-02-07 03:09:33 PM

kc987654: Brennan-Monster: I am not particularly anti-tax, but the quickest solution to New York's problems is the carpet-bombing of Albany (during the next state of the state address so everyone is actually there) and the erection of a new government with a 15 year moratorium on further borrowing.

Meh, it'd be better to restructure the gummint so it wasn't designed to generate a Republican-Democrat and Upstate-Downstate standoff.

Could save a lot of money if NY state would drop NYC to become a district like DC. That way upstaters wouldn't be paying for anything NYC needs like repaving roads. And don't tell me that NYC residents are taxed differently than upstaters, I've lived upstate.

CityHall		2008-02-07 03:10:53 PM

Yes, only flavorless liquids can qualify as beer in America.

xxBirdMadGirlxx		2008-02-07 03:11:00 PM

aninconvenienterection: xxBirdMadGirlxx: aninconvenienterection: mike's light is one of the most refreshing and least caloric drinks around. mixed half and half with light beer it makes a nearly perfect post-lawnmowing drink.

Why do you hate America?

I know, I know. I may vote Dem this year too. Not sure yet. On the bright side, I do enjoy scotch regularly, but I cut it with a little diet gingerale. purests gag at the site, but after 750ml I could care less...

You make the baby Jesus cry. Just you. No one else. You alone are responsible for the tears that even now, as I type, roll down the face of our Lord and Savior.

/Diet Gingerale better not even be in the same room as my Talisker's.

kc987654		2008-02-07 03:11:56 PM

jynxyu: kc987654: Brennan-Monster: I am not particularly anti-tax, but the quickest solution to New York's problems is the carpet-bombing of Albany (during the next state of the state address so everyone is actually there) and the erection of a new government with a 15 year moratorium on further borrowing.

Meh, it'd be better to restructure the gummint so it wasn't designed to generate a Republican-Democrat and Upstate-Downstate standoff.

Could save a lot of money if NY state would drop NYC to become a district like DC. That way upstaters wouldn't be paying for anything NYC needs like repaving roads. And don't tell me that NYC residents are taxed differently than upstaters, I've lived upstate.

Um, no NYC pays $11 billion more in taxes than it gets in services--we'd LOVE to secede.

/you think Troy is bringing in a lot of dough?

Bartleby the Scrivener		2008-02-07 03:13:17 PM

Spider Dijon:
Most people's tastes change as they mature, usually becoming less likely to go for sugary crap.
I get less of a hangover from what I drink these days, perhaps also because I learned moderation.

/I'm guessing you're not there yet.

i'm on the way back. was that you at the Shoney's?

kc987654		2008-02-07 03:13:48 PM

jynxyu: kc987654: Brennan-Monster: I am not particularly anti-tax, but the quickest solution to New York's problems is the carpet-bombing of Albany (during the next state of the state address so everyone is actually there) and the erection of a new government with a 15 year moratorium on further borrowing.

Meh, it'd be better to restructure the gummint so it wasn't designed to generate a Republican-Democrat and Upstate-Downstate standoff.

Could save a lot of money if NY state would drop NYC to become a district like DC. That way upstaters wouldn't be paying for anything NYC needs like repaving roads. And don't tell me that NYC residents are taxed differently than upstaters, I've lived upstate.

Oh also we wouldn't have a bunch of upstate legislators deciding how to compensate the NYPD and FDNY and whatnot.

Zarkin Frood		2008-02-07 03:14:27 PM

Well, I'd like to be dead for tax purposes, but we can't all get what we want, can we NY?

Purity Of Essence		2008-02-07 03:14:41 PM

kornkob: Any beer you care to mention contains at a minimum hops, water, yeast and malted grain.

At maximum, too. Other "beers" aren't worth mentioning.

Andrew Wiggin		2008-02-07 03:15:07 PM

xxBirdMadGirlxx: You make the baby Jesus cry. Just you. No one else. You alone are responsible for the tears that even now, as I type, roll down the face of our Lord and Savior.

/Diet Gingerale better not even be in the same room as my Talisker's.

Nah, Jesus ain't crying. Even the Lord himself would call him a fag for that drink of choice.

/NTTAWWT

kornkob		2008-02-07 03:15:30 PM

xxBirdMadGirlxx: You make the baby Jesus cry. Just you. No one else. You alone are responsible for the tears that even now, as I type, roll down the face of our Lord and Savior.

/Diet Gingerale better not even be in the same room as my Talisker's.

The matriarch of the Jim Beam family drinks whiskey with ginger ale. The head of the Drambuie Family doesn't have a problem with scotch and cola. (both statements heard spoken at Whiskeyfest)

Andrew Wiggin		2008-02-07 03:16:52 PM

Zarkin Frood: Well, I'd like to be dead for tax purposes, but we can't all get what we want, can we NY?

While we're at it, I'd like a pony, some duct tape, and some ether. I have a 3 day weekend coming and me and Mrs Wiggin need to have a little fun.

aninconvenienterection		2008-02-07 03:17:41 PM

xxBirdMadGirlxx: aninconvenienterection: xxBirdMadGirlxx: aninconvenienterection: mike's light is one of the most refreshing and least caloric drinks around. mixed half and half with light beer it makes a nearly perfect post-lawnmowing drink.

Why do you hate America?

I know, I know. I may vote Dem this year too. Not sure yet. On the bright side, I do enjoy scotch regularly, but I cut it with a little diet gingerale. purests gag at the site, but after 750ml I could care less...

You make the baby Jesus cry. Just you. No one else. You alone are responsible for the tears that even now, as I type, roll down the face of our Lord and Savior.

/Diet Gingerale better not even be in the same room as my Talisker's.

by "scotch" I mean J&B, so it doesnt really count. I consume it by the 8-10 second pour in a tall glass though, so its a good thing I am not springing for taliskers....

xxBirdMadGirlxx		2008-02-07 03:20:25 PM

aninconvenienterection: by "scotch" I mean J&B, so it doesnt really count. I consume it by the 8-10 second pour in a tall glass though, so its a good thing I am not springing for taliskers....

Dude, why'd you get me all upset? That's not Scotch.

kornkob		2008-02-07 03:21:00 PM

Purity Of Essence: kornkob: Any beer you care to mention contains at a minimum hops, water, yeast and malted grain.

At maximum, too. Other "beers" aren't worth mentioning.

Not true-- there are a variety of spices that are added to beers that enhance flavors. Coriander in Belgian Ales, comes to mind. Honey ales can be quite good as well.

The German beer purity laws were a good thing at the time but the definition they gave was far too narrow once we got beyond the middle ages when they did quite horrible things to beer.

InteriorDesignNinja		2008-02-07 03:21:16 PM

BobtheFascist: F*ck sin taxes. Stop spending money on shiat you don't need.

Who are you to tell me I don't need alcohol?!?

xxBirdMadGirlxx		2008-02-07 03:23:24 PM

Huh. I find it ironic that there's a prime piece of jailbait in the upper right of this thread.

xxBirdMadGirlxx		2008-02-07 03:24:25 PM

Andrew Wiggin: Zarkin Frood: Well, I'd like to be dead for tax purposes, but we can't all get what we want, can we NY?

While we're at it, I'd like a pony, some duct tape, and some ether. I have a 3 day weekend coming and me and Mrs Wiggin need to have a little fun.

But what are you going to do with Mrs. Wiggin?

/Lord, I spend too much time on this site.

kc987654		2008-02-07 03:28:34 PM

xxBirdMadGirlxx: Andrew Wiggin: Zarkin Frood: Well, I'd like to be dead for tax purposes, but we can't all get what we want, can we NY?

While we're at it, I'd like a pony, some duct tape, and some ether. I have a 3 day weekend coming and me and Mrs Wiggin need to have a little fun.

But what are you going to do with Mrs. Wiggin?

/Lord, I spend too much time on this site.

Obviously they are going to offer the neighborhood kids pony rides, tape up their ductwork, and recharge their home network with additional Ether.

/then sit around and read the Bible

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