BEER THREAD!

Nekhrun · Post by **Nekhrun** » 06 Mar 2008 12:40

Tleilax Master B wrote:
orald wrote:Beer is piss water: same color, probably same taste, only a bit more bitter(considering the composition of urine you practically know how it'll taste...even by the smell I'd say).

I prefer "sweet" white wines something along the taste of champaign(if it's not considered a wine then remember I said "taste") and sweet liquers.
I hate sour wines, just drink viniger, cheaper.

Now, while I can appriciate some beer from time to time(sometimes I have a craving for it, among other foods and drinks), I generally don't like it.

I usually drink maybe a bottle of beer every month or two, but if I have some sweet wine or liquer I usually can't resist taking a "sip here, sip there" until it's empty all too soon.

I try to avoid alcohol entirely, and I never drink more than enough to make me a bit less "sharp" or sleepy, because I've seen how people behave when they do. I hate drunk people.
You just haven't had any of my beers they don't resemble anything close to piss water.

Bring 'em to Vegas for the convention!

Tleilax Master B · Post by **Tleilax Master B** » 06 Mar 2008 12:44

Nekhrun wrote:
Tleilax Master B wrote:
orald wrote:Beer is piss water: same color, probably same taste, only a bit more bitter(considering the composition of urine you practically know how it'll taste...even by the smell I'd say).

I prefer "sweet" white wines something along the taste of champaign(if it's not considered a wine then remember I said "taste") and sweet liquers.
I hate sour wines, just drink viniger, cheaper.

Now, while I can appriciate some beer from time to time(sometimes I have a craving for it, among other foods and drinks), I generally don't like it.

I usually drink maybe a bottle of beer every month or two, but if I have some sweet wine or liquer I usually can't resist taking a "sip here, sip there" until it's empty all too soon.

I try to avoid alcohol entirely, and I never drink more than enough to make me a bit less "sharp" or sleepy, because I've seen how people behave when they do. I hate drunk people.
You just haven't had any of my beers they don't resemble anything close to piss water.
Bring 'em to Vegas for the convention!

You got it!

SandChigger · Post by **SandChigger** » 06 Mar 2008 20:14

Speaking of the convention....

Tyrant Worm · Post by **Tyrant Worm** » 08 Mar 2008 21:26

The chemistry teacher and I at the school I teach at are gathering materials to start a home brew. Should turn out pretty amazing!

orald · Post by **orald** » 08 Mar 2008 22:11

I'd rather exploit a chimistry teacher to make me explosives, but to each his own I guess.

Post by **Freakzilla** » 08 Mar 2008 23:09

fantomas wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
fantomas wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:The prettiest girl
I ever saw
Was sipping bourbon
Through a straw
The prettiest girl
I ever saw
Was sipping bourbon (stomp), through a straw.

I walked right up
I sat right down
I ordered up
another round.

I placed my hand
upon her knee
she said GI
your teasing me.

I placed my hand
upon her thigh
she said GI
that's way too high.

I picked her up
I laid her down
her long blond hair
lay all around.

the wedding was
a formal one
her daddy had
a white shotgun.

and now I've got
a mother-in-law
and 14 kids
who call me pa.

The moral of
the story's clear
instead of bourbon
(stomp)
stick to beer!
~Army Cadence

We sang this @ Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

OMG, you were in the US Army?

What was your MOS?

Considering it was at Ft. Jackson, I'm guessing it wasn't combat arms and there were women present.
Parachute Rigger. Our barracks @ Fort Jackson were on top of a man made hill called "Tank Hill" and I think they told us these barracks were from World War II. I do not know but they were very old and impossible to keep clean ( sand everywhere )t. There were other barracks called Hollywood and they were modern & had A/C, mine did not. Our motto was "Cold Steel". I drove my main drill instructor (Sargeant) mad.

Yes there were women, but in separate barracks, a lot of them got hurt in the obstacle course, knees, pelvis injuries, broken legs and ankles.

Has anyone tried Presidente? It is a Pilsner type.

Cool, I was a Cavalry Scout. Went to basic a Fort Knox.

orald · Post by **orald** » 08 Mar 2008 23:53

I was and still am an Iranian spy! Beat that!

Post by **Omphalos** » 09 Mar 2008 03:58

orald wrote:I was and still am an Iranian spy! Beat that!

Sure! Blackjack or tire iron?

inhuien · Post by **inhuien** » 09 Mar 2008 06:47

a good length of 2x4 should do it.

GamePlayer · Post by **GamePlayer** » 09 Mar 2008 11:24

Lead pipe. I'm a traditionalist

Post by **Freakzilla** » 09 Mar 2008 11:27

I keep a 3 D-cell Maglite in my car for just such occasions.

Nekhrun · Post by **Nekhrun** » 09 Mar 2008 12:35

pillow sack full o' door knobs.

orald · Post by **orald** » 09 Mar 2008 17:12

With all the hype over the Half-Life games in recent years and no one mentions a crow-bar?

GamePlayer · Post by **GamePlayer** » 09 Mar 2008 17:39

My post could only contain one punchline for maximum effect, so pulling a Freeman was secondary to what I thought was a better joke

Fantômas · Post by **Fantômas** » 10 Mar 2008 07:20

Freakzilla wrote: Cool, I was a Cavalry Scout. Went to basic a Fort Knox.

Were you the kind of Scout that was issued a motorcycle?

Post by **Freakzilla** » 10 Mar 2008 20:08

fantomas wrote:
Freakzilla wrote: Cool, I was a Cavalry Scout. Went to basic a Fort Knox.
Were you the kind of Scout that was issued a motorcycle?

Same kind but I was on an M3 Bradley.

http://www.goarmy.com/JobDetail.do?id=39

orald · Post by **orald** » 11 Mar 2008 03:05

OMG, those cheap persian* operators never gave me a Bradley!

Notice how they put 2 cool "macho" soldiers there with solemn faces. I pity the fool that gets persuaded into thinking this is some kind of cool, fun job(like they try with that America's Army game).

*Works better on an Israeli odience, as a common streotypical joke is that persian(Jews) are cheap and niggardly.

Post by **Freakzilla** » 11 Mar 2008 04:03

orald wrote:OMG, those cheap persian* operators never gave me a Bradley!

Notice how they put 2 cool "macho" soldiers there with solemn faces. I pity the fool that gets persuaded into thinking this is some kind of cool, fun job(like they try with that America's Army game).

*Works better on an Israeli odience, as a common streotypical joke is that persian(Jews) are cheap and niggardly.

It was a cool, fun job. It only sucked durring peace-time. There's nothing like being in the United States Cavalry. At least, in my experience. I've got a pic somewhere...

I was a beta tester for America's Army, I found it to be very realistic. Especially the weapons.

orald · Post by **orald** » 11 Mar 2008 04:32

I'm not saying the life of a soldier doesn't have its ups, but I think the image they're trying to broadcast is that it's gonna be like gunning down terrorists on a FPS game, when it isn't.
I know some may find bullets whistling over their heads as exciting, but normal people don't.
It's...it's trying to make it sound glamorous, and you know it's not.
It's either dull as in peace-time, or scary shit when the bullets start flying.

Myself, thankfully I've never seen any combat, but I can't imagine it's all that great unless, frankly, unless you're psychotic.
I know firsthand that soldiers being pointed towards with a loaded rifle don't seem too happy(not that I actually cocked it, but nobody noticed).

And on a more related note, this Saturday I drank a whole bottle of beer(!) over the course of several hours. Ain't I a drunkard?

Fantômas · Post by **Fantômas** » 13 Mar 2008 12:35

orald wrote:
And on a more related note, this Saturday I drank a whole bottle of beer(!) over the course of several hours. Ain't I a drunkard?

You are a tough Hombre.

Post by **Freakzilla** » 13 Mar 2008 17:41

As far as Army jobs go, being in the Cavalry was kind of glamorous.

We were officially allowed to wear a Stetson instead of regulation head gear:

Umm, the rest of her uniform is NOT regulation...

Traditionally, once you earn the right to wear one, it's broken in by drinking beer out of it (see I'm not off-topic!). This stems from the old cavalry troopers letting their horse drink water out of it. And of course, everyone remembers Robert Duval as Air Cav Col Kilgore:

http://www.cavhooah.com/stetson.htm

The best cavalry troopers are awarded spurs with our dress uniforms:

Like the saying goes...

If you ain't cav, you ain't shit.

orald · Post by **orald** » 13 Mar 2008 18:10

Freakzilla wrote:Like the saying goes...

If you ain't cav, you ain't shit.

So, uh, if I remove the two negatives from both sides of th equasion, does it mean that "if you(are) cav, you(are) shit"?

Post by **Omphalos** » 13 Mar 2008 18:23

No. "If you cav, you shit." Its imperative.

Post by **Freakzilla** » 13 Mar 2008 18:45

Literal translation:

If you are not cav, you are not shit.

As in, "the shit".

orald · Post by **orald** » 13 Mar 2008 18:45

Ah, imperative, sure...

Wouldn't that make "cav" and "shit" verbs and not nouns in that sentence?