Stuck on Repeats

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

Yes. Peter Dinklage is fantastic and there is much gratuitous nakedness. It's amusing in a mindless sort of way.

A Venn diagram might be useful here, inasmuchas little to none of the gratuitousness nakedness involves a naked Dinklage, the intersection of which with fantastic is, I suspect, the null set.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint

I'll go off on a tangent. I like spicy food.

I recently bought a bottle of Dave's Ghost Pepper Naga Jolokia Hot Sauce, which you can buy (use the link) here, and read some reviews:

http://www.amazon.com/Daves-Ghost-Pe...f=pd_sbs_gro_2

I gave this stuff a lot of respect. Just a small dab at first, waited 5 mins to make sure it wouldn't incinerate my mouth. It was hot, but not insane. So I poured more on a chip and tried it. Waited five minutes, nothing more. Now I don't know if my taste buds are just dead, or I got a bad batch, this stuff isn't as hot as it's made out to be or I am just superhuman. Anyone else out here eat ghost peppers or this sauce before?

my indian aunt invented the recipe for that sauce. she used the least hot parts of the peppers; my kids loved to put it on their breakfast cereal before pre-school. you are the whiteness that thurgreed feared would take over here once he was gone, you are like the kudzu of whiteness.

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Is anyone watching this?

Yes. I have taken to calling my boss "Your Grace", and certain other people at my office "khalessi," "Joffrey Lannister" and "The Imp."

[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

Old Bay: it's an interesting blend, goes well with the clam juice some folk like to dribble into a bloody. I would skip the Old Bay and the clam juice and add a generous shot of celery salt instead.

Celery salt is my number one seasoning for grilled steaks and burgers. Old Bay I use on fries, shrimp, corn, and potato and macaroni salad.

I once put OB on my oatmeal by accident (mistaking it for a similarly shaped cinnamon container) but ate it anyway.

[dtb]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Which girl from Braveheart?



or

The 2d one. Weren't you here 10 years ago?

[dtb]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

First Adder with this schtick, now you. Why are people against the martini? I understand the whole macho Churchill "I will pour gin in a glass and look briefly at a bottle a Vermouth in the next room" thing, but it's really kind of stupid and outdated. It's not like there is an appreciable difference in the strength of the drink when you add vermouth. Assuming you use 80 proof gin, your glass of cold gin is 40% ABV, whereas even a "wet" martini (4:1) is about 35-36%. And if you were THAT concerned about watering down your gin, you wouldn't let ice anywhere near it. I don't have anything in principle against a glass of cold gin, but don't call it a martini. And this whole idea that you are some macho fucking dick-swinger because you order the extra dry-dry-driest of all martinis is moronic. When you step up to the swank bar and order your martini EXTRA dry with a sly mischievous twinkle in your eye, I am sure you imagine that the bartender has starightened up a bit, realizing you are a true exotic man of the world, the kind of guy who doesn't always drink beer. But I assure you, it is just your imagination. Real bartenders like cocktails. Any jackass can add ice to booze.

Whoa. With a smack down of the above magnitude, it's clear who the macho fucking dick-swinger in these parts (ha!) is.

[LessinSF]

Originally Posted by ironweed

When I want a beer, I pour myself a glass of grain alcohol and look at pictures of hops and barley in my neighbor's encyclopedia, using a telescope.

Pussy.

Don't try Kvass then. Fermented bread. Sweet and weak.
http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl...LLLP4QT44JX4Dw

LessinLviv

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Icky Thump

I once put OB on my oatmeal by accident (mistaking it for a similarly shaped cinnamon container) but ate it anyway.

Damn -- you live on the edge, mister.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower

First Adder with this schtick, now you. Why are people against the martini? I understand the whole macho Churchill "I will pour gin in a glass and look briefly at a bottle a Vermouth in the next room" thing, but it's really kind of stupid and outdated. It's not like there is an appreciable difference in the strength of the drink when you add vermouth. Assuming you use 80 proof gin, your glass of cold gin is 40% ABV, whereas even a "wet" martini (4:1) is about 35-36%. And if you were THAT concerned about watering down your gin, you wouldn't let ice anywhere near it. I don't have anything in principle against a glass of cold gin, but don't call it a martini. And this whole idea that you are some macho fucking dick-swinger because you order the extra dry-dry-driest of all martinis is moronic. When you step up to the swank bar and order your martini EXTRA dry with a sly mischievous twinkle in your eye, I am sure you imagine that the bartender has starightened up a bit, realizing you are a true exotic man of the world, the kind of guy who doesn't always drink beer. But I assure you, it is just your imagination. Real bartenders like cocktails. Any jackass can add ice to booze.

I'm a poseur bartender?

(Pssst: I don't like vermouth. In anything.)

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by dtb

Whoa. With a smack down of the above magnitude, it's clear who the macho fucking dick-swinger in these parts (ha!) is.

Really? I think he's better short and ironic. I was actually a bit confused by this.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

my indian aunt invented the recipe for that sauce. she used the least hot parts of the peppers; my kids loved to put it on their breakfast cereal before pre-school. you are the whiteness that thurgreed feared would take over here once he was gone, you are like the kudzu of whiteness.

That's cute.

Each morning, right after I wake up, I squirt a couple of drops of pure liquid resiniferatoxin into each eye. I'm not going to lie -- it hurts like a mofo. But after an ocular dance with top of the Scoville scale, I know I am ready for pretty much anything my day is going to throw at me.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by dtb

The 2d one. Weren't you here 10 years ago?

I'm not sure.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Adder

If I had any talent for humor instead of pedantry, I wouldn't step on the joke by pointing out that I have no doubt that Sebby's preference is rooted in machismo and winky bartenders with perfect hair.

Mine, however, is not and Hank knows it without me telling him. I'm not really capable of macho.

Indeed. In my defense, however, his hair was immaculate. (Think Hasselhoff, or Michael Landon.)

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by taxwonk

The small batch bourbons are sippin' whiskeys. If you're making a manhattan, go with a cheaper, but still tasty brand like Wild Turkey or Jim Beam.

Agreed. There aren't many good reasons to have a Manhattan. You're polluting whisky that's done nothing to wrong to you. But Knob works in everything, so if for some reason you're having one, have one with Knob.

Turkey 101 is best on the rocks. Highly underrated.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

Really? I think he's better short and ironic. I was actually a bit confused by this.

Pablo wears custom shirts, and his hair is the stuff of legends. When he muddles fruit, the girls at the bar become aroused. When he shakes a Sidecar, some of them climax. He knows everything about everything, but always leaves you feeling like you provided him with invaluable information. And when you swagger up to the bar and say, "Good evening, Pablo . . . martini," -- he always replies, "Of course, my friend. Hendricks, extra dry I presume." And then you both lock eyes, for just a second, and share a wide smile. <Was that a wink?>