Bakestar wrote:

dajafi wrote:Why is there a brand of butter called "Hotel Bar"? There's nothing either logical or particularly positive about that association, hotel bars being at best neutral places by and large.

I've wondered about Chock Full o' Nuts coffee, too. I could see if it was infused with hazelnut flavoring, but as near as I can tell it's just regular ol' coffee.

Maybe there's an X-rated origin to the name...

A coffee bean is neither a nut nor a pea, but it does make you pee, which can be nuts. Discuss

And hotel bar butter is about it's "bar" shape, not its use in hotel bars. When was the last time you buttered something - literally of course - in a bar of any kind, let alone a hotel bar.

The master of peculiar product names & their often more peculiar marketing is Macarthur genius prizewinner Ben Katchor, in his guise as Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer.

Doesn't that belong in the politics thread?

I found this funny

jeff2sf wrote:

laf837 wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:

laf837 wrote:I had a $36.23 12oz WaWa coffee today.
Thank you Gestapo meter maid $#@! princeton parking douche tough guy prick.
You know, figure out another way other than screwing people to fill your $#@! coffers.

Or, you could have put a quarter in the meter.

I was there a grand total of 2 minutes and the meter was not expired when I went in. Talk to me when you move out of sticksville, hickboy. Not in the mood.

You mean the wawa right next to princeton train station? I had no idea they were serious with those meters. I thought that was just sort of a big joke. Wow, and a 35 dollar ticket? yikes.

Yep, that's the one. Can't help business. I'm not stopping there again for awhile.

Wizlah wrote:

Bakestar wrote:Wizlah, I feel like something went bad between us somewhere down the line, are we still cool or what?

Nah boss, yer grand. I'm cool with everyone. Except TV. His spineless collaborating will drag us all into orange, black and blue hell.

(Seriously, it's just that I don't post too regular right now. I think I need more fibre in my diet).

I'm not taking anyone's side. I'm just saying that you can save yourself a lot of trouble by putting a quarter in the meter.

TenuredVulture wrote:

Wizlah wrote:

Bakestar wrote:Wizlah, I feel like something went bad between us somewhere down the line, are we still cool or what?

Nah boss, yer grand. I'm cool with everyone. Except TV. His spineless collaborating will drag us all into orange, black and blue hell.

(Seriously, it's just that I don't post too regular right now. I think I need more fibre in my diet).

I'm not taking anyone's side. I'm just saying that you can save yourself a lot of trouble by putting a quarter in the meter.

I'm not talking about that, filthy mets sympathiser.

so i'm watching formula 51, since i'm a sucker for sam jackson in a kilt, and i must say, the skinheads are pretty freaking hot.

kruker wrote:My Phillies calendar trivia question was wrong today (confused Robin Roberts' # with Jim Bunning's #). Now I feel like I have to double check all their answers.

About a month ago, my instant oatmeal trivia question was wrong.
Question: Who holds the record for career homeruns?
Answer: Hank Aaron

Me: Um....how old is this oatmeal? At least it didn't say Babe Ruth.

A week later, I got the question again. Still wrong.

You honestly think Wilford Brimley is down with steroids, and hip hop

Billy Packer is being an epic ass on Outside the Lines right now

drsmooth wrote:And hotel bar butter is about it's "bar" shape, not its use in hotel bars. When was the last time you buttered something - literally of course - in a bar of any kind, let alone a hotel bar.

Even with the "literally" qualifier, I have to officially reply...

No comment.

Grotewold wrote:You honestly think Wilford Brimley is down with steroids, and hip hop

Isn't insulin a steroid?

diabeetus

So my wife works in a mental institution, and one of the women who just left her unit was just arrested for stabbing her boyfriend's grandmother to death, then burning the body.

not ready for prime time

Wizlah wrote:

Bakestar wrote:Wizlah, I feel like something went bad between us somewhere down the line, are we still cool or what?

Nah boss, yer grand. I'm cool with everyone. Except TV. His spineless collaborating will drag us all into orange, black and blue hell.

(Seriously, it's just that I don't post too regular right now. I think I need more fibre in my diet).

NICE, I'm pretty psyched and just high-fived your avatar.

I think it would be fun to do an on-line whiskey tasting or something like that. We all buy a bunch of single malts and small batch bourbons, taste them, and compare notes. The only barrier I can see is cost--if it weren't for geography, we call all bring a bottle or two of something, pass and taste, and it would be about $50 a person. But to do it on-line, where we each have to buy all the whiskey we'd taste could easily run $300 or so. On the plus side, you'd have a lot of leftover whiskey, and it's not like it goes bad.

And if we throw in some less costly brands--we'd have to include Evan Williams for instance, it might be a little cheaper.

TenuredVulture wrote:I think it would be fun to do an on-line whiskey tasting or something like that. We all buy a bunch of single malts and small batch bourbons, taste them, and compare notes. The only barrier I can see is cost--if it weren't for geography, we call all bring a bottle or two of something, pass and taste, and it would be about $50 a person. But to do it on-line, where we each have to buy all the whiskey we'd taste could easily run $300 or so. On the plus side, you'd have a lot of leftover whiskey, and it's not like it goes bad.

And if we throw in some less costly brands--we'd have to include Evan Williams for instance, it might be a little cheaper.

More Giants-fan bonding, I see.

dajafi wrote:

TenuredVulture wrote:I think it would be fun to do an on-line whiskey tasting or something like that. We all buy a bunch of single malts and small batch bourbons, taste them, and compare notes. The only barrier I can see is cost--if it weren't for geography, we call all bring a bottle or two of something, pass and taste, and it would be about $50 a person. But to do it on-line, where we each have to buy all the whiskey we'd taste could easily run $300 or so. On the plus side, you'd have a lot of leftover whiskey, and it's not like it goes bad.

And if we throw in some less costly brands--we'd have to include Evan Williams for instance, it might be a little cheaper.

More Giants-fan bonding, I see.

Because TV and I are the only two people on this board who like whiskey.

The Dude wrote:So my wife works in a mental institution, and one of the women who just left her unit was just arrested for stabbing her boyfriend's grandmother to death, then burning the body.