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Searching for the Heart of a Saturday Night

by @heymistermix.com|  July 2, 201212:32 pm| 45 Comments

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Since my post yesterday about Real American car adornment sparked a good-natured exchange, here’s another one. This is aftermath of a Saturday night. Speaking of Saturday night, here’s a joke from one of my family members:

Individual Mandate? Sounds like something a guy does alone on a Saturday night.

Relax, he’s a more rabid Democrat than most of you. Open thread.

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  1. 1.

    Napoleon

    July 2, 2012 at 12:33 pm

    Mo Rocca used that joke (may be he came up with it) on this weeks Wait, Wait (which I actually got to go to the taping of Thursday night).

  2. 2.

    General Stuck

    July 2, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    After completing today’s duties for saving mankind by blogging, think I’ll take a break

  3. 3.

    Hunter Gathers

    July 2, 2012 at 12:35 pm

    I don’t know what’s more disturbing – that some one could actually drink that much Bud Light or that they they still had enough room for that can of Coke.

  4. 4.

    Jager

    July 2, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    The lonely coke can on the Siverado’s bumper? I’d hope it was half filled with whiskey or rum at one point in the evening. That’s a decent start on pissing a campfire out.

  5. 5.

    Roger Moore

    July 2, 2012 at 12:37 pm

    @Hunter Gathers:
    Two points:

    1) There’s no obvious reason to assume that this was the work of just one person.

    2) Bud Lite is only one step removed from water, so it shouldn’t be surprising that somebody could drink that much of it, especially if they stop to relieve themselves regularly during the process.

  6. 6.

    chopper

    July 2, 2012 at 12:39 pm

    daaaang, heat index of 136!

    hoping y’all in the hothouse of the US are making it through this, especially those without power.

  7. 7.

    Hypatia's Momma

    July 2, 2012 at 12:39 pm

    Naturally, as you might expect from any man famous throughout for his unswerving loyalty, rigid obedience, and unquestioning patriotism, he was betrayed by his own government, imprisoned as a traitor, and executed for treason.
    I’m an admirer of Mr. Thompson’s use of hyperbole but there isn’t a bit of it in that sentence.

  8. 8.

    chopper

    July 2, 2012 at 12:40 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    yeah, bud light is like sex in a canoe.

  9. 9.

    Ronnie Pudding

    July 2, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    Telephone’s ringin’; it’s your second cousin

  10. 10.

    lamh35

    July 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    CPAC’s boy wonder swings left

    Jonathan Krohn took the political world by storm at 2009’s Conservative Political Action Conference when, at just 13 years old, he delivered an impromptu rallying cry for conservatism that became a viral hit and had some pegging him as a future star of the Republican Party…

    Now 17, Krohn — who went on to write a book, “Defining Conservatism,” that was blurbed by the likes of Newt Gingrich and Bill Bennett — still watches that speech from time to time, but it mostly makes him cringe because, well, he’s not a conservative anymore…

    But a quick rundown of his current political stances suggests a serious pendulum swing away from the right.
    Gay marriage? In favor. Obamacare? “It’s a good idea.” Who would he vote for (if he could) in November? “Probably Barack Obama.” His favorite TV shows? “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report.” His favorite magazine? The New Yorker. And, perhaps telling of all, Krohn is enrolling this fall at a college not exactly known for its conservatism: New York University…

  11. 11.

    quannlace

    July 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    Speaking of Real Americans–what’s with all the coverage of the Romney family ‘Olympics.’ Details abound, such as how it’s mandatory, no excuses for not attending. How Romney ‘expanded’ the variety of games when he started losing. And how they coordinate their wardrobe.
    Good God, they even vacation weird.

  12. 12.

    tybee

    July 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    there’s a reason budweiser products have a picture of a horse on the package…

  13. 13.

    Linda Featheringill

    July 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    @chopper:
    Amory, Mississippi:

    Damn.

  14. 14.

    rlrr

    July 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    After the 2004 election, Googling “Bush Mandate” would display a gay dating site as the first result…

  15. 15.

    Violet

    July 2, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    I don’t get the point of Bud Light.

  16. 16.

    rlrr

    July 2, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    @Violet:

    I don’t get the point of Bud Light.

    It’s beer for people who don’t like real beer flavor.

  17. 17.

    WereBear

    July 2, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    Many lovely commentors wanted to know when I launched a Way of Cats fund drive. It’s NOW.

    Let’s keep the Way of Cats blog Blooming

    Ironically, the blog’s growth is why I need contributions. I don’t have enough ad, cat toy, or book revenue to cover bandwidth, security, and all the etceteras that come with popularity. I’m apparently not that popular yet.

    If you are so moved… Help the Cause?

    Increase cat understanding and acceptance. And let’s empty those shelters!

  18. 18.

    Frankensteinbeck

    July 2, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    @lamh35:
    A liberal is a conservative who grew up.

  19. 19.

    Gin & Tonic

    July 2, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    sparked a good-natured exchange

    I bailed early on that thread, but wasn’t it mostly hatin’ on fat people?

  20. 20.

    lamh35

    July 2, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    oh and I”m sure someone already posted this today, but file this under a slow news “No Shit Sherlock” day…Anderson Cooper…”Yes I’m Gay”. And all of America says..uh duh!

    http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/07/anderson-cooper-the-fact-is-im-gay.html

  21. 21.

    Linda Featheringill

    July 2, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    Actually, it degenerated into a real fat-fight, with hissing, clawing, and howling.

  22. 22.

    WereBear

    July 2, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    Also, I realize it’s not breaking news, but I didn’t know so many modern evils had Republican roots:

    Lou Pearlman, 20th-century Republican leader

  23. 23.

    Ed in NJ

    July 2, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    @rlrr:

    but isn’t that what Bud is for?

    And yes, I heard Mo Rocca use that joke on WWDTM this weekend.

  24. 24.

    Commenting at Balloon Juice since 1937

    July 2, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    The aftermath of a Saturday night is Sunday morning

  25. 25.

    chopper

    July 2, 2012 at 12:53 pm

    @rlrr:

    bud light is for people who feel terribly guilty about drinking and wish to make it as painful as possible.

  26. 26.

    scav

    July 2, 2012 at 12:56 pm

    @Violet: I don’t get the point of Bud Light.

    The Placebo of Beers.

  27. 27.

    Hypatia's Momma

    July 2, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:
    There was also the “women are the ‘n—— of the world’ bit (and also, I guess, students going through voluntary tertiary education which they are free to drop at any time) from people one would think were better than that. Apparently it’s ok to “reclaim” the word if it’s never been used to attack you and everyone like you because… some white man from England sang this song.

  28. 28.

    Hypatia's Momma

    July 2, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    @chopper:
    It’s a mortification of the flesh?

  29. 29.

    Napoleon

    July 2, 2012 at 1:07 pm

    @lamh35:

    A liberal is just a conservative who has undergone puberty.

  30. 30.

    Roger Moore

    July 2, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    @Hypatia’s Momma:

    It’s a mortification of the flesh?

    It’s a mortification of the taste buds; whether that counts is left as an exercise for the reader.

  31. 31.

    Yutsano

    July 2, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    @lamh35: Water is still wet too Mr. Vanderbilt. But at least he didn’t live off Mummy’s money.

    Slept like a wreck last night. Think I’m gonna call out. Not sure yet.

  32. 32.

    Grumpy Code Monkey

    July 2, 2012 at 1:23 pm

    @rlrr:

    Bud/Miller Light are for the guys who want to get smashed on the cheap without turning into a parade balloon. They’re not drinking it ’cause they like the taste. They’re drinking it strictly because it gets them drunk (eventually).

    At least that’s how it was explained to me by one guy I worked with, who would regularly order pitchers Miller Light when the rest of us were going with a bottle of something that had a flavor.

    I could comfortably go the rest of my life without ever hearing Mo Rocca again.

  33. 33.

    Roger Moore

    July 2, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    @Commenting at Balloon Juice since 1937:

    The aftermath of a Saturday night is Sunday morning

    In honor of which…

  34. 34.

    ericblair

    July 2, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    @quannlace:

    Speaking of Real Americans—what’s with all the coverage of the Romney family ‘Olympics.’ Details abound, such as how it’s mandatory, no excuses for not attending. How Romney ‘expanded’ the variety of games when he started losing. And how they coordinate their wardrobe.

    This sounds like all the British upper class moronic obsession over competition and sport that Monty Python used to make fun of. Oh no, these people can’t chill, crack a beer and watch the ball game or read a book down by the lake. They have to make it into some Kid’s Birthday Party From Hell with organized teams beating the crap out of each other in stupid games and scorecards and yelling from the grownups, lorded over by the Grinning Idiot himself. I’m sure this will endear him to the masses even more.

  35. 35.

    redshirt

    July 2, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    You try drinking 30 Snooty Dark Special Reserve Lagers on a Saturday night. Hard to do! Hence, Bud Lite.

  36. 36.

    Roger Moore

    July 2, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    @redshirt:
    Couldn’t you just drink 10 Snooty Liberal IPAs and wind up in about the same place as 30 Bud Lites?

  37. 37.

    NonyNony

    July 2, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    @Grumpy Code Monkey:

    Bud/Miller Light are for the guys who want to get smashed on the cheap without turning into a parade balloon. They’re not drinking it ‘cause they like the taste. They’re drinking it strictly because it gets them drunk (eventually).

    This really doesn’t make sense if you give it just a few minutes thought. That “eventually” part is the tell – in my limited experience I had to drink about twice as many Bud Lights as any good beer to even get “buzzed”. I can’t imagine how many I’d have to drink to get drunk – a whole case? (Full disclosure – I’m a mean drunk with a family history of alcoholism, so I don’t tend to drink to get drunk).

    If you want to drink to get drunk without ballooning up like a parade balloon you skip beer altogether and go straight for the vodka or the whiskey or something else with a high alcohol content. Bud Light is generally for people who really don’t actually like the taste of beer but want to be social, or for people who want to drink something cold, don’t want sugar, and hate ice water and iced tea. Or for people who hate the taste of beer but feel like they need to drink some kind of beer or their masculinity would be called into question.

  38. 38.

    redshirt

    July 2, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    @Roger Moore: You could. But what about those all day/night parties? A cube of Bud Lite (or, if so inclined, Miller Lite) is just the ticket.

    Was there not a super lite beer folks used to drink way back in the day instead of water? Like that.

  39. 39.

    chopper

    July 2, 2012 at 1:55 pm

    @Hypatia’s Momma:

    exactly. only with more pissing.

  40. 40.

    Lex

    July 2, 2012 at 1:57 pm

    Well, if we’re going to look at car adornments, here’s one my wife shot today in Winston-Salem.

  41. 41.

    Ash Can

    July 2, 2012 at 2:03 pm

    Friends don’t let friends drink Bud Lite.

  42. 42.

    FlipYrWhig

    July 2, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    I thought Bud and Miller and Coors were chosen by people whose mentalities were so shaped by mass market advertising that it essentially never occurred to them to try anything else. Just like you don’t order Domino’s because you’re on a careful quest for the perfect pizza, you order it because you saw it on TV. They’re not considering a universe of options, they’re picking the last thing they remember hearing about, something that won’t taste “weird” or make them physically sick. This is also why people go to chain restaurants. It’s also, frankly, how I pick something like toothpaste. I think, Crest, Colgate, whatever, I’m sure it’s fine, it won’t be all weird and gritty like the baking soda brands at my crunchy in-laws’ house.

  43. 43.

    Fezzik

    July 2, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    It’s great having a nice, fat wife: warmth in the winter, shaaaade in the summer. ;)

    Also, Bud Light is only tolerable with ample infusions of tobasco sauce.

  44. 44.

    Hawes

    July 2, 2012 at 3:33 pm

    The guy drank all those Bud Lights, then thought, “I better sober up to drive home!”

    And so he drank the Coke.

    Amurica!

  45. 45.

    Water balloon

    July 2, 2012 at 6:13 pm

    No, people drink it because it’s cheap and perfect for binging on in college. You’re not playing beer pong with some microbrew. Then they develop a taste for it.

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