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Open Thread: Glory Days

by Anne Laurie|  October 26, 20137:43 pm| 137 Comments

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I assume there’s some kind of sporting event people want to talk about…

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  1. 1.

    Keith P.

    October 26, 2013 at 7:44 pm

    Relaxing to the Auburn game with a bowl of truffled polenta. Last week’s win over Manziel and Co. was great but tense, so this game is essentially a bye week.

  2. 2.

    Keith G

    October 26, 2013 at 7:46 pm

    Must be a hair raising act on stage.

  3. 3.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2013 at 7:48 pm

    Oh, no, I’d much rather be having endless, tiresome, repetitive O-bot v. Firebagger arguments fueled by trolling headlines…

  4. 4.

    Steeplejack

    October 26, 2013 at 7:48 pm

    Intently watching my Mizzou Tigers vs. Clemson. Mizzou just scored at the end of the first quarter, so that’s good.

  5. 5.

    Cacti

    October 26, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    “We are all black people now” says emcee at overwhelmingly white “Stop Watching Us” rally.

    Of course you are dears, of course you are.

  6. 6.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    @Steeplejack: Sorry, but I am your opponent now. Not Clemson.
    Go Cocks!

  7. 7.

    Alison

    October 26, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    @Cacti: OMG. Someone seriously said that?

  8. 8.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 7:52 pm

    Betty? I need you Betty. Please come and tell everyone how much you want the Mizzou team to win today.

  9. 9.

    IowaOldLady

    October 26, 2013 at 7:52 pm

    Thank you for that video!

  10. 10.

    MikeJ

    October 26, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    @Cacti: http://imgur.com/UJKtxoH

  11. 11.

    Nicole

    October 26, 2013 at 7:53 pm

    Left our new dog (got her from the shelter ten days ago) for her longest stretch alone today- 3 hours, and came home to an apartment that that looked the same as when we left. Whew. Every day a little more progress. For a dog that was picked up off the street and then in the shelter for 5 weeks, she’s doing pretty well. Very proud of her. Working with a great dog trainer on her issues, and am cautiously optimistic.

  12. 12.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 7:54 pm

    @different-church-lady: Why did you post that “life is too short” GBCW BS the other day then?

  13. 13.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    Son of a fucking bitch.

  14. 14.

    TaMara (BHF)

    October 26, 2013 at 7:57 pm

    @Anne Laurie – oh my, you might be asked to turn in your New England card for that.

    And Cobie Caillat nails the Anthem. Nice.

  15. 15.

    Cacti

    October 26, 2013 at 7:57 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Sorry, but I am your opponent now. Not Clemson.
    Go Cocks!

    South Carolina, Clemson, potato, potahto.

  16. 16.

    Anne Laurie

    October 26, 2013 at 8:01 pm

    @different-church-lady: Yes, because those threads make it much easier to justify your troll billings…

    (/snark)

  17. 17.

    Cassidy

    October 26, 2013 at 8:01 pm

    @Cacti: Please tell me they were wearing a Guy Fawkes mask at the same time. That would be amazing.

  18. 18.

    trollhattan

    October 26, 2013 at 8:03 pm

    Soccer tourney this weekend. Two games today and one, perhaps two tomorrow. As our girls have yet to give up a goal I suspect they’ll be playing that second game tomorrow afternoon. “Your reward for playing soccer? Moar soccer!”

    I’d complain but there are teams from six-hundred miles away, so…. But boy, does my lawn look long.

  19. 19.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    October 26, 2013 at 8:03 pm

    Whew. I don’t know what it is about Bemidji but they consistently give us fits far beyond what the standings indicate they should. They played great, we played poorly (particularly on defense; Garzone, Ramsey and Wolfe struggled badly) and Hannah Brandt came up with two goals and an assist to push us to our 57th straight win.

    Next week we continue the tour of outstate Minnesota with the Purple Cows of Mankato.

  20. 20.

    MomSense

    October 26, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    @Nicole:

    I hope it continues to go well!

    We had some friends who came home to an entirely shredded living room but I think they left the dog out of the crate so they could replace some well loved furniture.

  21. 21.

    patrick II

    October 26, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    @Alison:

    Someonewho hasn’t yet seen ” twelve years a slave.”

  22. 22.

    raven

    October 26, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    Went to a family reunion in Central Virginia and the gentleman that did the Brunswick Stew (chicken only) really knew his stuff! A huge cast iron pot with a motorized stirring mechanism. A rare October day without football and now to unwind in the hotel looking straight yp at Liberty U!

  23. 23.

    jeffreyw

    October 26, 2013 at 8:07 pm

    We found an abandoned momma cat and six kittens the other day. Mrs J took them all in to the shelter where she volunteers. One of them was adopted today! Yay! That means there is room for the seventh kitteh that turned up today, cold and hungry.

  24. 24.

    Yatsuno

    October 26, 2013 at 8:08 pm

    Is that a bruise on her arm or a terribly placed tattoo?

    @jeffreyw: ZOMG KITTEH!!! Was Mama straining to get out? They can count when one isn’t accounted for.

  25. 25.

    Keith G

    October 26, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    46 degrees at kickoff time in Columbus. Fun times!

  26. 26.

    burnspbesq

    October 26, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    @raven:

    If you run into any Virginia Tech fans, be gentle.

  27. 27.

    TaMara (BHF)

    October 26, 2013 at 8:14 pm

    @jeffreyw: You guys really earn your Tunch angel wings.

  28. 28.

    burnspbesq

    October 26, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    Ladies and gentlemen, that score in the crawl at the bottom of your teevee screen is not — repeat, not — a mistake.

    Duke 13, Virginia Tech 10.

  29. 29.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    @Cacti: Can you please link to any sound or video that isn’t just a text twit that says this happened?
    Thanks

  30. 30.

    eemom

    October 26, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    Who won the Hokies-Duke thing, anyone know? I’m remotely curious.

    eta: Ah, thanks, Burnsie. That explains the radio silence on my FB feed.

  31. 31.

    Ben Franklin

    October 26, 2013 at 8:16 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    That’s the masochist in you, but you’re not insane, just inane...

  32. 32.

    burnspbesq

    October 26, 2013 at 8:17 pm

    @eemom:

    See comment 29. I expect to see video of your happy dance.

  33. 33.

    jeffreyw

    October 26, 2013 at 8:18 pm

    @Yatsuno: Nope. I think Ol’ Griz wormed his way into its place.

  34. 34.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 8:18 pm

    @Ben Franklin: Dude, stop sucking dick and get off your knees. It won’t help your status any here.

  35. 35.

    burnspbesq

    October 26, 2013 at 8:19 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Duke has State, Miami, Wake, and Carolina left. People are getting a little goofy. They’re actually saying “well, why can’t we go 10-2?”

  36. 36.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 8:19 pm

    Apparently, every single player in the Gamecocks team hates their coach as much as the Tampa Bay Bucs hate theirs.

  37. 37.

    raven

    October 26, 2013 at 8:20 pm

    @eemom: Duke, the reunion I was at was deep in Hokie territory and at the farm of the 92 year old aunt who is failing. The hard core waited until there was about 5 minutes to go before they went in to watch it.

  38. 38.

    Yatsuno

    October 26, 2013 at 8:22 pm

    And the Broonz tie. Oregon looks flat, but they seem to flip a switch in the second half.

  39. 39.

    raven

    October 26, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    @burnspbesq: My entire family on my wife’s side are Hokies. NO ONE gets any sympathy from this Dawg fan.

  40. 40.

    hilts

    October 26, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    Let’s Go Red Sox!

  41. 41.

    Nicole

    October 26, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    @MomSense: I would not have been surprised if we came home to shreds- she really eyeballed our preschooler’s stuffed toy horse the first day, but so far she has left it be.

    We do keep the door to his room shut when we’re out. I mean, she’s been very good so far, but that’s just too many toy temptations to ask her to withstand.

  42. 42.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    @Corner Stone: Yep. Every single player on the Cocks absolutely hates their coach.

  43. 43.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    October 26, 2013 at 8:28 pm

    Cardinals up 2-0 in the bottom of the first. Their fanbase is marginally less annoying than Boston’s, so go St. Louis.

  44. 44.

    Keith G

    October 26, 2013 at 8:30 pm

    Go Ducks

  45. 45.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2013 at 8:31 pm

    Well, this is what I was afraid of.

  46. 46.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2013 at 8:32 pm

    @Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN): Marginally? MARGINALLY?!? We beaneaters have gotten soft!

  47. 47.

    eemom

    October 26, 2013 at 8:33 pm

    I think I’m in over my head here. All I actually know is (1) I have some relatives who are rabid Hokie fans, and (2) I dislike the institution that is Duke University, notwithstanding that I went to law school there.

    So I guess this is sad news for me, or something.

  48. 48.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2013 at 8:34 pm

    @Corner Stone: Your ability to misunderstand what people say continues to be crystalline.

  49. 49.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2013 at 8:35 pm

    @Anne Laurie: Wait… we get paid for this?

  50. 50.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    @different-church-lady: Yeah, sure it does amigo.

  51. 51.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    @Corner Stone: You two. Room. All that all that.

  52. 52.

    raven

    October 26, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    @eemom: Tech has been winning with ZERO offense all year. It was bound to catch up with them.

  53. 53.

    Yatsuno

    October 26, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    @efgoldman: That missed field goal might haunt the Quackers. And Mariota is not looking sharp, at least not in the first half. This might be a long night for the Fighting Fashion Atrocities.

  54. 54.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    I take it all back. In actuality, the coach actually hates every player on the Gamecocks roster.
    That’s two fucking weeks in a row that someone has decided timeouts have no value.

  55. 55.

    JPL

    October 26, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    @Nicole: Tomorrow, it will be two weeks since Mr. Finch arrived in my home.
    He sleeps in his crate and stays there when I’m out. I’ve been thinking about letting him roam but it might be awhile. He’s a tubby little terrier that after the first week, dug under the fence and escaped. Today a son came over and helped me secure the fence with chicken wire, landscape timber and stones. I fixed us a late lunch and I didn’t clear the table. I heard the sound of a tag hitting a metal dish, and thought he was eating his food. About a minute later, I realized there was not food in his dish and ran into the kitchen. The little mutt, about twelve inches high is on my table enjoying the leftovers, He must of used a chair to get up but had no idea how to get down.

  56. 56.

    Mike E

    October 26, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    @burnspbesq: With any luck, they’ll be playing some podunk school in the Nicorette Bowl.

  57. 57.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    @different-church-lady: You get in the room with him, you fucking tedious chump. Jesus.

  58. 58.

    eemom

    October 26, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    Hey, he only “rooms” with Fuckhead….you know that.

    Authoritarian. Also too.

  59. 59.

    Yatsuno

    October 26, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    @efgoldman:

    And the other night I saw some pink beards

    You have GOT to be fucking joking…

  60. 60.

    Nicole

    October 26, 2013 at 8:46 pm

    @JPL: That is hilarious. I’m convinced that “terrier” is actually a misspelling of “terror.” Are you sure he used a chair? ;)

    We live in an apartment, and Ripley is a 35 pound terrier mix of some kind, so our main concern is making sure she gets enough exercise. Thanks to making sure she gets at least 4 miles of walking/running every day, I’ve already dropped two pounds since we adopted her. And my legs hurt.

  61. 61.

    burnspbesq

    October 26, 2013 at 8:48 pm

    @Yatsuno:

    If the pink beards weren’t for breast cancer awareness, I do not want to know.

  62. 62.

    Dolly Llama

    October 26, 2013 at 8:49 pm

    Jessica Lea Mayfield. Nice stuff.

  63. 63.

    MikeJ

    October 26, 2013 at 8:49 pm

    @efgoldman: I thought the pink hats were brilliant. I realilse I’m in the minority among the trufen, but I like the idea of getting girls into the game.

    Also, I’ve had no luck finding false beards in Seattle, pink or not. I think they’ve all been diverted to New England. The Halloween aisle at Fred Meyer’s did have a five pack of mustaches, but no beards.

  64. 64.

    Yatsuno

    October 26, 2013 at 8:50 pm

    @Nicole: They ain’t called Jack Russell Terrorists for nothing. This just makes me want a corgi more and more.

    @burnspbesq: The why is irrelevant. There are lines people!

    @MikeJ:

    Also, I’ve had no luck finding false beards in Seattle, pink or not

    Remember: slightly douchey beards are a major hipster mark these days. Odds are the falsies were sold out long before Costume Day.

  65. 65.

    JPL

    October 26, 2013 at 8:52 pm

    @Nicole: Mine is about five years old and nineteen pounds. The vet wants him to lose two or three pounds, then we will see if we can feel ribs. That’s going to be tough with Thanksgiving coming up. I can’t imagine what happens if he hops on the counter. I noticed that he’ll go from the arm of the sofa to the chair before so who knows. fun times.

  66. 66.

    caring and sensitive

    October 26, 2013 at 8:57 pm

    I expect that I am supposed to know this but who is the guy with the Obamas?

  67. 67.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 9:00 pm

    @caring and sensitive: Springsteen.

  68. 68.

    JPL

    October 26, 2013 at 9:02 pm

    @caring and sensitive: Look up Glory Days….

    My son’s dog is visiting for the weekend and she doesn’t understand the colorful language that I’m using while watching the Sox game. I thought I raised my son better than that.

  69. 69.

    Yatsuno

    October 26, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    WOW.

  70. 70.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    @Corner Stone: Yeesh… what a grouch.

  71. 71.

    ruemara

    October 26, 2013 at 9:19 pm

    @Cacti: no, please tell me that did not happen.

  72. 72.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    @different-church-lady: It’s Saturday night. He started drinking early.

  73. 73.

    schrodinger's cat

    October 26, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    Thread needs kittehs, Caturday Kitteh had to work overtime because Wednesday Kitteh was making lol humans.

  74. 74.

    The Sailor

    October 26, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    I’ve always hated that song.
    and that guy next to the Obamas is Mel Brooks. No, the other guy.

  75. 75.

    Yatsuno

    October 26, 2013 at 9:21 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Hell I haven’t paid attention to him in a long ass time. I pretty much ignored how he went right to his typical anti-gay insults.

  76. 76.

    Cassidy

    October 26, 2013 at 9:23 pm

    Bama better be watching this game and taking notes.

  77. 77.

    eemom

    October 26, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    pink beards

    Pink snowman! Pink snowballs! And little pink pills!

    /if no one gets I shall haz a sad.

  78. 78.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 9:28 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Hmm.

  79. 79.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 9:30 pm

    @Yatsuno: “typical anti-gay” ok.

  80. 80.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 9:32 pm

    @Corner Stone: Normally, you are just caustic until 9pm Central time. Spiteful and obnoxious usually come later in the evening.

  81. 81.

    IowaOldLady

    October 26, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    @caring and sensitive: I may faint.

  82. 82.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 9:37 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I see. What other insights do you care to lead the group with? Because apparently I’m now anti-gay somehow as well.

  83. 83.

    burnspbesq

    October 26, 2013 at 9:37 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Yes, things are looking dire for the Common Little Adults.

  84. 84.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2013 at 9:40 pm

    @Corner Stone: Oh c’mon bub, you know how this place works: people say any old thing about anybody. And sometimes the more deliberately remote from reality the better the effect.

    Friends?

  85. 85.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 9:41 pm

    @Corner Stone: No, I’m good.

  86. 86.

    Cassidy

    October 26, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    Speaking of drinking, I’m trying to decide if Knob Creek or Pennypacker should be my next trip down bourbon lane.

  87. 87.

    burnspbesq

    October 26, 2013 at 9:49 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    It’s a logical inference based on your general loathsomeness.

  88. 88.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 9:55 pm

    @Cassidy: Can’t help you there. With whisky/eys, I tend to stick to the British Isles. Scotch or Irish.

  89. 89.

    Yatsuno

    October 26, 2013 at 9:56 pm

    @burnspbesq: When one says this:

    Dude, stop sucking dick and get off your knees

    conclusions can be inferred. None of them flattering.

  90. 90.

    Steeplejack

    October 26, 2013 at 9:56 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Oops, my bad. I am enjoying that Mizzou is beating up on the South Carolina Gamecocks, not the Clemson Tigers. Correction noted.

  91. 91.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 9:57 pm

    @Steeplejack: You are DVRing the Mummy, right?

  92. 92.

    different-church-lady

    October 26, 2013 at 9:58 pm

    @Cassidy: Big fan of Knob Creek. Never had Pennypacker.

  93. 93.

    Cassidy

    October 26, 2013 at 10:01 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: @different-church-lady: I have been drinking Jack Daniels Honey and ginger ale but have recently turned towards old fashioneds.

  94. 94.

    eemom

    October 26, 2013 at 10:01 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    Normally, you are just caustic until 9pm Central time. Spiteful and obnoxious usually come later in the evening.

    Occasionally followed by spittle-flecked, flailing vicious after the thread is dead…..but who’s counting?

  95. 95.

    NotMax

    October 26, 2013 at 10:01 pm

    @Cassidy

    https://balloon-juice.com/2013/10/26/open-thread-glory-days/#comment-4685403

    Bulleit.

    Their bourbon is exquisite, their rye a thousand times more so.

  96. 96.

    NotMax

    October 26, 2013 at 10:03 pm

    @MotMax

    Pardon the blockquote failure – just awoke from a nap which raged out of control – obviously responding to comment about bourbon.

  97. 97.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 10:06 pm

    @Cassidy: Aha… Not for drinking straight. Dude, make yourself proper whiskey sours. Whiskey, lemon juice, simple syrup, and ice.

  98. 98.

    NotMax

    October 26, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    @efgoldman

    Intended a lie down for 20 minutes or so. Woke up 3+ hours later.

  99. 99.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    @efgoldman: Practice. Wait, that’s how you get to Carnegie Hall.

  100. 100.

    Cassidy

    October 26, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I’m not really a fan of sour mix related drinks. I’m working my way to finding a bourbon I can drink straight. It’s a slow transition from a lifelong beer drinker.

  101. 101.

    NotMax

    October 26, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus

    Whiskey sours, never much cared for.

    Scotch sours though, yummmm.

  102. 102.

    Steeplejack

    October 26, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    You betcha. Really good black-and-white photography, not too cheesy plot. TCM’s whole lineup tonight is good: Bride of Frankenstein earlier, Cat People (another one by one of my favorite B-list directors, Jacques Tourneur) and White Zombie coming up later. Psychomania (1971) is probably a clunker, but The Witches (1966) might be good.

  103. 103.

    NotMax

    October 26, 2013 at 10:14 pm

    @Cassidy</a.

    Seriously, Bulleit.

  104. 104.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    @Cassidy: I was once given this advice on learning to appreciate scotch: Buy a good bottle. Sit down and pour some in a glass. Drink it. Wince. Pour and drink some more. Wince. Repeat until you discover that you kind of like the taste – usually about 1/3 of the way through the bottle.

  105. 105.

    NotMax

    October 26, 2013 at 10:16 pm

    @NotMax

    Dang, off my feed today. Fixed:

    Seriously, Bulleit.

  106. 106.

    Cassidy

    October 26, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I think I’m suffering from choice overload. It’s hard to find one when there are so many good (reviewed) ones out there. Although, $60 for Japanese whiskey is a bit much.

  107. 107.

    Steeplejack

    October 26, 2013 at 10:19 pm

    Okay, that “French the rainbow” Skittles ad is skeeving me out. Apparently I’m not as secure in my sexuality as I thought.

  108. 108.

    NotMax

    October 26, 2013 at 10:21 pm

    @Steeplejack

    Isn’t that what the brats on A Family Affair called the butler behind his back?

  109. 109.

    tybee

    October 26, 2013 at 10:24 pm

    @Cassidy:

    knobcrick ain’t too shabby

  110. 110.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 10:24 pm

    @Cassidy: Go with NotMax’s suggestion. He seems pretty sure of it.

  111. 111.

    tybee

    October 26, 2013 at 10:27 pm

    @Cassidy:

    dickel. with an ice cube. one ice cube.

  112. 112.

    Cassidy

    October 26, 2013 at 10:31 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I most likely will. I’m not quite halfway through a double shift so this is a decision I have to put of until Monday. Just figured there were enough drunks connoisseurs here to point me in the right direction.

  113. 113.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 10:35 pm

    @Cassidy: You probably had it right the first time.

  114. 114.

    trollhattan

    October 26, 2013 at 10:54 pm

    @Cassidy:
    Got a 1.5L jug o’ Knob Creek on a whim, turns out I don’t care for it all that much. Lacked balance and finesse. Have not tried the other you mention.

  115. 115.

    Dolly Llama

    October 26, 2013 at 11:03 pm

    God damn, what a South Carolina/Mizzou game. Brutal on both sides.

    ETA: I was for Mizzou until Mike Davis went down. Good on the Gamecocks. As a Bulldog fan, I sympathize with injuries.

  116. 116.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 11:05 pm

    @Dolly Llama: Bad as the Vikes-Giants game last Monday?

  117. 117.

    Corner Stone

    October 26, 2013 at 11:07 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    Oops, my bad. I am enjoying that Mizzou is beating up on the South Carolina Gamecocks, not the Clemson Tigers. Correction noted.

    Ahhh, sanctimony. It gets us all in the end, eh?

  118. 118.

    Dolly Llama

    October 26, 2013 at 11:11 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: I don’t watch pro ball hardly at all.

  119. 119.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 11:13 pm

    @Dolly Llama: And I watch very little college ball. Maybe someone else knows.

  120. 120.

    Yatsuno

    October 26, 2013 at 11:26 pm

    @Cassidy:

    Although, $60 for Japanese whiskey is a bit much

    Not for a birfday gift.

  121. 121.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 11:28 pm

    @Yatsuno: I am a Francophile and French vodka seemed odd. But then my uncle bought me a bottle of Grey Goose.

  122. 122.

    Cassidy

    October 26, 2013 at 11:31 pm

    @Yatsuno: Mine is in August but I’ll take an early present.

  123. 123.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 11:32 pm

    @Cassidy: Are you another fucking Leo?

  124. 124.

    Steeplejack

    October 26, 2013 at 11:32 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    So glad you learned a new word tonight. Maybe someday you’ll also learn the actual definition.

    I am disconsolate about the game, but Mizzou is still in the driver’s seat to face Alabama in the SEC title game.

  125. 125.

    Cassidy

    October 26, 2013 at 11:36 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: Yes. Right smack in the middle.

  126. 126.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 11:38 pm

    @Cassidy: Aug 3 (along with SiobhanDunne).

  127. 127.

    NotMax

    October 26, 2013 at 11:55 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus

    The Kirkland brand French vodka at Costco is as good, or better, than Grey Goose. Much less costly, but comes in the most user-unfriendly bottle ever.

  128. 128.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 26, 2013 at 11:57 pm

    @NotMax: I am not a vodka guy. I only got that bottle because it was a gift. Gin, I like gin – standard Bombay, unless it is for a martini and then Sapphire is worth it.

  129. 129.

    Corner Stone

    October 27, 2013 at 12:02 am

    @Steeplejack: It’s a perfectly cromulent word.

  130. 130.

    NotMax

    October 27, 2013 at 12:11 am

    @Omnes Omnibus

    Tanqueray when I can afford it. Bols when really flush, budget-wise.

    Otherwise, good ol’ reliable Beefeater* suits this codger just fine for martinis (and perfect for G&Ts**).

    But the vermouth in the martinimust be Noilly Prat. No other will do.

    Tried a bottle of Bombay once when it first appeared on the shelves, and was not impressed. No taste improvement commensurate with the price difference, IMHO.

    *Back in college, was most fond of filling a 12-ounce glass with ice, pouring straight Beefeater to the top, and drinking it that way, perhaps with a wedge of lime.

    ** But the tonic must be Schweppes. No other will do.

  131. 131.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 27, 2013 at 12:16 am

    @NotMax: I really like the flavor of the standard Bombay. Sounds like plate differences.

  132. 132.

    NotMax

    October 27, 2013 at 12:22 am

    @Omnes Omnibus

    Nuthin’ wrong with that. As an acquaintance was wont to say, “Takes all kinds to make a horse race.”

    If you ever get hold of a bottle of Bols, though (Dutch gin in an earthenware bottle; the gin itself is pale blue), give it a sample.

  133. 133.

    Omnes Omnibus

    October 27, 2013 at 12:24 am

    @NotMax: I have had Bols in Amsterdam.

  134. 134.

    handsmile

    October 27, 2013 at 12:26 am

    @Cassidy:

    Single malt guy myself (Highland Park neat), but mrs. handsmile is a real commonsewer of bourbon and her choices, in order, are: Bookers, Bulliet (NotMax’s choice above as well), Knob Creek or Basil Hayden. Assume you’re drinking it neat. For a bourbon mixed drink, a perfectly good choice is Makers Mark.

    Slainte!

  135. 135.

    NotMax

    October 27, 2013 at 12:27 am

    @Omnes Omnibus

    Color me jealous.

  136. 136.

    Ruckus

    October 27, 2013 at 2:19 am

    @tybee:
    It is rare to find another who appreciates Dickel. That is some smooth drinking juice. Has to be the #12 though. If I was still drinking that would be the only thing. Was introduced to it by an ex, and I still like it. Hard to find out on the left coast but sure worth it.

  137. 137.

    tybee

    October 27, 2013 at 7:49 am

    @Ruckus:

    old No 12 is good stuff but i’ve also drunk a boat load of numba 8

    good stuff.

    I also appreciate Bushmills, Jamesons, Makers Mark, the aforementioned Knobcreek and have been known to swill other swill as well but dickel is schizznit.

    interesting whiskey data: my FIL used to drink jack daniels. a right smart amount of jack, too. someone gave him a bottle of Early Times. he said he liked it as much as he did the jack.
    after a bit of research, he found that Early Times is basically jack daniels aged in a used barrel. to be “bourbon”, the barrel must be new so Early Times is sold domestically as “Kentucky Whiskey” and exported as “bourbon”.
    I keep a bottle around for those who don’t appreciate good whisky (dickel) and to use in mixed drinks.

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