FTA "I have to look at myself in the mirror in the morning," he said. "I might not like what I see, but at least I know I'm honest."

I feel the same way, which is probably why I wouldn't make it as a CEO or anything like that.

/Also why I couldn't cut it in car sales.

In before whiskey/whisky discussion.


/I think it was spelled correctly in the headline

Who forgets about 50 grand?

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wait, was it an Islay malt whisky or just some whiskey?


/oh please oh please oh please oh please let this turn into a whisk[e]y snob thread!

Unoriginal_Username: FTA "I have to look at myself in the mirror in the morning," he said. "I might not like what I see, but at least I know I'm honest."

I feel the same way, which is probably why I wouldn't make it as a CEO or anything like that.

/Also why I couldn't cut it in car sales.

Look back in the mirror and see an honest piece of shiat or just see a piece of shot, hmmmm choices, choices.

Of course, when you are as handsome, suave and debonair as myself money and honesty really doesn't factor into it. One of the basic ideas of economics is scarcity. And I am just one of those scarce beings with good looks and talent. No money though so $50000 would complete the circle.

The cash would be "tax free" as well.

wotthefark: Unoriginal_Username: FTA "I have to look at myself in the mirror in the morning," he said. "I might not like what I see, but at least I know I'm honest."

I feel the same way, which is probably why I wouldn't make it as a CEO or anything like that.

/Also why I couldn't cut it in car sales.

Look back in the mirror and see an honest piece of shiat or just see a piece of shot, hmmmm choices, choices.

Of course, when you are as handsome, suave and debonair as myself money and honesty really doesn't factor into it. One of the basic ideas of economics is scarcity. And I am just one of those scarce beings with good looks and talent. No money though so $50000 would complete the circle.

The cash would be "tax free" as well.

Until, of course, the IRS found out. And, well, your good looks, talent, and obvious charm would be huge assets in PMITA prison, what with the felony charges for grand theft, tax evasion, and all. Heck, you'd be everyone's favorite.

mekkab: wait, was it an Islay malt whisky or just some whiskey?


/oh please oh please oh please oh please let this turn into a whisk[e]y snob thread!

It's simple, whisky is from Scotland and whiskey is from everywhere else. No need for snobbery.

It should be whisky.

Also, the fact that the owner of the money has so much he didn't notice he was $50,000 short and said he would have taken the money and run makes me think he might be a jerk. The locksmith still did the right thing.

p4p3rm4t3: Who forgets about 50 grand?

The 1%

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BarkingUnicorn: FormlessOne: wotthefark: Unoriginal_Username: FTA "I have to look at myself in the mirror in the morning," he said. "I might not like what I see, but at least I know I'm honest."

I feel the same way, which is probably why I wouldn't make it as a CEO or anything like that.

/Also why I couldn't cut it in car sales.

Look back in the mirror and see an honest piece of shiat or just see a piece of shot, hmmmm choices, choices.

Of course, when you are as handsome, suave and debonair as myself money and honesty really doesn't factor into it. One of the basic ideas of economics is scarcity. And I am just one of those scarce beings with good looks and talent. No money though so $50000 would complete the circle.

The cash would be "tax free" as well.

Until, of course, the IRS found out. And, well, your good looks, talent, and obvious charm would be huge assets in PMITA prison, what with the felony charges for grand theft, tax evasion, and all. Heck, you'd be everyone's favorite.

Some people are honest out of pride, others out of fear.  I wonder if there's a third motivation.
BarkingUnicorn: FormlessOne: wotthefark: Unoriginal_Username: FTA "I have to look at myself in the mirror in the morning," he said. "I might not like what I see, but at least I know I'm honest."

I feel the same way, which is probably why I wouldn't make it as a CEO or anything like that.

/Also why I couldn't cut it in car sales.

Look back in the mirror and see an honest piece of shiat or just see a piece of shot, hmmmm choices, choices.

Of course, when you are as handsome, suave and debonair as myself money and honesty really doesn't factor into it. One of the basic ideas of economics is scarcity. And I am just one of those scarce beings with good looks and talent. No money though so $50000 would complete the circle.

The cash would be "tax free" as well.

Until, of course, the IRS found out. And, well, your good looks, talent, and obvious charm would be huge assets in PMITA prison, what with the felony charges for grand theft, tax evasion, and all. Heck, you'd be everyone's favorite.

Some people are honest out of pride, others out of fear.  I wonder if there's a third motivation./i>

Guilt. fark guilt.

PMITA is where I would meet my future employer. Once I got out I could have an employer for life. Financial institutions are always looking for tax cheats and "creative" financial planners.

See it's a career plan.

BarkingUnicorn: FormlessOne: wotthefark: Unoriginal_Username: FTA "I have to look at myself in the mirror in the morning," he said. "I might not like what I see, but at least I know I'm honest."

I feel the same way, which is probably why I wouldn't make it as a CEO or anything like that.

/Also why I couldn't cut it in car sales.

Look back in the mirror and see an honest piece of shiat or just see a piece of shot, hmmmm choices, choices.

Of course, when you are as handsome, suave and debonair as myself money and honesty really doesn't factor into it. One of the basic ideas of economics is scarcity. And I am just one of those scarce beings with good looks and talent. No money though so $50000 would complete the circle.

The cash would be "tax free" as well.

Until, of course, the IRS found out. And, well, your good looks, talent, and obvious charm would be huge assets in PMITA prison, what with the felony charges for grand theft, tax evasion, and all. Heck, you'd be everyone's favorite.

Some people are honest out of pride, others out of fear.  I wonder if there's a third motivation.

Similar to one of the rules my mom had when we were growing up. When it came to cleaning up, or helping around the house she would say 'You do it because you love me, or you do it because you're afraid of me.'

Assuming it was scotch, both the journalist and subby got it wrong. AFAIK they don't make single malt in the USA, but they do in Ireland (and even Japan) in which case "whiskey" would be correct, but it would be odd to give the Irish as a gift without knowing the recipient appreciates it.

Both words are Anglicizations of the Gaelic[1] uisge bheatha which means "water of life", but the shorter spelling is a registered product name of Scotland, c.f. champagne and France. Any distilled spirit not produced in Scotland cannot be called whisky, nor would many of the whiskeys produced in the USA qualify even if they were made in Scotland, as they aren't sufficiently aged.

[1] "Gaelic" unqualified actually refers to the Scottish language; what most people think is Gaelic is more correctly called Irish or Erse, or sometimes Irish Gaelic

Why i have creeping feeling that the whisky in question was more in Glenfiddich quality rather than Lagavulin quality deed like that calls for.

DerAppie: mekkab: wait, was it an Islay malt whisky or just some whiskey?


/oh please oh please oh please oh please let this turn into a whisk[e]y snob thread!

It's simple, whisky is from Scotland and whiskey is from everywhere else. No need for snobbery.

No, Canadian whisky is whisky too.

"When you have stacks of cash, you just don't really know exactly what you are dealing with," Donnell said. "And so it was a complete surprise."

What?

/would have returned the money
//f*ck whiskey

BarkingUnicorn: Some people are honest out of pride, others out of fear.  I wonder if there's a third motivation.
Sure -- reputation. Or maybe just marketing.

There's no way Bend Lock and Safe could have bought this kind of positive advertising for a mere $50K. I am sure owner Bryan Donnell's reputation as an honest businessman will only improve with the news coverage of Bend Lock and Safe.

So he has to go out and buy his own Mountain Dew to mix it with?  Cheap ass.

/diet of course

rattchett: It should be whisky.

Also, the fact that the owner of the money has so much he didn't notice he was $50,000 short and said he would have taken the money and run makes me think he might be a jerk. The locksmith still did the right thing.

/I'm there with you, what a douchebag. HAHHAHAHA im so loaded i cant even remember 50k. But even though i have all that money, if i had a chance to screw someone out of it, i would. Asshole.

Because Lagavulin only comes in bottles 1L* or 750ml and smaller?

I don't think it's fair to say Glenfiddich is low quality, but it doesn't have the same rich flavour as an Islay. It's a preference thing. I'm an Islay person myself. Most Americans seem to prefer woody malts that taste more like bourbon and other grains, e.g. Macallan. I do like a light Speyside on occasion but my preference there is Dalwhinnie.

* duty free size in the west

Is the thread there were we all pretend to know a lot about whiskey? Including how it's spelled?

rattchett: DerAppie: mekkab: wait, was it an Islay malt whisky or just some whiskey?


/oh please oh please oh please oh please let this turn into a whisk[e]y snob thread!

It's simple, whisky is from Scotland and whiskey is from everywhere else. No need for snobbery.

No, Canadian whisky is whisky too.

No, it isn't. It's whiskey. They may mis-spell it for marketing reasons in the US, but it's illegal in most developed countries to pirate a national product name, including all of the EU. We can buy Canadian Club rye whiskey (sic) here too, and it would be illegal to mis-label it.

abhorrent1: Is the thread there were we all pretend to know a lot about whiskey? Including how it's spelled?

I don't know a whole lot about whiskey, but probably a bit more than the average person. I am not a whisky expert, but I do know quite a bit about it. I know how to spell both and what the distinction is :)

"My wife and I pulled a huge amount of our personal savings out of the banks and put them in the safe," he said. "Stuffed them in the safe and kind of forgot about it."


You. Dumb. Mother. farker.

BarkingUnicorn: Some people are honest out of pride, others out of fear. I wonder if there's a third motivation.

A willingness to accept a lesser gift in return for the trite adulation of strangers?

Out of principle alone I'd fark over this dumb ass owner.

If you forgot about 50 grand 5+ years ago, I'd have no problem keeping your memory cloudy.

p4p3rm4t3: Who forgets about 50 grand?

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What he said. Sounds like the finder got brushed off with a cheap reward if they consider $50k forgettable

Wow, just Wow

Very nice of him to return half of the 100k he found stuffed in the safe.

ParaHandy: abhorrent1: Is the thread there were we all pretend to know a lot about whiskey? Including how it's spelled?

I don't know a whole lot about whiskey, but probably a bit more than the average person. I am not a whisky expert, but I do know quite a bit about it. I know how to spell both and what the distinction is :)

My wife likes it. I find it absolutely repulsive so I know nothing about it except that I paid $70 for a bottle of Bunnahabhian. Whatever the fark that is.

ParaHandy: rattchett: DerAppie: mekkab: wait, was it an Islay malt whisky or just some whiskey?


/oh please oh please oh please oh please let this turn into a whisk[e]y snob thread!

It's simple, whisky is from Scotland and whiskey is from everywhere else. No need for snobbery.

No, Canadian whisky is whisky too.

No, it isn't. It's whiskey. They may mis-spell it for marketing reasons in the US, but it's illegal in most developed countries to pirate a national product name, including all of the EU. We can buy Canadian Club rye whiskey (sic) here too, and it would be illegal to mis-label it.

My Canadian whiskys are labeled whisky. They aren't mislabeled, they are whisky, as opposed to American or Irish whiskey.

I would agree with you if a Canadian distillery labelled its scotch style whisky as scotch.

rattchett: ParaHandy: rattchett: DerAppie: mekkab: wait, was it an Islay malt whisky or just some whiskey?


/oh please oh please oh please oh please let this turn into a whisk[e]y snob thread!

It's simple, whisky is from Scotland and whiskey is from everywhere else. No need for snobbery.

No, Canadian whisky is whisky too.

No, it isn't. It's whiskey. They may mis-spell it for marketing reasons in the US, but it's illegal in most developed countries to pirate a national product name, including all of the EU. We can buy Canadian Club rye whiskey (sic) here too, and it would be illegal to mis-label it.

My Canadian whiskys are labeled whisky. They aren't mislabeled, they are whisky, as opposed to American or Irish whiskey.

I would agree with you if a Canadian distillery labelled its scotch style whisky as scotch.

It's still wrong, but it's not illegal to do this in the USA (nor apparently Canada) ... for example "California Champagne" (sic). Marketing.

Here is an add for CC over here, note the legally mandated corrected spelling

I just wish I was at a point in my life where I could "forget" about having $50,000.00.

ParaHandy: rattchett: ParaHandy: rattchett: DerAppie: mekkab: wait, was it an Islay malt whisky or just some whiskey?


/oh please oh please oh please oh please let this turn into a whisk[e]y snob thread!

It's simple, whisky is from Scotland and whiskey is from everywhere else. No need for snobbery.

No, Canadian whisky is whisky too.

No, it isn't. It's whiskey. They may mis-spell it for marketing reasons in the US, but it's illegal in most developed countries to pirate a national product name, including all of the EU. We can buy Canadian Club rye whiskey (sic) here too, and it would be illegal to mis-label it.

My Canadian whiskys are labeled whisky. They aren't mislabeled, they are whisky, as opposed to American or Irish whiskey.

I would agree with you if a Canadian distillery labelled its scotch style whisky as scotch.

It's still wrong, but it's not illegal to do this in the USA (nor apparently Canada) ... for example "California Champagne" (sic). Marketing.

Here is an add for CC over here, note the legally mandated corrected spelling

It may be legally mandated in your jurisdiction, however that does not mean it is correct or has any relevance outside the EU. Canadian Whisky has been whisky for a hundreds of years, with the first distillery being established in 1769. Calling it whisky isn't a gimmick to ride the coattails of Scottish whisky.

After your comment was posted I looked through a number of articles on the web and I did not see any mention that whisky can only correctly be used for Scottish whisky.

abhorrent1: ParaHandy: abhorrent1: Is the thread there were we all pretend to know a lot about whiskey? Including how it's spelled?

I don't know a whole lot about whiskey, but probably a bit more than the average person. I am not a whisky expert, but I do know quite a bit about it. I know how to spell both and what the distinction is :)

My wife likes it. I find it absolutely repulsive so I know nothing about it except that I paid $70 for a bottle of Bunnahabhian. Whatever the fark that is.

Props for the correct spelling of a Gaelic name :) Pronunciation is "boo na ha vin" ("bh" and "mh" make v-ish sounds in Gaelic) if you're curious.

The Bunny is a wee fat green bottle containing the mildest of the Islay malts, and makes a great place to start when tasting flavourful whiskies. $70 is about fair retail in the USA.

The spelling whisky (plural: whiskies) is generally used in Canada, Japan, Scotland, and Wales, while whiskey (plural: whiskeys) is more common in Ireland and the United States. The usage is not always consistent - for example, some prominent American brands, such as George Dickel, Maker's Mark, and Old Forester (which are all made by different companies), use the 'whisky' spelling on their labels, and the US legal Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits document also uses the 'whisky' spelling. "Scotch" is the internationally recognized term for "Scotch whisky". It is rarely used in Scotland, where the drink is called simply "whisky".

ParaHandy: rattchett: ParaHandy: rattchett: DerAppie: mekkab: wait, was it an Islay malt whisky or just some whiskey?


/oh please oh please oh please oh please let this turn into a whisk[e]y snob thread!

It's simple, whisky is from Scotland and whiskey is from everywhere else. No need for snobbery.

No, Canadian whisky is whisky too.

No, it isn't. It's whiskey. They may mis-spell it for marketing reasons in the US, but it's illegal in most developed countries to pirate a national product name, including all of the EU. We can buy Canadian Club rye whiskey (sic) here too, and it would be illegal to mis-label it.

My Canadian whiskys are labeled whisky. They aren't mislabeled, they are whisky, as opposed to American or Irish whiskey.

I would agree with you if a Canadian distillery labelled its scotch style whisky as scotch.

It's still wrong, but it's not illegal to do this in the USA (nor apparently Canada) ... for example "California Champagne" (sic). Marketing.

Here is an add for CC over here, note the legally mandated corrected spelling

Did a quick Google search and found this mainly about the naming differences.

I also found this. The spelling whisky (plural: whiskies) is generally used in Canada, Japan, Scotland, and Wales, while whiskey (plural: whiskeys) is more common in Ireland and the United States. The usage is not always consistent - for example, some prominent American brands, such as George Dickel, Maker's Mark, and Old Forester (which are all made by different companies), use the 'whisky' spelling on their labels, and the US legal Standards of Identity for Distilled Spirits document also uses the 'whisky' spelling.

Couldn't find anything regarding legal reasons though.

/not of a fan of CC. I remember the commercials saying it was in 151 countries or some such. Probably because most folks I knew never drank the stuff.

Bunnahabhian: Armen Tanzarian's wild cousin

Bunnahabhain: Islay single malt

Both are expensive, bad for you, and fun...

rattchett:
It may be legally mandated in your jurisdiction, however that does not mean it is correct or has any relevance outside the EU. Canadian Whisky has been whisky for a hundreds of years, with the first distillery being established in 1769. Calling it whisky isn't a gimmick to ride the coattails of Scottish whisky.

After your comment was posted I looked through a number of articles on the web and I did not see any mention that whisky can only correctly be used for Scottish whisky.

Probably because y'all are descended from us ("aboot" is ours too :) .... then again so are the Tennessee lot, and they make only grain spirits. From the description it sounds like CC's single malt is produced mostly in the Scottish manner, as is Suntory Yamazaki, but it still isn't whisky :)

I enjoy a good Californian sparkling wine, but while it may use the identical methode champagnoise preparation, it's not from France and so it's not champagne.

IIRC most Canadian whiskey is rye or bourbon, and calling that whisky would be a very big stretch.

Unoriginal_Username: /not of a fan of CC. I remember the commercials saying it was in 151 countries or some such. Probably because most folks I knew never drank the stuff.

/folks in Canada that is
//statement makes a bit more sense..
///need a drink to confirm

I drank almost a half bottle of The Glenlivet 12 year last night...after watching the wifes mother tell her she doesnt care that shes her daughter, all she is to her mom is a source of money.

A lot of the "cool kids" in Scotland used to drink Jack and Coke :-b due to American TV and movies. JD may produce some nice expressions, but the $10 a bottle stuff is cheap and nasty bourbon and rather under-aged. Regular CC falls into he same category - it's an OK spirit for mixed drinks, nothing more. Whiskey equivalent of Fedco box wine.

Last time I was in Scotland everyone was drinking whisky and "lemonade", or American Bud.

Scotland's got nothing to brag about.

Unoriginal_Username: Unoriginal_Username: /not of a fan of CC. I remember the commercials saying it was in 151 countries or some such. Probably because most folks I knew never drank the stuff.

/folks in Canada that is
//statement makes a bit more sense..
///need a drink to confirm

Have you tried any aside from the generic CC. The 12 year old is nice. If you want a really good Canadian Whisky try 40 Creek, and in particular the Reserves like the Port Wood, etc. In my opinion they're the best Canadian Whiskies.