Cold Ale - The Blokes' Thread!

[prendrelemick]

Atheist did you watch the cricket? A certain team in South Africa are not playing with a straight bat. Some might say that gouging the ball with your fingernails and tramping it into the ground with spiky shoes is a mite questionable. Not Me ! We have long experience of the English sense of fair play. Clearly the match is being played under umpire, sorry I mean empire rules. Come on you greens.

Disgraceful display! You'd think after trampling and gouging the ball they'd manage to get a few wickets.

[prendrelemick]

OK I can breath now,

I bet Graeme Smith never want to see another Onion as long as he lives

[gbrekken]

EDIT: Speaking of which; I know that I'm a wee bit late in the game and that this has more than likely been discussed to death, but what do you lot like to drink? Which brew is your poison?[/QUOTE]

No such thing as discussing to death our favorite liquids. My personal favorite is the one in hand. Being under a beer budget with a taste for the one of Scotland's best inventions/creations/concoctions, I drink what I can afford, or whatever someone else/wherever it happens, provides.

We don't always limit discussions to liquids. A while back some architecture/atmospheres (even some females provide welcome input/output)/magnetic things came into play.

Welcome aboard/abroad. Pogonip this morning-hoarfrost is pretty!!

P>S> I'm more into curling than cricket, especially since s0-called winter olympics are on the horizen

[jocky]

OK I can breath now,

I bet Graeme Smith never want to see another Onion as long as he lives

You couldn't make it up could you ? England saved by Onions and a Swan. I can honestly say that brought a tear to my eye.

[jocky]

Being under a beer budget with a taste for the one of Scotland's best inventions/creations/concoctions, I drink what I can afford, or whatever someone else/wherever it happens, provides.

Spoken like a true Scotsman, arise Macgbrekken.

[The Atheist]

Atheist did you watch the cricket? A certain team in South Africa are not playing with a straight bat. Some might say that gouging the ball with your fingernails and tramping it into the ground with spiky shoes is a mite questionable. Not Me ! We have long experience of the English sense of fair play. Clearly the match is being played under umpire, sorry I mean empire rules. Come on you greens.

I didn't watch it, but did keep up on the live play on the internet. Amazing result.

Has there been a nuclear war which killed everybody from the cold ale thread ? Or has Jocky done something terribly wrong, again ? Send your answers on a postcard, addressed to Sweeney Among The Nightingales.

I've been too busy soaking up the sun.

Raining today for the first time in weeks.

Sod the farmers and their grass!

OK I can breath now,

I bet Graeme Smith never want to see another Onion as long as he lives

Haha! I'll bet beer consumption went up by about 1000% during the last few hours of that game!

[gbrekken]

I actually think Jocky is one of my brothers. I don't know where to put him amongst the eight older ones I had, but I assure you he is there somewhere. Let us all hope Atheist gets sun burned in the afternoon, and watches the southern lights after dark. I know where the northern magnetic pole has migrated to, but not the southern. Any help on the thread in that regard?

[soundofmusic]

I've been too busy soaking up the sun.

Enjoy yourself, and know that poor old sounds is freezing her buns off in sunny florida

[Molpadia]

No such thing as discussing to death our favorite liquids. My personal favorite is the one in hand. Being under a beer budget with a taste for the one of Scotland's best inventions/creations/concoctions, I drink what I can afford, or whatever someone else/wherever it happens, provides.

I'm not particularly picky with brews, so long as they're hearty and well put-together. I consider myself pretty open-minded in the realm of fizzy alcoholic liquids (excluding wine coolers and the like). That said, right now my affinities are leaning toward Old Speckled Hen, Golden Monkey, and Long Trail Unfiltered IPA.

And thanks for all the warm welcomes, everyone!

[prendrelemick]

It's well documented that I partake of the odd Newcastle Brown of an evening. Other than that I'll take whatever poisen comes my way. Old Speckled Hen is not a bad drop when you can get it.

SOUNDS: Tell us menfolk, what exactly are your "Buns" and why do you freeze them off? Are they like verrucas?

[jocky]

I know where the northern magnetic pole has migrated to, but not the southern. Any help on the thread in that regard?

The West Highlands of Scotland. We can now boast the most beautiful scenery in the world and the new location for the South Pole. Brrrrr I'm freezing.

[The Atheist]

I actually think Jocky is one of my brothers. I don't know where to put him amongst the eight older ones I had, but I assure you he is there somewhere. Let us all hope Atheist gets sun burned in the afternoon, and watches the southern lights after dark. I know where the northern magnetic pole has migrated to, but not the southern. Any help on the thread in that regard?

The southern one moved to Pluto.

Having been left with the ozone hole over the most inhospitable place on earth readied it completely for the move.

Enjoy yourself, and know that poor old sounds is freezing her buns off in sunny florida

Cold in Florida?

(I hear even the manatee are dying!)

(excluding wine coolers and the like).

You know, I used to be married to a woman once who drank that stuff.

Even though I'd seen her puking her guts in an alcoholic haze brought on by consumption of several litres of that gunge, I still married her!

Ah, the joys of irregular hormones.

SOUNDS: Tell us menfolk, what exactly are your "Buns" and why do you freeze them off? Are they like verrucas?

Good point, I've always been interested in the etymology of that one.

I'm not sure whether it's a deliberate euphemism for "bum", or some other bit. The thought of bunions hadn't crossed my mind. Do they get worse in cold weather? They lk bad enough any old time.

[jocky]

Enjoy yourself, and know that poor old sounds is freezing her buns off in sunny florida

I note, with some interest, that some of the fellows are getting into a lather over the semantics of "buns". It is time to apply some good Scottish common sense to the problem and Jocky is just the man to do it. Here are the dictionary defenitions of the noun buns:

1. A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced and sometimes containing dried fruit.

2. A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

There is, of course, a slang term but I am sure Soundo would never stoop to discussing her keister on the blokes thread. I hope this has cleared the matter up once and for all.

[gbrekken]

just as hot water freezes more quickly than cold, so it is with buns?

[prendrelemick]

I would never snub buns.