Archived comment by Monk:
yep bryan - good stuff. But get ahold of a triple malt scotch ale. Wonderful!

Archived comment by Bryan:
Hope you're feeling better Eve.


Matt(or anyone here) tried Schlafly Oatmeal Stout? It's really good stuff.

Archived comment by steff:
um, thanks matt. i think. ("yeah, i can see perfect from here, but i just can't seem to get there... one-way streets, cement barricades. and, oh yes, the dobermans...") noooo pressure!

and i'm not telling.

Archived comment by Jon:
Latest IP game - lurker who knows poster
pops up, cites knowledge, then relurks.

What, was there a sale on Romulan cloaking
devices this year?

Not that I'm complaining... continued utter
unsucky strangeness is a staple of IP.

Archived comment by tim:
hehehe
Looks that way slug.

Archived comment by Matt:
Jeez, steff, for a second I thought you were on to something there. You almost made an obscure reference to the Neil Young song "Lookout Joe" back there.

Now steff's not perfect, but she's damn near, so I have to wonder what was really going on in that head of hers...

Archived comment by slugbuggy:
Curiosity, tim?

Archived comment by steff:
shhhh! i'm starting a new game.

Archived comment by tim:
~looking at steff~
What's the first??

Archived comment by Hazel:
*de-lurks via some ominous music*

Whatever do you mean?

*grins*

HV

Archived comment by Joe Napalm:
I think you were doing pretty well with the reassurance bit, Haze, until you got to:
"...especially since anything that came from where he posts wouldn't be him anyway."

I think that may sound rather ominous. *Grin*

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist

Archived comment by steff:
look out! joe now has an obstufication assisstant! heh. paranoia is the second most fun emotion to toy with. ;)

Archived comment by Hazel:
It should only scare you if you weren't kidding. I mean, if you were just joking then there is no reason why would the REAL result of something you never intended to do in the first place should scare you.

It's not like he threatened to hunt you down if you even mentioned it again.

*shrugs*

Then again, I know the real Joe, so perhaps I understand him a bit better than other people. What he said wasn't a threat -- especially since anything that came from where he posts wouldn't be him anyway.

Ah well...back to lurking.

HV

Archived comment by Parental Unit:
Umm Hazel you're right, but Joe still loses the cool pts, maybe I should lose all of mine too.

Of course they're jokes and then there's scaring the sh*t out of people.

Archived comment by Monk:
I like gummy worms. I'll try it in a bit and let you know.

Archived comment by Paul:
Definitely not. Take a bottle of Pepsi and drop a couple of gummi worms in it, and that's what you get.

BTW, the phrase "utter sucky badness" is not mine. Look at October 2001.

Archived comment by Monk:
"utter sucky badness".....interesting literary turn of phrase.

but it's funny you mention it, I just bought a bottle of it yesterday to try. It's still in the fridge.

so it wasn't your cuppa tea, huh?

Archived comment by Paul:
No, this is a public service announcement. Avoid Pepsi Blue at all costs- it's beyond awful. It makes utter sucky badness seem not so bad.

Archived comment by Hazel:
Wait a second....Parental makes jokes about hacking into people's computers and JOE loses cool points?

How, exactly, is that fair?

Especially since it isn't like he was -threatening- you...just pointing it out as a public service. I think it was awfully nice of him to give you fair warning.

*grins*

Hazel

Archived comment by Parental Unit:
Umm Joe... You realize I too was kidding, right?

(*Goes off to check out the food supplies in his bomb shelter*)

And you lose 2 cools pts. for scaring the Parental Unit. So there...

Archived comment by Saint:
Don't think he's mentioned it, just implied it--if he told us for sure, he'd probably have to kill us. And considering the thousands of people who read IP, that would be a considerable chore.

Archived comment by Paul:
And where would that be from, Joe? A military computer of some sort? (I honestly don't know. If you mentioned it in some thread somewhere I missed it.)

Archived comment by Joe Napalm:
"And track his IP address down and hack into his system..."

*Pales*

Uhm, Parental Unit? Considering where I tend to make many of my posts from...

...that would be a ~VERY BAD IDEA~.

Does the phrase "enemy combatant" mean anything to you?

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist

Archived comment by steff:
but i like joe... we were separated at birth, remember? i feel for him, after years of having well meaning jocks patiently and earnestly explain to me things like that there are INNINGS in baseball, not quarters. ah, the well meaning are such rich material. *grin* but kat's right, the divine should be treated with respect, even the divine-by-association. even if (as i suspect) you have issues with authority, like it do. heh. I realize you're joking, but of course, i'm special.

i am! *pout*

octupuses???

Archived comment by Jon:
Discrete from what? ;d

Archived comment by Parental Unit:
Of course I could just go ahead and delete all of Joe's posts...

And track his IP address down and hack into his system...

But that would be wrong.

Archived comment by Parental Unit:
Thanks Katrina and I'm not even your assistant! (But I could be if Denise says it's OK). And we'd better save 'the steff' for really serious cases, don't want to leave too many smoking holes.
*G*

Archived comment by Katrina aka officialPICgirl:
*smacking Joe in the back of the head, hard*

No teasing the PUnit. He seems like a really nice guy and you are yanking his chain. Now be nice or I'll have to sic steff on you and you know what a pitbull SHE is.


*Grin*

Archived comment by Joe Napalm:
See what I mean?

*Grin*

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist

Archived comment by Parental Unit:
Hey, hey, hey Joe - I realize that you KNOW how to create a hotmail account, but, other than publicly here on In Passing, I've no way of contacting you and I'm TRYING to be discrete. I.e. if for some reason you don't want to give your 'real' email address.

Besides I always used to regularly (and unintentionally!) slight Eve on stuff. Of course you realize I did teach her how to use a computer (at first - 98% of what she's done since then has been on her own). Besides she doesn't get mad at me, I have a Parental exemption! (Besides I buy her beer when she gets sick).

So please excuse the unintended insult.

Archived comment by Joe Napalm:
You guys do realize that I'm mostly laughing at myself when I write posts like that...or any other posts, really...

...Right?

The problem with having a sense of humor like mine (especially in the "real" world) is that way too many people seem to think I'm being terribly earnest.

Then I have no choice but to mock them.

*Grin*


-Jn-
City of Brass Expatriate

Archived comment by Joe Napalm:
"You can even create your own hotmail for Napalm if you'd like."

*Begins to forge a reply of sarcasm elemental...reminds himself that Parental is really just trying to be helpful...then counts to slowly to ten as he holds down the backspace*

Okay...you may be thinking I am, or was once, a Marine or something...so, even though you've questioned my Kung-Fu...I'll let it pass. This time.

However, I'd like you to close you eyes, and imagine that you're in an idyllic meadow, with a burbling brook running nearby. Butterflies flit from swaying flower to flower through the bright sunshine, and the birds sing as fat bumblebees hum in peaceful laziness...

...now, picture the look Eve would give you if you made that Hotmail comment to her.

*Grin*

Exactly.

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist

Archived comment by Parental Unit:
Actually no JN, but respecting your privacy I'm not linking to the appropriate picture. If you want, email me and see if I'm close. You can even create your own hotmail for Napalm if you'd like.

Archived comment by Joe Napalm:
*Quietly walks over to stand near Parental Unit, with his hands clasped behind his back, wearing his best patient/bemused/innocent expresssion, and gazes up into the branches...*

So, you're barking up this tree, then? Interesting. Is that an octopus?

*Grin*

-Jn-
Efreeti Sophist

Archived comment by Paul:
I have tasted pure alcohol. Once. And that was enough, thankyouverymuch.

Archived comment by Parental Unit:
So if you guys really want alcohol try 100% (200 proof) reagent grade. (Have to be certain that it's reagent grade otherwise it'll have benzene in it!) You really can't get it outside a 'serious' lab. (The closest conc. of alcohol that you can get by distillation is 192 proof - it's significantly more difficult to get pure alcohol).

So what does 100% alcohol taste like? Nothing. It's so hydroscopic (water loving) that just a few drops on your tongue will suck all the water out of your tissues. Tres strange. Aw yes, the fun things that grad students do when the research director's not around. Not me, of course (Eve might read this!).

Archived comment by Monk:
You are correct sir. After years of brewing beer, and living in Belgium for a bit, and visiting many of the breweries while across the pond....and of course, being a monk myself, I had forgotten the pronunciation.

*grin*

Archived comment by Matt:
I'm flattered, Monk. Just don't forget, it's pronounced trah-peest (no accented syllable).

Archived comment by Monk:
Matt,

Thank you for reminding me of some of my favorite beers. Not only that - but you have inspired the name for my (belatedely given) froot bat.

He shall be "Trappist"

Archived comment by Paul:
Matt- I'm in Virginia, and can get Old Rasputin in a number of stores- but they're specialty places, not regular grocery stores.

I'm pretty much with you on most of your beer list- I've had most of them myself at one time or another. But even I can't stomach barleywine- sorry, it tastes like vomit to me. (As did the Samuel Adams Cranberry Lambic, but that's a little more likely anyway.)

Belgian ales tend to be toward the top of my list too. Orval is the ultimate, but it's waaaay too expensive for me these days. Ditto on Duvel- although I still buy it now and then.

But on a cold, raw fall day with lots of rain- Old Rasputin is the best. (Okay, maybe cognac is better, but I try not to get trashed.)

Archived comment by Saint:
I agree.

Quick question: is beer supposed to be chewy?

Archived comment by Matt:
But Saint, it's soooo tasty! Granted, if beer is an acquired taste, then barleywine ale is an acquired beer taste, but I'll be damned if it's not a far sight better, in both texture and overall flavor, than 90% of the lagers out there in the world.

I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree.
Had a really nice Spaten Oktoberfest last week.

Archived comment by Saint:
I have a considerable tolerance myself (or used to, before I got tired of drinking), but a six pack of Bigfoot, consumed in a 20-minute period, got me buzzing pretty well. Just not well enough to justify the God-awful taste. ;)

Archived comment by Matt:
Saint, between my tolerance and my (considerable) body mass, a six-pack of Bigfoot is the start to my evening. Thanks for playing.

Archived comment by Parental Unit:
sluggy - drop me an e-mail and I'll confirm.

Archived comment by slugbuggy:
I have no idea what the green roads are about.

PU, if your last question to Joe has anything to do with it I think I know where you mean.

Archived comment by Saint:
*whispers*: my uncle is sick, but the highway is green. Those that have understanding--get yer arses back ta the Glen where ya belong! Feckers.

Steff, we don't have to figure out where you live. I'm pretty sure you've mentioned it, at least in general, so all we have to do is check the backpages. Or flood I-girly's e-mail with demands to know until she gets sick of us and gives in.

Archived comment by steff:
*gasp!* matt!! *hushed tones* you said... belgium. more than once. do you know no shame?

sluggy, if i tell you i only drive on roads that look green out of the corner of my eye, can you figure out where i live?

Archived comment by Jon:
Heh. Anyone who spends that much time
around froot bats is already certifiable. I'm
speaking from experience, as I am obviously
off the deep gourd myself.

Archived comment by Saint:
Bigfoot? Bigfoot is on your top ten list? Okay, on the up side, the alcohol content is high enough you don't have to drink a lot of it, but jeez--if you're drinking it for the flavor, you must be insane. I mean it. If my relatives drank that crap, I could probably get them committed, just by giving the legal people involved a sip of that vile, vile stuff.