The 3rd Best Way to Spend a Friday Afternoon

[Scarlet Shocker]

 

The 2nd best way is to play City of Heroes...

 

[ZemX]

I actually worked with a guy from Newcastle many years back and upon finding out where he was from I said to him, "Hey!  I like Newcastle Brown Ale!" and he said, "Are you kidding?  Only the college kids drink that crap!"

 

Am I just that uncultured?

[DougGraves]

Wow, CoH is behind playing fetch with your dog?

[Scarlet Shocker]

  On 3/1/2024 at 8:55 PM, ZemX said:

I actually worked with a guy from Newcastle many years back and upon finding out where he was from I said to him, "Hey!  I like Newcastle Brown Ale!" and he said, "Are you kidding?  Only the college kids drink that crap!"

 

Am I just that uncultured?

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Why yes, yes you are!

[Scarlet Shocker]

  On 3/1/2024 at 9:14 PM, DougGraves said:

Wow, CoH is behind playing fetch with your dog?

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Ok CoH is the 3rd...

[momentarygrace]

  On 3/1/2024 at 10:49 PM, Scarlet Shocker said:

 

Why yes, yes you are!

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But at least you aren't sober! 👍

 

[Yomo Kimyata]

  On 3/1/2024 at 8:55 PM, ZemX said:

I actually worked with a guy from Newcastle many years back and upon finding out where he was from I said to him, "Hey!  I like Newcastle Brown Ale!" and he said, "Are you kidding?  Only the college kids drink that crap!"

 

Am I just that uncultured?

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What would you have said to him if he said to you, "Hey!  I like Bud Light!"?

[ZemX]

  On 3/1/2024 at 11:24 PM, Yomo Kimyata said:

What would you have said to him if he said to you, "Hey!  I like Bud Light!"?

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That water is cheaper and will give him precisely the same buzz?

[Luminara]

  On 3/1/2024 at 8:41 PM, Scarlet Shocker said:

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No.

 

 

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

[Yomo Kimyata]

  On 3/1/2024 at 11:34 PM, ZemX said:

 

That water is cheaper and will give him precisely the same buzz?

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Exactly!  Culture is relative and familiarity breeds contempt.   

[ZemX]

  On 3/1/2024 at 11:57 PM, Yomo Kimyata said:

Exactly!  Culture is relative and familiarity breeds contempt.   

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Except it doesn't always.  I quite like several of the local brews in my area which I've drunk far more of than I've ever had Bud Light.

[Herotu]

I remember when it used to come in fancy bottles

  On 3/1/2024 at 8:41 PM, Scarlet Shocker said:

 

The 2nd best way is to play City of Heroes...

 

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That feels strange. A bottle of Newkie Brown and next to it a pint glass from Portland Maine?! Hah! But then I read that it's brewed in Holland now, so... bleh... forget I said anything.

 

Oh I did find the most Newcastle picture I've ever seen... Here is Kevin Keegan and Ant & Dec wearing Newcastle football tops (sponsored by Newcastle Brown Ale) at Newcastle football club. Howay the lads.

Edited March 2, 2024 by Herotu

[Ironblade]

  On 3/1/2024 at 8:55 PM, ZemX said:

I actually worked with a guy from Newcastle many years back and upon finding out where he was from I said to him, "Hey!  I like Newcastle Brown Ale!" and he said, "Are you kidding?  Only the college kids drink that crap!"

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That's always how it is.  Like when all the yuppies were drinking Jagermeister to be cool - meanwhile, in Europe, only drunkards were drinking it.

[DoctorDitko]

While visiting the UK there was one of those once-a-century storms. We were pretty much socked in at a tiny hotel with a tiny bar.

(Think Fawlty Towers, only with really nice proprietors.)

i was trying the local ales, and my wife was sticking to Guinness.

 

Someone made a remark about their new Budweiser tap, and I (not having tried it) remarked "You know, the Budweiser tastes like #!*% here."

They replied, "Why? What are we doing wrong?"

"Nothing. Tastes like #!*% at home, too!"

As someone who grew up thinking the Brits perfected comedy, I was delighted to see him snarf his beer.

 

I later learned they had licensed the name and logo from Anheuser-Busch, but they used the original (Dutch?) recipe. It was actually not bad.

 

Edited March 2, 2024 by DoctorDitko
always another typo

[Scarlet Shocker]

  On 3/2/2024 at 4:21 AM, DoctorDitko said:

I later learned they had licensed the name and logo from Anheuser-Busch, but they used the original (Dutch?) recipe. It was actually not bad.

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Czech

 

Budvar is a reasonable brew. I worked for a small scale importer of beer - we'd bring in a few different crates of stuff from different Czech breweries. Obviously in the interest of quality control I had to test it. Then I had to test it again as a marketing exercise. Then again as sales rep.

 

Wasn't a bad job actually.

[Grouchybeast]

  On 3/1/2024 at 11:24 PM, Yomo Kimyata said:

What would you have said to him if he said to you, "Hey!  I like Bud Light!"?

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"Okay, where are you really from, because it's definitely not Newcastle."

[starro]

i may have delayed an ITF start once to get wet burritos....

 

 

....and then played the ITF in my underwear.

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[Scarlet Shocker]

  On 3/3/2024 at 2:14 PM, starro said:

i may have delayed an ITF start once to get wet burritos....

 

 

....and then played the ITF in my underwear.

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Wow... why so overdressed?

[Apogee]

  On 3/2/2024 at 1:38 AM, Herotu said:

I remember when it used to come in fancy bottles

That feels strange. A bottle of Newkie Brown and next to it a pint glass from Portland Maine?! Hah! But then I read that it's brewed in Holland now, so... bleh... forget I said anything.

 

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Good catch.  Funny thing is there is a Newcastle, Maine about an hour north of Portland up the coast.

[Jacktar]

The drink of choice for many a Brit sailor on a run ashore back in the 60’s!

When it was your turn to get the round in and What you having? was shouted the usual answers were a mix of Newkie Brown or Tyne Wine or Electric soup.

We all knew what was wanted. Happy days 😀