Let's Reopen Old Wounds!

[Noj]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

DM is a "soulful black cat," indeed.

i got in a fight with a young woman...a short dumpy mama (not white) in the bad sense at a party last weekend when she asked me what i was drinking and i said "a 40" and she said "a 40 of what?" and i said "olde english" and she said "yeah, white people like to drink that" and i was like "no they don't" and she was like "yes they do" and i was like "well i disagree and i am not white, anyway" and she said "you're not? what are you?" and i said "jewish" and she said "then you're white" and then i said "i disagree with everything you are saying" and she said "i'm going to blog about this" and i was about to flip out but my friend who's birthday it was asked me to keep calm so i did, though i did seethe silently for the rest of the night. white people do not like 40s and the only reason i bought olde english was that it was the only brand of malt liquor the nearest bodega offered. but any party (mostly white, generally) i go to, a 40 will get stupid comments like "oh i haven't seen that since college" like it is crazy i would prefer the sweeter and MUCH more economical 40 or two of malt liquor to some sort of cheesy and bitter six pack of "lager" or "ale" when purchasing by booze of choice for the night.

Er - two questions.

What's a "40"?

What's "Olde English"? - not marmalade, I suspect. Nor the language pre-Shakespeare, I guess.

MG

[Noj]

Olde English, 40oz. Malt Liquor.

[Jim Alfredson]

[Christiern]

The trailer park crowd's champagne, I believe.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Olde English, 40oz. Malt Liquor.

Thank you, young sir.

40 oz is, I think, two pints.

Malt liquor is something like whiskey.

Good gawd! I think I drank a pint of gin at a party once, when I was a teenager.

MG

[Noj]

Damn, Billy Dee was one smooth operator. Stocks the fridge with Colt 45 for the ladies, classy.

[Jim Alfredson]

[Noj]

It's not whiskey, MG. It's beer, and not good beer.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

It's not whiskey, MG. It's beer, and not good beer.

Oh, right.

And I suppose that's why it's so deprecated in the coikles in which DM moves?

(I did think the "Thriller"-style ad was good though.)

MG

[analogak]

i think beer is gross. also sort of dorky (ie sort of suburban guy in blue jeans). i daresay billy dee never saddled up to the bar and asked for a "heifenweizen" or a "stella artois" or a "nut brown oatmeal stout" or any of that guff. malt liquor is cheaper and tastes better. there are malt liquor experts throughout the country with a burning passion for that sweet and less carbonated than beer taste who ship each other their regional selections packed in dry ice. get in touch with these guys and a world of artful and clever labels, great names like "midnight dragon" and "night flight" and some mindblowing flavors like sour apple malt liquor and kiwi strawberry malt liquor, neither of which i deign to try ever again, awaits you, MG.

[Aggie87]

i think beer is gross. also sort of dorky (ie sort of suburban guy in blue jeans). i daresay billy dee never saddled up to the bar and asked for a "heifenweizen" or a "stella artois" or a "nut brown oatmeal stout" or any of that guff. malt liquor is cheaper andtastes better.

I'd say that's an opinion I don't share. I'd take a hefeweizen or an english ale any day of the week over a malt liquor. Much more art has gone into the creation of real beers than any mass produced malt liquor (or mass produced american "beer" too).

But then again, maybe I'm one of the dorks you're talking about.

[Free For All]

i think beer is gross. also sort of dorky (ie sort of suburban guy in blue jeans). i daresay billy dee never saddled up to the bar and asked for a "heifenweizen" or a "stella artois" or a "nut brown oatmeal stout" or any of that guff. malt liquor is cheaper andtastes better.

I'd say that's an opinion I don't share. I'd take a hefeweizen or an english ale any day of the week over a malt liquor. Much more art has gone into the creation of real beers than any mass produced malt liquor (or mass produced american "beer" too).

But then again, maybe I'm one of the dorks you're talking about.

That's OK, Agg. I'm a double dork- I also was in my high school jazz band. Cheers!

[analogak]

bass is the worst. i would never drink it. their ads have been deplorably annoying with that ruddy chubby guy talking about the red triangle. well that ad was like five years ago but it still angers me.

[Chuck Nessa]

Now I understand the "dumpy" part.

[analogak]

FFA, you seem to take offense! i am a dork too. i am an ivy leaguer. i didn't go there on a football scholarship. no sir. i maxxxed this brain (and was a legacy). then again i have avoided wearing blue jeans since high school. blue jeans and beer are equally bad in my book. i deign to say billy dee never wore blue jeans.

[Dan Gould]

I'd drink the worst beer on the planet - say, Ole Milwaukee Piss Water - before I'd ever touch malt liquor. That shit is nasty.

[Free For All]

i deign to say billy dee never wore blue jeans.

I deign to agree.

[JSngry]

I deign say that there was Colt 45 before Billy Dee, and I remember it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naslIwDvgkM&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLgr3NANe64

[JSngry]

And then we transitioned:

[JSngry]

DM is a "soulful black cat," indeed.

[Christiern]

I used to run into Billy Dee in the laundry room, when he lived in my building. He wore jeans.

Sorry to disappoint

[Big Al]

Damn, now this thread is making me thirsty. Time for a beer!

[Chuck Nessa]

Have a Colt 45!

[Aggie87]

That's OK, Agg. I'm a double dork- I also was in my high school jazz band. Cheers!

I'll take your company any day of the week, bro!

(plus, I was first seat trumpet in my high school band, but don't tell anyone!)