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April 24, 2009

Milky Way Galaxy Smells of Rum
— Gabriel Malor

And not just from you folks stinkin' up the place:

Astronomers searching for the building blocks of life in a giant dust cloud at the heart of the Milky Way have concluded that it tastes vaguely of raspberries. [...]
Finding amino acids in interstellar space is a Holy Grail for astrobiologists, as this would raise the possibility of life emerging on other planets after being seeded with the molecules.
In the latest survey, astronomers sifted through thousands of signals from Sagittarius B2, a vast dust cloud at the centre of our galaxy. While they failed to find evidence for amino acids, they did find a substance called ethyl formate, the chemical responsible for the flavour of raspberries.
"It does happen to give raspberries their flavour, but there are many other molecules that are needed to make space raspberries," Arnaud Belloche, an astronomer at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, told the Guardian.
Curiously, ethyl formate has another distinguishing characteristic: it also smells of rum.

Why is the rum always gone?

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 03:43 PM | Comments (124)
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1 God said "Let their be light".And it was good.

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2009 03:45 PM (raV2V)

2 there?Fuck pour me some rum.......

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2009 03:46 PM (raV2V)

3 So, the hookers on the corner are the Universe? Who knew?

Posted by: Herr Morgenholz at April 24, 2009 03:48 PM (AyXpv)

4 Rum. That's the one liquor that can make me puke every time I drink it because of a bad experience I had as a kid.

Posted by: MikeO at April 24, 2009 03:51 PM (hz67i)

5 Now who is using my smelloscope again, and why wasn't I told?

Posted by: Professor Hubert J Farsworth at April 24, 2009 03:52 PM (S3j9d)

6 Furtherance in the reasoning why we should continue the slitting of throat's and our incessant need to feed off of hobo scum. If the universe is rum, then I say, ahoy MATEY'S, let the pillaging begin !!!

Posted by: Benjamin Netanyahu at April 24, 2009 03:54 PM (+FzLa)

7 Yes, it's in the Captain Morgan Nebula.

Posted by: Rocks at April 24, 2009 03:56 PM (3RHzM)

8 I wonder what Uranus smells like?

Posted by: it had to be asked at April 24, 2009 03:56 PM (NuWBd)

9 4 I actually hate rum.Horrible stuff that not even that nectar of the gods Coca Cola can make palatable.

Posted by: steevy at April 24, 2009 03:56 PM (raV2V)

Milky Way Galaxy Smells of Rum

Yarrr!

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 03:57 PM (ajXGd)

11 Even more proof there is a God.

Posted by: The Great Satan� at April 24, 2009 03:58 PM (OP845)

12 So that's where the rum went!

Posted by: wherestherum at April 24, 2009 03:58 PM (gofDd)

13 @7 Rocks

Yes, it's in the Captain Morgan Nebula.

He needs to put his leg down already. Does that dawg have the biggest bladder ever, or is it some kind of a prostate thing?

Posted by: MikeO at April 24, 2009 03:59 PM (hz67i)

14 You know, I've noticed that Andromeda smells just like scotch, Rigel smells like bacon vodka, and Jupiter smells like Uranus.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 04:00 PM (ajXGd)

15 The Moon, of course, smells like Uranus as well.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 04:00 PM (ajXGd)

16 R2, set a course for the Bacardi system.

Posted by: Luke Skywalker at April 24, 2009 04:02 PM (+FzLa)

17 ace-o-lanche just suspended the d-bags internet account

Posted by: rudytbone at April 24, 2009 04:06 PM (EWXcM)

18 Pisces smells like... umm, never mind...

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 24, 2009 04:11 PM (iafWn)

Maybe the d-bag and Alexi Vayner can make money in some sort of d-bag playoff.

Here's the actual Vayner video resume.

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21 Goslings Black Hole: A cocktail name in need of a recipe

Posted by: Techie at April 24, 2009 04:19 PM (u2aRf)

22 Has anyone made a Uranus joke yet? Cuz that would be hilarious.

uranus

Posted by: Dang Straights at April 24, 2009 04:25 PM (3UnKx)

So the fucking milkyway is a raspberry patch, woohooo!

And Mars smells like regurgitated burps and farts and old clothes and sweaty balls. Venus is a chocolate rooster.

Posted by: ron dorque at April 24, 2009 04:26 PM (5tQIE)

22 Has anyone made a Uranus joke yet? Cuz that would be hilarious.

uranus

Damn, beat me to the punch.

Posted by: joan at April 24, 2009 04:26 PM (/Qhj3)

21 Goslings Black Hole: A cocktail name in need of a recipe

One of my favorite drink names is Mongolian Motherfucker.

Posted by: The Great Satan� at April 24, 2009 04:28 PM (OP845)

26 Techie, you know your rum. You know your... cosmology.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 04:29 PM (ajXGd)

27 Yes,Goslings Black Seal is my personal favorite. I drink it on the rocks or in Dark N' Stormys. Shiver me timbers and whatnot.

Posted by: Techie at April 24, 2009 04:32 PM (u2aRf)

28 It's my favorite too.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 04:34 PM (ajXGd)

29 Even more proof there is a God. 90 proof.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 24, 2009 04:36 PM (/WLDq)

30 You know, I hate Meyers. I'm sure the Milky Way doesn't taste like Meyers. It tastes like crappy bourbon. Yet it's the "dark rum" that's widely available.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 04:36 PM (ajXGd)

31 The Milky Way Galaxy, where the beer flows like wine.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 04:37 PM (ajXGd)

32 Our galaxy kicks ass!

Posted by: Dr. Manhattan at April 24, 2009 04:38 PM (OkrJ4)

33 Please, it's Urectum now.

Posted by: PaleoMedic at April 24, 2009 04:39 PM (yiNoG)

34 I have a bottle of Pusser's Rum that was a gift from a sailor friend. He insists that I drink it as grog (1/2 rum, 1/2 water, big shot of lime juice to ward off scurvy).

Good God, is that some nasty shit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2009 04:40 PM (MlEgW)

35 Curiously, ethyl formate has another distinguishing characteristic: it also smells of rum.

And people wonder why pirates have been so active lately.

Posted by: Crusty at April 24, 2009 04:41 PM (GvSpB)

36 While they failed to find evidence for amino acids, they did find a substance called ethyl formate, the chemical responsible for the flavour of raspberries. Damn, I was hoping for bacon.

Posted by: George Orwell at April 24, 2009 04:41 PM (/WLDq)

37 I like Pussers too. Not as much as Goslings, though.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 04:41 PM (ajXGd)

Smell-o-scope? Been done.

Uranus? Been done.

I got nothin.

Posted by: Dan at April 24, 2009 04:42 PM (ygjiI)

39 I've enjoyed Mount Gay (start the jokes now) from time to time. Quality product. Appleton Estates (a bottle that my wife picked up for me in Jamaica) is good as well, though not nearly as dark.

Posted by: Techie at April 24, 2009 04:42 PM (u2aRf)

40 Goslings Black Seal - the Veal Of The Sea, second only to Harp Seal puplings as victims of my Big Stick O' Love..Yaaarrrr

Posted by: Frank G at April 24, 2009 04:43 PM (Aaspy)

I lost track somewhere: when did astronomy go from geeky to full-on ghey?

_{YES God damn it I can say that.}

Posted by: comatus at April 24, 2009 04:43 PM (zFDqJ)

42 Not my fault. If it were, galaxy would smell like beer, taste like pizza.

Posted by: antisocialist at April 24, 2009 04:44 PM (zAlmc)

43 ITC, ever have a caipirinya? Those are good.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 04:45 PM (ajXGd)

44 I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of the rum drunkened Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark while totally fucked up on Aristocrat rum and hashish near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.

Posted by: Roy Batty at April 24, 2009 04:47 PM (+FzLa)

45 Yeah, I like Appleton too. I don't recall having tried Mt. Gay.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 04:48 PM (ajXGd)

46 Well obviously it smells of rum. How else can the Universe signal it's approval of Tricorner Tax Party Babe?

Posted by: alexthechick at April 24, 2009 04:50 PM (ZVsJA)

47 Yes, wonderful Brazilian buffet in Hyannis that I would frequent in grad school. We probably had 4-5 capirhinas apiece every excursion there.

Posted by: Techie at April 24, 2009 04:53 PM (u2aRf)

48 Hmm. I guess caipirinha is spelled a couple of different ways. Here's the wikipedia entry.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 04:56 PM (ajXGd)

49 ITC, ever have a caipirinya? Those are good.

At first I thought you said "capybara".....

Never had a caipirinya. I'm not much of a mixed-drink guy, especially if they're sweet. The alcohol/sugar combination is bad juju for me.

Stouts & ales, red wines, single-malt scotch, Jack D and Irish whiskeys.

And Val-U-Rite, of course.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2009 04:57 PM (MlEgW)

50 Drink Bourbon, Drink Domestic.

But people in Bermuda and the Caribbean gotta eat too.

Support your semi-local distiller.

Posted by: Techie at April 24, 2009 05:00 PM (u2aRf)

51 Grog is fine, but bumbo is better. Sort of a Yankee privateer drink, as opposed to a Brit pirate drink.

Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 24, 2009 05:02 PM (STtim)

52 Techie, was that buffet a Brazilian barbecue joint, where they keep bringing meats by until you can't eat another bite?

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 05:04 PM (ajXGd)

53 Dammit, and the Scots are all right too. Ok, you can drink whatever you want, as long as they aren't Commies.

Posted by: Techie at April 24, 2009 05:04 PM (u2aRf)

54 There any other kind?

The Brazilian Grill on South Main St., if you know the place.

Posted by: Techie at April 24, 2009 05:05 PM (u2aRf)

55 Were lucky here to have one Brazilian barbecue joint that is... authentic. Worst thing you can do is stop by the salad bar.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 05:07 PM (ajXGd)

56 Rum + Mint=Yummy delicious mojito!

Posted by: WAstaterepub at April 24, 2009 05:16 PM (aC/SY)

57 And the thing about Uranus is he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, he doesn't even seem to be livin'... until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'...

Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2009 05:20 PM (KOkrW)

I don't smell rum, just queef.

Posted by: the meee-ghan nebulous oops i mean nebula at April 24, 2009 05:21 PM (vulJH)

Rum? It's time you got off that milk diet, lad.

Posted by: Lieutenant-Commander Montgomery Scott at April 24, 2009 05:24 PM (vulJH)

60 The universe is avast!

Posted by: reason at April 24, 2009 05:34 PM (MivxE)

61 I believe it was Thomas Aquinas who pointed out that if this were a perfect universe, it would smell like Valu-Rite vodka.

Posted by: Jack Bauer's Evil Brother at April 24, 2009 05:39 PM (HerxO)

@4: Rum. That's the one liquor that can make me puke every time I drink it because of a bad experience I had as a kid.

I'm with you man...not only can I not stand the smell or taste of it, just somebody saying 'rum' makes me wanna puke.

Posted by: CanaDave at April 24, 2009 05:40 PM (EbsWG)

I thought caiparinhas were made with clear rum, but the ones I like are made with Cachaca, also a clear spirit made from sugercane. (Prolly about the same thing.) Anyway, I was reading about Cachaca on Wikipedia. The Brazilians consume... well, let me just quote:

Cachaça is mostly produced in Brazil, where 1.5 billion liters (396.4 million gallons) are consumed annually (roughly eight litres per head), compared with 15 million liters (3.964 million gallons) outside the country.

Eight per head! And you gotta figure they aren't letting the kiddies get drunk. I salute Brazil. Cheers.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 05:43 PM (ajXGd)

64 Where's the overnight thread? I feel like crap and want to share my misery.

Posted by: katya at April 24, 2009 05:46 PM (oRJZj)

65 Okay, so we've covered some favorite drinks. What's everybody drinking right now?

I'm working on a Guinness, and I'm about to pour a shot of Glenmorangie.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2009 05:46 PM (MlEgW)

66 I took a bottle of Tattoo (by the Captain Morgan's folks) to rehearsal a few weeks ago. We pretty much killed it straight. Seems to work with Dr. Pepper and Root Beer, too.

For some reason, Bacardi gives me headaches the next day, even when I've only had a couple o' rumuncokes in them small bar-type cocktail glasses. The tattoo was good for three anna half fingers, quaffed straight. No headache. Good times.

I know it's not Valu Rite, but it's a good substitute.

Posted by: Al Gore at April 24, 2009 05:47 PM (lWSMb)

67 If I had anything alcoholic in the house right now I would seriously drink it.

Posted by: katya at April 24, 2009 05:49 PM (oRJZj)

68 What was that line from The Big Lebowski? Oh, yeah. The dude imbibes.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 05:50 PM (ajXGd)

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Posted by: tcbevo at April 24, 2009 05:50 PM (z4daD)

70 What's wrong, katya?

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 05:50 PM (ajXGd)

@34: Grog.

I've been reading Patrick O'Brien's Jack Aubrey adventures and they're always talking about the grog. They used to drink like a quart a day of that shit then if they got drunk they'd get flogged for drunkeness...

Posted by: CanaDave at April 24, 2009 05:53 PM (EbsWG)

72 My lace wigs smells like rum ....

Posted by: Bust of Churchill at April 24, 2009 05:54 PM (JyfVU)

73 Katya

What's up? Why do you feel like crap?

Posted by: sis at April 24, 2009 05:54 PM (hm0CN)

74 #65 Hey IllTemp,

I just tossed down a new (to me) beer called "Shock Top." I figured it would be like Dogfish Head or some other 9% stuff. Turns out it was a wheat ale, almost as good as Oberon. The winter's almost over, and the summer she's comin' on strong.
That's when I love me some Oberon Ale.

BTW, if anyone likes wheat beers, Michelob's offering is a decent one, and is usually a buck cheaper per sixpack than the boutique brewery beers.

Posted by: Al Gore at April 24, 2009 05:54 PM (lWSMb)

75 I quit drinking because it lowers one's suicide risk. You guys are tempting me...

Posted by: Quint at April 24, 2009 05:56 PM (KOkrW)

Okay, so we've covered some favorite drinks. What's everybody drinking right now?

Just my standard Budweisers...King of Beers...'when you say Bud you've said it all when you say Bud you've said it all la da da da da da da da dadada'

Posted by: CanaDave at April 24, 2009 05:57 PM (EbsWG)

77 That stupid cold I had a couple weeks ago is BACK! With a vengeance! I feel like I got the PLAGUE!

Posted by: katya at April 24, 2009 05:57 PM (oRJZj)

78 OT:

CNN has a headline up "Is Obama the Superpresident"

I'm thinking yes, Sort of like Wiley E. Coyote is a supergenius.

Posted by: todler at April 24, 2009 05:57 PM (ezxOF)

CNN has a headline up "Is Obama the Superpresident"

Those boneheads make me want to drink.

Posted by: katya at April 24, 2009 05:58 PM (oRJZj)

80 OK, Katya. No other help is on the way. Spill it.

Posted by: Who Knows at April 24, 2009 06:04 PM (7FgWm)

Enjoying the 'High Life'.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at April 24, 2009 06:05 PM (OtvQO)

82 Maybe you have the new, improved swine flu, courtesy of Mexico.

Posted by: Who Knows at April 24, 2009 06:05 PM (7FgWm)

83 Damn, I was still posting as Al Gore. I don't know how Greenwald keeps his blastid sock-puppets straight. Or gay, or whatever.

Hey Quint, I gotta friend who has been dry for a few years now. Used to be in Seger's band back in the sixties. He's got a country voice that I'd love to have, even though it was crafted on hard times. He keeps it clear, and keeps it real, and is still able to sing out front. If he was still drinking, he'd be gone.

There's plenty other things to obsess about. Like quality lace wigs.

Posted by: K~Bob at April 24, 2009 06:06 PM (lWSMb)

84 I bet heaven smells like the Brown Drink: Stoli Raspberry, Guinness and Dr. Pepper. (A bartender used to serve that at "Welcome to the Johnsons" in NY.)

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at April 24, 2009 06:08 PM (sS54s)

85 what we need are lace wigs that smell like rum

Posted by: Jones at April 24, 2009 06:13 PM (KOkrW)

86 You know, being a Republican right now kinda sucks with Obambi in the White House and with RINO's crawling outta the wood work and all but compare our finest leaders and heroes to theirs. What do they have? Obama. Al Gore. Bill Clinton. John Kerry. Al Franken. Barney Frank. Joe (heh) Biden. At least we don't have to contrive our heroes.

Posted by: katya at April 24, 2009 06:14 PM (oRJZj)

87 nah- Heaven smells like pie

Posted by: Jones at April 24, 2009 06:14 PM (KOkrW)

88 So, God gave us a big raspberry. Sounds about right.

Posted by: right at April 24, 2009 06:15 PM (EquV1)

89 It feels like the same old stupid crappy cold/flu except that the cough is deeper, tighter and more echoey than usual. I figured it's just friggin' Iowa.

Posted by: katya at April 24, 2009 06:15 PM (oRJZj)

90 Of course your father smelt of elderberries.

Posted by: right at April 24, 2009 06:16 PM (EquV1)

91 A Guinness stout, followed by two or three glasses of Ketel One mixed with whatever else I could find in the liquor cabinet to mix with it.\

IOW, Friday.

Posted by: a4g at April 24, 2009 06:17 PM (6dMuW)

92 Anyone feel like having a Flaming Homer?

Posted by: K~Bob at April 24, 2009 06:17 PM (lWSMb)

Deschutes Buzzsaw Brown Ale. Pretty decent. A couple shots of Maker's Mark would be good right now, though. Feeling pretty shitty about the much ballyhooed First One Hundred Days (r) (tm). Ain't too impressed, thank you Pres'dent Camacho.

Posted by: PaleoMedic at April 24, 2009 06:19 PM (yiNoG)

I figured it's just friggin' Iowa.

You caught your cold/flu in Canada's capital, Katya? Never go there before June.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2009 06:19 PM (vulJH)

well Katya you can throw off your Republican/GOP chains and just be a conservative, or libertarian if you are so inclined- hell, be what you want

I emailed the RNC a few months ago and renounced my membership and told them to remove me from their mailing list- I know it's largely symbolic, but I had to send them some kind of 'eff you' for screwing up the 2008 election so badly, and for generally having become such a bunch of lace-wigged, pantywaisted popinjays-!

remember- the Emperor has no clothes- it can't stay a secret forever-

Posted by: Jones at April 24, 2009 06:20 PM (KOkrW)

I figured it's just friggin' Iowa.

You caught your cold/flu in Canada's capital, Katya? Never go there before June.

Oh heck, don't make me laugh. Coughing is so painful right now.

Posted by: katya at April 24, 2009 06:23 PM (oRJZj)

97 Katya, you should try something with guaifenesin. Works like a charm. Mucinex is good.

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 24, 2009 06:23 PM (ajXGd)

well Katya you can throw off your Republican/GOP chains and just be a conservative, or libertarian if you are so inclined- hell, be what you want

Actually, I don't use the "R" word much anymore. I talk about conservatives all the time now.

Posted by: katya at April 24, 2009 06:24 PM (oRJZj)

okay... so I have a question. Is fucklebunny an adjective or a noun? Could it be used as a verb?

Posted by: UofC Conservative at April 24, 2009 06:24 PM (ivwt+)

100 Yeah I think I'll get some Mucinex when I'm in town tomorrow. I think that's what I need right now. My chest is so tight it hurts. If I'm not better by Monday I think I'll go to the doctor. I'm sick of being sick.

Posted by: katya at April 24, 2009 06:25 PM (oRJZj)

101 Do the lace wigs smell like Uranus?

uranus

Posted by: Dang Straights at April 24, 2009 06:25 PM (3UnKx)

102 Posted by: Al Gore at April 24, 2009 10:54 PM (lWSMb)

I tend to stay away from the seasonals, because I'm afraid of becoming too enamored of them...and having to settle for something else when they go out of season. Plus, I'm kind of a stick-in-the-mud....

I rather like the Flying Dog Old Scratch amber when I'm in a boutique beer mood. Some of the Trader Joes ales are nice for the price. Fat Tire has an odd, funky aftertaste that makes me think that a raccoon just popped a load into a dirty gym sock.

Otherwise its the old standbys, Guinness and Newcastle, especially when they go on sale.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 24, 2009 06:27 PM (MlEgW)

103 it is hard to believe CNN actually printed these words....this is journalism in America 2009.

Is Obama the superpresident? So far, so good.

Posted by: Anti-Harkonnen Freedom Fighter at April 24, 2009 06:28 PM (5r0Tz)

104 Katya

Hope you feel better soon, being sick blows. Hope we get a night thread soon too ...

Posted by: sis at April 24, 2009 06:30 PM (hm0CN)

105

Sorry, katya. 8^(

I hope you recover soon. (Goodnight, folks.)

Posted by: andycanuck at April 24, 2009 06:33 PM (vulJH)

106 Hey A-Hark,

CNN will really feel chagrin when they discover where Slurm comes from.

Posted by: K~Bob at April 24, 2009 06:34 PM (lWSMb)

107 Overnight thread just went up.

Posted by: sis at April 24, 2009 06:36 PM (hm0CN)

108 Sorry to hijack the thread really quick, don't know if these have been mentioned yet.

The "United Nations Torture Envoy" is claiming Obama and the US are legally required to prosecute both the CIA members who waterboarded terrorists, as well as the lawyers that said it was perfectly legal. I really hope this doesn't happen, but we know how important the UN is to Mr. President these days.

http://tinyurl.com/dmpsfc

Also, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is appointing NSA Director and Gen. Keith Alexander to head of the Pentagon Cyber Command, likely raising him from a 3-star to 4-star general. This will also leave the NSA's director position open...anybody see where this is likely to go?

http://tinyurl.com/cevrfg

And I see the wig guy is back. Good, I may need one to wipe the current government bullshit off my shoes.

Posted by: Ack at April 24, 2009 06:39 PM (Pdl+z)

109 Drugs are kicking in. Talk to y'all tomorrow.

Posted by: katya at April 24, 2009 07:05 PM (oRJZj)

110 As a life-long science fiction reader, fan and (unpublished) writer, I am kind of miffed that the universe doesn't small like lite beer. That's the influence of my best paintings. So I've heard.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 24, 2009 07:25 PM (K5RTP)

111

Some astronauts on the ISS report that space smells like fried steak and hot metal. So now we got fried steak, hot metal and rum. it sounds like I need to get into the space program.

http://tinyurl.com/5d3nw9

Posted by: Roman Moroni at April 24, 2009 08:20 PM (7FgWm)

112

Try Shock Top with an orange wedge. Outstanding!

Posted by: Roman Moroni at April 24, 2009 08:22 PM (7FgWm)

113 Free rum extract for the taking? In interstellar quantities? We cannot get a space program going fast enough... then help out the folks looking at a warp drive. The first will get a space industry, the second will get us a huge space industry. Soon it will be interestellar rum wars...

Posted by: ajacksonian at April 25, 2009 01:22 AM (oy1lQ)

114 I didn't even know Valu-Rite made rum!

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at April 25, 2009 02:45 AM (R7LgM)

115

I like hot grog when I have a cold.

I prefer Mount Gay when I have a rum drink at the bar, but the only rum I keep at home is 151.

I am still looking for a place that can mix a Monte-Sano for me. A college buddy introduced me to that one.

Posted by: blackrockmarauder at April 25, 2009 04:54 AM (GvgvT)

116

CNN has a headline up "Is Obama the Superpresident"

This is something a pimple faced teenage Hussein sycophant would write. CNN is an absolute joke; millions of people have lost their jobs and continue to do so, CAs unemployment is over 2 million, the taliban laugh in the Dimwitted Ones face and call him a lunatic, the Mad Mullahs and Ahmadinejad mock him, Kim Jong Il laughs and fires missiles, the British press [and politicians] have been mocking this unsophisticated arrogant schmuck, the DOW is approx half of what it was during its highest point in the Bush years, theres a war on our southern border that the Dimwitted One is ignoring but hes a superpresident.

Tabloids are far more reputable and have much higher journalistic standards than CNN.

Posted by: The Great Satan� at April 25, 2009 07:10 AM (OP845)

117

anybody see where this is likely to go?

Calling Mr. Bill Ayers. Calling Mr. Bill Ayers. Your appointment is ready.

And Cockspur rules!

Posted by: andycanuck at April 25, 2009 07:34 AM (vulJH)

118 (BTW, Cockspur is a rum.)

Posted by: andycanuck at April 25, 2009 07:35 AM (vulJH)

119 Another how to survive Obama's Recession Tip

A while ago some Moron posted a recipe for making cheap wine. It worked out pretty well, about 14% alcohol, but I figure it still cost about $6.00 per gallon. Still more expensive then Val-u-Rite. Then I thought to myself, 'Self, wtf do we use the grape juice for? Flavor?? We can get that from a 10 cent pack of kool-aid".

So I tried making sugar wine. Morons, you can get lit for about $1.00 a gallon!

3 1/2 cups of cheap sugar
1 packet of baker's yeast
1 balloon
one rubber band
1 1-gallon jug
2 packets of your favorite Kool-Aid

Bring the water to a boil, turn off the flame and then add the sugar. Stir well. Once it cools a little pour it into your jug and put the lid on.

Hydrate your yeast by putting it in a small bowl adding a few ounces of water and a few tablespoons of water. When it gets really foamy your jug should have cooled down to below 100 degree Fahrenheit.(just in case some Canadian Moron is reading this). Shake the jug of water vigorously for a few minutes. This adds oxygen to the mix.

Pour in the foamy yeast. Cap and shake again. Remove the cap and put the balloon over the top of the jug and secure with the rubber band.. Put a few small pin holes in the balloon. Put in a nice warm corner and let it do it's thing until the balloon deflates. Cap and put into the frig and let the shit settle. Siphon off the wine above the dregs in the bottom into a new bottle and add your Kool Aid of Choice.

It's not the best tasting, but you can a few people pretty toasted for a Washington. And _no_ taxes to Washington!!

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at April 25, 2009 08:08 AM (9a0Sp)

120 should have been " a few tablespoons of sugar"

Posted by: Quilly Mammoth at April 25, 2009 08:10 AM (9a0Sp)

121 Why is the rum always gone? 'cause that scrawny-ass ~~cun~~ woman Elizabeth Swann set it on fire?

Posted by: I R A Darth Aggie at April 25, 2009 01:05 PM (1hM1d)

122 116 CNN has a headline up "Is Obama the Superpresident" Is CNN the Superexample of deranged, whacked out and out of control Leftist Media?

Posted by: CoolCzech at April 25, 2009 02:20 PM (iafWn)

123 @115: Did somebody say, "mount gay?"

Posted by: Barney Frank at April 25, 2009 02:22 PM (iafWn)

124 WHERE IN THE GALAXEY IS THE JUPITER 2?

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at April 26, 2009 10:01 AM (gdLZy)

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