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I don’t drink beer. I don’t like the way it smells, and I can’t even imagine how it must taste. But I must say, these are some really creative ways to get to it.


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  1. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Some of the most creative videos in the history of mankind are beer videos.

  2. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    This little refrain, might help me explain.

  3. Hamous Avatar

    As a matter of fact, I like beer.

  4. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    It helps me unwind

  5. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Beer is proof that there is a God and that HE loves us very much
    -Benjamin Franklin

  6. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    I’m with Tedtam. Raised in Wisconsin where breweries large and small were everywhere, and I don’t drink beer. Can’t abide the taste of any of them.
    If a selection could be made on the basis of clever advertising, I’d choose Hamm’s Beer out of Minnesota. If it’s still made. From the land of sky blue waters with cute bears as spokesfolks. Wouldn’t work today with all the insane pseudo pc strictures on any hint of taking the slightest cultural snippet of Native Americans for commercial purposes if you aren’t a Native American. Actually these days Hiawatha, Nokomis, or Minnehaha couldn’t get away with it either. But only 1/64 Indian, in like Senator Pocahontas.

  7. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Some of the best videos were immediately preceded by “Hold my beer and watch this.”

  8. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #7 hamous
    From the comments:

    The guy using this to make money applauding the guy using it to avoid scandals.

  9. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    Guten morgen, Hamsterville! Ich bin ein Erwarmung Unglaubiger.

  10. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Russia tells the U.S. that a dangerous terrorist is in the U.S. and our government yawns and says its investigation shows he’s no danger. Thereafter, he blows up the Boston Marathon.
    The U.S. tells Russia that it has guy who has endangered global security. Russia responds, “bite me.”

  11. Hamous Avatar

    I’ve been banned from commenting on HR Huffingtonstuff.

  12. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Yutes in Fla flash mob a mall, violence ensues.
    Notice any trait(s) that seem to be held by all the miscreants in the video?

  13. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #12 hamous
    hater

  14. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #12: Well DUH, you insist on spewing racist, right wing propaganda also known as the unvarnished truth, therefore they have to ban you. Truth to a liberal is like sunshine to a vampire.

  15. squawkbox Avatar

    Hamous

    As a matter of fact, I like beer.

    Weeeellllll if you consider this beer. Oh look a mobile brewery.

  16. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Aaron Hernandez handcuffed and taken into custody. To all those yahoos who rip the Texans for not taking players with questionable character, this is why.

  17. Tedtam Avatar

    Those silly Lutherans are acting out again.
    I think they need a long time out in the corner.

  18. Katfish Avatar

    #13 – ummmmmmmmmmmmmm didn’t notice any sunburns
    *ducks and runnin zig zag pattern*

  19. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #18: I hope that the victims in the south rise up and utterly defeat the animals in the north. They should be treated as King Saul was ordered to treat the Amalekites.

  20. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Here’s a toast to those of us here who have lived long enough to remember these:

  21. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Weiner firms up his position and thrusts into the lead in the NYC Mayoral race. The campaign has erected a significant margin and may result in Weiner penetrating the Mayors office.

  22. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    I saw this on FB, liked it, and knowing that many Hamsters don’t do FB, I am posting the story here…
    Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room.
    One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs.
    His bed was next to the room’s only window.
    The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back.
    The men talked for hours on end.
    They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation..
    Every afternoon, when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by
    describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.
    The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.
    The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake.
    Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.
    As the man by the window described all this in exquisite details, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine this picturesque scene.
    One warm afternoon, the man by the window described a parade passing by.
    Although the other man could not hear the band – he could see it in his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words.
    Days, weeks and months passed.
    One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep.
    She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the body away.
    As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.
    Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside.
    He strained to slowly turn to look out the window besides the bed.
    It faced a blank wall.
    The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.
    The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall.
    She said, ‘Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.’
    Epilogue:
    There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own situations.
    Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled.
    If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money can’t buy.
    ‘Today is a gift, that is why it is called The Present .’

  23. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Cyberbullies get smacked in Sweden. I detest bullies of any stripe; I really enjoy it when a single or group of bullies gets the just punishment for such poor behavior

  24. Sarge Avatar

    23 Bonecrusher says:
    June 26, 2013 at 10:23 am
    Weiner firms up his position and thrusts into the lead in the NYC Mayoral race. The campaign has erected a significant margin and may result in Weiner penetrating the Mayors office.

    While it does seem that he has things well in hand, it may turn out to be a fantasy. What issues will the final thrust of the election be based on is the question. This may be a case of peaking too early and he may end up thinking its over before the other participants do, leaving them wondering if that’s all there is.
    So the question is, does he have the stamina?

  25. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    So the question is, does he have the stamina?

    My question is, doesn’t gravitas count for anything any more?

  26. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #24 mharper42, I saw that also, very good. Oh, and I figured that the guy was blind early on.

  27. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    #23 #26 😀

  28. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    My question is, doesn’t gravitas count for anything any more?

    Not if you’re a pervy Democrat.

  29. Sarge Avatar

    A Chevy dealership that had been in bidness since 1946 closed its doors in 1996. The owner apparently was stuck with a lot of inventory that didn’t sell. Its being auctioned off in September. Here’s the list of what’s for sale. Of special note will be the “mileage” column. If you want to have some fun, scan that column first.
    Apparently, Chevy pickups were never that popular in Pierce, Nebraska.
    Story with pics and video here.

  30. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #21 Texpat
    Thanks. That was as cute as I recall it. 🙂

  31. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Dreamy McMocha sez you people are a buncha flat-earthers.
    I guess the running off to play golf thing wasn’t working to distract anyone from the scandals any more.
    To paraphrase Glenn Reynolds: I’ll believe that AGW is a really serious problem that must be solved when the people who are telling me that it’s a really serious problem that must be solved start acting like it’s a really serious problem that must be solved.

  32. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #31 Sarge
    **drool**

  33. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    31
    Three Corvairs with no mileage? They ought to bring a pretty penny!
    Not to mention the low miles Studebakers.

  34. Sarge Avatar

    35 Shannon says:
    June 26, 2013 at 12:21 pm
    31
    Three Corvairs with no mileage? They ought to bring a pretty penny!
    Not to mention the low miles Studebakers.

    Actually, I think there are two more deep in the list.
    A 1958 Cameo pick up with 1 mile on it (and the floor mats still wrapped and behind the seat), a 64 Chevy pick up with 8 miles on it, a 58 Ford Ranch Wagon with 23K, there’s even two ’70s vintage Vegas with less than 20 miles on them. How much is even a POS car like the Vega worth if it’s 40 years old with 4 miles on it?
    Even the “high milage” cars on that list have relatively low mileage on them for the vintages. There’s only a handfull that approach 100K, and most of them are under 60K.
    And that doesn’t count the furnishings and OEM NOS parts and customizing stuff that’s in the building. Then there’s the catalogs, manuals, and advertising. We’re talking a take on this somewhere in the range of the GDP of a third world nation.
    There’s a freaking ’29 Durant in there with 49K on the odometer.

  35. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Prosecutors admit that the former girlfriend of the kid who would look like bronco’s son if he were still alive and bronco actually had a son lied under oath.

  36. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Keep in mind your transport costs from The Middle Of Nowhere Nebraska.

  37. Hamous Avatar

    The murder case against half-Latino neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman was dealt a devastating blow Tuesday

    Is “half-Latino” asame as “white-Hispanic”?

  38. Sarge Avatar

    39 Shannon says:
    June 26, 2013 at 1:14 pm
    Keep in mind your transport costs from The Middle Of Nowhere Nebraska.

    Pshhhaw–
    A quick oil change, lube, new tires and a tank of gas and you could drive your Corvair with 20 miles on it to Flardar from Nebraska and it would still be worth a kajillion dollars.

  39. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    40 Hamous
    At this point in time, I wonder if the fact that a witness is a known liar even matters to the average juror you pull in off the street.

  40. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    A truck stuck in Pierce, NE looking for a load might actually haul it for free for ya.
    🙂

  41. Tedtam Avatar

    I can’t imagine this being sold or advertised these days.
    Someone would go to jail!

  42. Tedtam Avatar

    WARNING! If SCOTUS finds this, all heck could break loose!
    I had no idea there were special “homosexual” facilities.

  43. Sarge Avatar

    Sen. Marco Rubio took to the floor of the U.S. Senate Wednesday afternoon, to address concerns that have arisen from some grassroots conservatives over his support of immigration reform.
    “I have received numerous emails and calls from conservatives and tea party activists,” he said at the beginning of his remarks.
    “To hear the worry, anxiety, and growing anger in the voices of so many people who helped me get elected to the Senate, who I agree with on virtually every other issue, has been a real trial for me,” he confessed.

    Lemme ‘splain it to you Marco.
    What you did was roughly analgous to telling people you are a Christian, then telling other folks that you believe Paul and Peter were complete frauds. I mean, you agree with us on all the rest of it, right? Why should anybody be upset?

  44. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #39: Backhauls are coveted up there. There are lots of trucks going up to the Baaken Shale play loaded and some are coming back empty, others hauling hay or shudder crushed cars.

  45. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    The wild cheering from the same sex marriage group over the DOMA ruling shows many think same sex marriage has been declared constitutional. No such thing. It only deals with those who were married in states that legalized ssm are eligible for the same federal tax treatment as are hetero married couples. Likewise the finding that California’s Prop 8 passage affirming marriage between one man and one woman was not valid only applies to California and not to the other states. The celebrating is way premature.
    As for Texas, things will be really sticky for any group trying to declare that our limitation of marriage to one man and one woman is unconstitutional. It is part of the Texas constitution thanks to Texans voting overwhelmingly to amend our constitution declaring that to be the case.

  46. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    #49 Sarge
    Sadly, Marco continues to self-destruct in the most public way. He’s melting, melting with the help of the rest of the Gang of 8.

  47. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    Apparently, the kid who looks like bronco’s would-be young male he-child thought hamous was following him at one point.

  48. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #50 Homer: Have you read some of the commentary? There are people out there who boldly proclaim that they should take Z out and shoot him now. Balsak OJugEars has done wonders for race relations, hasn’t he?
    /spits

  49. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    It must be approaching 100 degrees. I am seeing Brahman cattle seeking shade for the first time this year.
    Wussy Euro-breeds have been standing in the ponds for a month.

  50. Sarge Avatar

    52 Shannon says:
    June 26, 2013 at 4:36 pm
    It must be approaching 100 degrees. I am seeing Brahman cattle seeking shade for the first time this year.
    Wussy Euro-breeds have been standing in the ponds for a month.

    Pshhaw again.
    I laugh at the heat.

  51. mharper42 Avatar
    mharper42

    #45 TT
    OMG, took me back to seeing Reefer Madness as a comedy showing on the UT Austin campus.
    🙂

  52. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    It must be approaching 100 degrees. I am seeing Brahman cattle seeking shade for the first time this year.
    Wussy Euro-breeds have been standing in the ponds for a month.

    Yup, ain’t it the truth! 😀

  53. Sarge Avatar

    You’ve seen the picture a thousand times before, but take a second look at it.

  54. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    58
    Is that a bloody handprint?

  55. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    60
    Thanks.
    I like the concept. Maybe it will catch on.
    It will need to go viral for the low information voters to be curious.

  56. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #59: I would have answered your question, but I had to cut the grass. I started at 1945 and just finished, water is flowing on the lawn now. It is a tad on the warm side out there, hot enough to make new yankees melt into a wimpering mass of sweat, lies and astonished disbelief.

  57. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I didn’t have to mow this week.
    The State made our landlord install water meters and he is now charging for water.
    And we refuse to pay him for the privilege of watering his weeds for him.
    So the lawn is turning from green to gray. I’m sure it will be brown by mid-July and straight blackland by August.
    Oh well, I hate mowing anyway.

  58. squawkbox Avatar

    Wow whodduh thunk bunsonburner got a job as a living, walking talking petri dish.

  59. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    #64: Chewbacca in retirement.

  60. wagonburner Avatar
    wagonburner

    #64 squack
    Check back mid-morning…

  61. TexMo Avatar
    TexMo

    Hamous I went to your Chron link and read the story. I then did something I have not done in quite some time… I read the comments. I was actually rather surprised at the number of left leaning comments. I was also surprised at how many left leaning comments received a “thumbs up” while the right leaning comments received a “thumbs down”.
    I use to check out chron.com on a daily basis until 2 or 3 years ago. Eventhough the articles were slanted left, the comments generally leaned right. It seems the chron has been completely abandoned by the right now. If you want a good barometer of what the left “feels”, read the chron and the comments.
    The cavalier and flippant comments pertaining to abortion from the left turn my stomach. We should all call our reps and let them know we support them.
    Oh, and Hamous I did see your comment in there at the 7:32 pm mark.

  62. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    64
    I would consider waxing with that fur.

  63. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    If I had that fur, I would have to move to Alaska.

  64. squawkbox Avatar

    #64 squack
    Check back mid-morning…

    Save it cause I am outta here for the next 5 days.

  65. Hamous Avatar

    TexMo – Yup, “progressives” are definitely the dominant species at chron.com, and they love them some thumbs down buttons. I like poking ’em periodically.

  66. Tedtam Avatar

    I found a use for Channel 8 (PBS). There’s an interesting documentary on tornadoes.

  67. Tedtam Avatar

    …and I haven’t heard the dreaded MMGW statement.

  68. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    #40;

    Is “half-Latino” asame as “white-Hispanic”?

    Just call him white galleta.

  69. Darren Avatar
    Darren

    Salt Lake City —
    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released the following statement today regarding the decisions announced by the United States Supreme Court on cases involving marriage:
    “By ruling that supporters of Proposition 8 lacked standing to bring this case to court, the Supreme Court has highlighted troubling questions about how our democratic and judicial system operates. Many Californians will wonder if there is something fundamentally wrong when their government will not defend or protect a popular vote that reflects the views of a majority of their citizens.
    “In addition, the effect of the ruling is to raise further complex jurisdictional issues that will need to be resolved.
    “Regardless of the court decision, the Church remains irrevocably committed to strengthening traditional marriage between a man and a woman, which for thousands of years has proven to be the best environment for nurturing children. Notably, the court decision does not change the definition of marriage in nearly three-fourths of the states.”

    A long long long road ahead.
    Church Responds to Supreme Court Marriage Rulings

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