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By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 6/27/99 10:21:23 PM
# Replies: 42
Ork?
Response #1
By: Seventh of Seven
Date: 6/28/99 8:30:44 AM
clearly this area is designed for discussion of tasty alcoholic beverages.
let me put in my two cents: went to the czech republic, where it is legal to drink a bluish liquid called absinth. oolala, it was mighty fine. i tried to write in my journal about the experience, but all i read are evil scribbles about how mighty fine i'm feeling.
unfortunately, i took it upon myself to down soon after a cinammon schnappish concoction (indiginous to czech rep. but i forget the name) and soon after i wasn't feeling so wonderful and i had to sit on the barside curb discreetly tossing between propositions from amsterdam gentlemen trying to sell me other niceties. so i guess my rating is this: 3 1/2 burps for the absinth, 1 burp and a few tossed cookies for the cinammon thing.
Response #2
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 6/28/99 1:05:50 PM
I thought absinthe was green.
http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~mbagg/roughabsinthefaq.html
Read all about it.
Response #3
By: Ralf
Date: 6/28/99 9:14:31 PM
I'm guessing it's green once you pee it out.
(blue-and-yellow-kill-a-fellow... no no no that's not it...)
Response #4
By: Seventh of Seven
Date: 6/29/99 7:17:51 AM
wow, everything i always wanted to know about absinthe. what can i say? the stuff i got was blue. from gowan's faq link:
manufacturers sometimes added other ingredients to produce the drink's emerald green color. Normally, this color was due to the presence of chlorophyll from the plants. However, in the event that the product was not properly colored, absinthe makers were known to add things like copper sulfate, cupric acetate indigo, turmeric, and aniline green. Antimony trichloride was also used to help the drink become cloudy when added to water (Arnold 1989, 1988). Undoubtedly, some of the toxic effects attributed to absinthe were due to these adulterants.
the bartender was too cool a guy to have swindled. he had tom wait's 'nighthawks at the diner' in the player, taught us how to drink (which i see now was partly erroneous--we drank in the prague manner (cf. the faq) minus the flames, but for this i will not fault, since he was not a czech, but scottish). yes? or if he did swindle, leave me to my fantasies. as i have said, i will remember my experience as being mighty fine.
Response #5
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 6/29/99 11:08:23 PM
This would probably be a good time to mention that I haven't had a drop of alcohol since January 1st.
Response #6
By: Ralf
Date: 6/30/99 4:37:40 PM
Me too.
Once I switched to a 70/30 mixture of pipe tobacco & heroin, old alcohol just seems so... pedestrian.
Actually, I lied. I drink like a fish.
Response #7
By: sooz
Date: 6/30/99 7:01:11 PM
Do fish drink?
Response #8
By: Ralf
Date: 7/1/99 7:38:13 AM
How can they avoid it?
Response #9
By: Capt. Spastic
Date: 7/1/99 11:28:44 AM
Does a shoe smell?
Response #10
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 7/1/99 12:46:01 PM
Shoes can't smell, but they can taste. Figure out why.
They say that absinthe makes the heart grow fonder... They also say that all those wacked 18th-century poets were gaga for the stuff. They also say that if you know how to do absinthe, you're completely and totally IN amongst the goth crowd.
I've found that the synergism of hashish, chocolate (good real dark chocolate; hershey's won't do), deep breathing exercises and transdermal testosterone patches is a reeeeely nice one.
Response #11
By: sooz
Date: 7/1/99 6:34:18 PM
Geez, that's a lot of work to adjust yourself. I better stick with just being me.
Response #12
By: Seventh of Seven
Date: 7/2/99 10:22:52 AM
transdermal testosterone--and just where exactly do you hook that patch up?
Response #13
By: rorschach
Date: 7/2/99 9:44:25 PM
well, if memory serves there used to be one that you had to shave your balls to attach.... then they came out with some that you don't have to do that anymore. theres a couple different brands out there....
and no I will NOT tell you how I know this....
Response #14
By: rorschach
Date: 7/2/99 9:52:53 PM
and Homer, you may want to consider..... those patches, if used by someone whos nuts still tick over, will cause said nuts to basically shrivel up and go home.....use those patches at your jewel's own risk.....
Response #15
By: Ralf
Date: 7/3/99 6:34:35 AM
I may be over the line here, but I *think* Homer uses them precisely because he doesn't have to shave his nuts.
And please PLEASE tell me nut shaving is done with an electric razor...
Response #16
By: Seventh of Seven
Date: 7/4/99 1:51:40 AM
i personally prefer the tanginess of nair...
Response #17
By: rorschach
Date: 7/4/99 11:08:21 AM
actually i think the manufacturer recommended that you did it dry with a standard razor......( I would assume he meant with a rusty one your wife has already dulled shaving her pits and legs with so the pain will be especially excruciating....)
Response #18
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 7/5/99 10:35:37 AM
Ror*: do the words 'kallman's syndrome' mean anything to you?
Yes, you were supposed to shave your nuts with a disposable razor. No shaving cream or anything.. Just run it over your scrotal sac. Works pretty well. :-) The best part is that you get an informative video about how to do it, with a computer-generated actor shaving his balls.
I'm using Androderm, which looks like a nicotene patch, but is oh so much better for your body. The docs said, 'risk of osteoperosis' and I said, 'where do I get the patches?'
Response #19
By: sooz
Date: 7/5/99 11:14:03 AM
...spoken like a young person with good knees, dear Homer.
Response #20
By: Gowan McGland
Date: 7/5/99 11:58:57 PM
Hey, if he risks dry-shaving his scrotum with a disposable razor, do you really think he's gonna fear something like osteoperosis?
Response #21
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 7/6/99 1:29:42 PM
kallman's syndrome = risk of osteoperosis.
hormone replacement therapy = treatment for kallman's syndrome.
sorry for not making this clear. :-)
Response #22
By: sooz
Date: 7/7/99 10:17:00 AM
Great. Now I have to go look something up. Curse you, Homer, for trying to expand my brain.
Response #23
By: Ralf
Date: 7/7/99 11:54:01 PM
So, using da patches, you have a sense-of-smell 100% of the time now?
Response #24
By: Seventh of Seven
Date: 7/8/99 9:21:24 PM
ah, so testosterone gives you smell! so that's why men smell more than women.
Response #25
By: rorschach
Date: 7/9/99 11:09:28 PM
think Hypopituitary hypogonadism.....
I'm with ya dude...
Kallmans's syndrome is not listed in Taber's...I'll have to do a bit more research....
Response #26
By: Ralf
Date: 7/10/99 10:59:22 AM
Ah, Tobin's Spirit Guide. A fine reference and cook-book.
Chapter 5, "Raising The Dead with a Yummy Salad" describes invoking the spirit of Kali using Hellmann's mayo as a primary ingredient.
Response #27
By: rorschach
Date: 7/10/99 11:11:40 PM
Hellman's IS the BEST, I agree....
But I was speaking of Taber's Cyclopaedic Medical Dictionary.....
Response #28
By: Ralf
Date: 7/13/99 10:52:46 AM
Ah yes, the only book that details care/feeding of cyclopean life forms.
"So easy to read, you can do it with one eye shut!"
Response #29
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 7/13/99 5:11:43 PM
I still can't smell, which is why I never bathe.
Tobin's Spirit Guide is no where near as useful as Rough Spirit Guide, which gives you all the backstreet cred and local culture of the spirit world.
Response #30
By: Iguana
Date: 7/14/99 2:53:29 PM
And you thought RSG was only for chinese food...
Response #31
By: Ralf
Date: 7/15/99 3:45:54 PM
Alas, Tobin's Spirit Guide is a fiction, courtesy of Ghostbusters.
That is, until we write one. I propose the following:
TOBIN'S SPIRIT GUIDEor
HOW I STOPPED WORRYING AND LEARNED TO LOVE THE TOMB ------------------------
Chapter 1: Welcome, Foolish Mortals! Chapter 2: Raising the Dead Chapter 3: Tactics for Fleeing the Recently Undead Chapter 4: Issues of Futureshock for the Recently Undead Chapter 5: When the Undead Want their own WebPage | | Chapter 77: Removing Unsightly Psychic Stains | | Chapter 90: Living? Dead? All a Matter of Perspective | | Appendix A: The Guide--40,000 Entities in Alpha Order Appendix B: Warnings and Disclaimers Appendix C: About The Authors, but Not Enough for a Summons
Response #32
By: Ralf
Date: 7/16/99 2:43:25 PM
Appendix A: Entry #3,013 of 40,000
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Spirit Name: Ghost of Ralf
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Entity Class: Free-Roaming Vapor/
Poltergeist
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Appearance: Humanoid, male,
5.5 feet in height,
no pants.
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Activities: Books found scattered
around; farting noises
accompanied by giggling
& bad Beavis imperson-
ations; computer left
on; offensive messages
found on bbs. Butt-
cheek stains on wood
furniture.
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Invoked: Sporadically
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Revoked: Leave a garlic pizza
and a six-pack of
McEwen's Export in
the afflicted area.
Once pizza & beer is
consumed spirit will
depart.
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Wards: Upon detecting Ralf
spirit presence, try
engaging loud Linux
vs. Microsoft debate
or play bad C&W music
at top volume. Shouts
of "Wait! Do you hear
something? I think my
husband's home!!" or
"Dammit, we're outta
beer!" may be effective.
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Copyright (c) 1999 Tobin's Spirit Guide
Response #33
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 7/23/99 1:51:34 PM
Preface: Who Was Tobin?
Response #34
By: Ralf
Date: 7/24/99 11:19:45 AM
PostPreface: The Ghostbusters Connection.
Response #35
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 7/29/99 12:47:50 AM
I know it's a media reference... I was hoping someone would make up a good pseudo-biography.
Response #36
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 7/29/99 10:06:42 PM
I guess not.
Response #37
By: Ralf
Date: 7/30/99 9:31:07 AM
My creative juices have ablated away in the winds of reason.
(Too much Weather Channel...)
Response #38
By: Roxanne
Date: 7/30/99 4:31:01 PM
Weather Channel Kicks Ass!!
(Yes, I have no life)
Response #39
By: Ralf
Date: 7/31/99 1:50:27 PM
When does the new season start?
(Nyuk nyuk nyuk)
Response #40
By: Ralf
Date: 8/1/99 9:00:02 PM
Dammit, that was my best squall line yet and nobody said nuthin.
Response #41
By: Roxanne
Date: 8/1/99 9:07:55 PM
So you noticed the cold front, eh?
Response #42
By: Homer The Brave
Date: 8/2/99 3:34:22 AM
I wonder if weather announcers decorate their Christmas trees with garlands that look like cold fronts.
"Here at the top of the tree we have a low pressure disturbance which is causing cold weather all the way down south to where the presents are."