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Mothermeatloaf's "Drinking Away Memorial Day " Write-Off...May 29 '05 (Updated Aug 07 '05) Write an essay on this topic.
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The Bottom Line If you're under 21, please turn away, unless you have some darn good fake ID!
...otherwise known as Mothermeatloaf's DAMneD W/O! To join, simply indicate your participation in the title of your review, then either 1) leave the link to your offering in the comment section of this review, or 2) email me at either mothermeatloaf@yahoo.com or hoagie303@aol.com with the link and info! Lastly, leave a link to the original post at the end of your submission. I don't believe a deadline is appropriate in the recreation section, so I'll post links to participants' offerings if/as they're submitted. The W/O is open to everyone. And remember: I'll be accepting entries through July 2017, so no late is too late to join! CRASHING THIS WRITE-OFF IS STRICTLY ENCOURAGED! LOL Ready to crack open a cold one? This w/o may be approached by one of three paths: beer, wine, or spirits. Pick your poison and press onward, drunken soldier! Selection? I will be answering the following questions from the perspective of a beer drinker. 1. What beers/wines/spirits do you currently have in your fridge or cooler, in your cellar, or on your shelf? Currently, my fridge is home to Duvel, Allagash White, Flying Fish Summer Farmhouse Ale, Strongbow Cider (granted, not a beer), Chimay Blue, Allagash Dubbel, and Yuengling Porter. Afterall, variety is the spice of life. (I also have a single bottle of Gulden Draak, but that's stashed away in the back of the fridge in the "no sharing" section!) 2. What b/w/s is widely purchased that you simply cannot understand? I cannot understand how a single bottle of Michelob Ultra is purchased. It is like drinking water filtered through cardboard. I'll take fat and happy over thin and yearning any day! 3. What is your favorite food accompaniment? My favorite beer accompaniment, especially with beers like porter or darker, more robust beers is any type of jerky: beef jerky, turkey jerky, even venison jerky! Jerky also pairs especially well the Oktoberfest offerings of the Paulaner and Hacker-Pschorr breweries. Jerky, jerky, jerky. It's fun to say jerky. 4. To which music to you prefer to drink? Give me some good ol' classic rock when I'm draining brews with family and friends: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimi Hendrix, Guess Who, The James Gang, or Led Zeppelin. The down side to drinking to such familiar songs? Invariably, someone gets the urge to sing! GROAN! Unless it's ME, of course! ;) 5. Ever do anything (anyone) you regret after a "tough night" at the cups? Care to elaborate? Not really, but Lord only knows how I escaped those pitfalls. After all, it has been said that the Lord takes care of drunks and fools - and I've been both from time to time. 6. Do you overindulge? Rarely. At my weight, it's tough to afford enough to overindulge. 7. Describe your personality before and after and evening of imbibing. Surprisingly, I don't change much, if at all. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, though... 8. What is your favorite watering-hole? Where is it located? Favorite? As in one? Who wrote these questions?! I'd have to call it a tie among Monk's Cafe at 16th and Spruce, Finnigan's Wake at 3rd and Spring Garden, and Warmdaddy's at Front and Market. 9. Who is the person with whom you most enjoy drinking? That would have to be my best buddy, Eskimo101. Oh the tales we could tell were we the tellers of tales! :) I have to say I miss those days, bro! 10. From what region of the world does your favorite drink hail? Belgium. Can't get past the velvety beauty of those powerhouse Belgian brews! Also, I can't leave this write-off without paying homage to the Highlands of Scotland. Oh, those beauteous single-malts! 11. Ever solve the world's problems while under the influence? If so, what are the answers? Absolutely! The answers are: the eradication of high fructose corn syrup, socks, walking on Mars, and big hugs. 12. Why do members of the opposite sex seem prettier/more handsome after a few? I prefer members of the opposite sex to have a few when they're hanging out with me. I can use all the help I can get! 13. When drinking alone (c’mon, admit it), what are your most common ruminations? I'm a nostalgic dude. I prefer selective remembrances of the "good ol' days." I must say that I've had an awesome life and it's often hard to imagine it getting better, but, with my second baby on the way, I like to believe I'm going to find out - hopefully this week. 14. There is a movement to abolish natural cork from the necks of even the most prestigious brews/wines/spirits in favor of synthetic stoppers and – heavens – even screw-on caps. Your thoughts? I understand the science behind the movement, but I just can't imagine the wine steward of Striped Bass sauntering up to a table of Center City executives and asking if they'd like to "sniff the cap." 15. When did you have your first drink and what were the circumstances? I was 15. I stopped at a friend's house. He offered me something called "Moosehead." It was cold and frosty, malty and bubbly. I burped and we went to play hockey. Boring story. Sorry! 16. Gin - delicious or repugnant? GAG! Gin? Did my grandmother just walk in the room? 17. Ever blackout or become violently ill as a result of an evening of imbibing? Learn your lesson? I recall only one instance where I became violently ill from a night of hitting the sauce. I've never blacked out. It was a summer night. Maybe 1995. I worked all day, eating nothing. About six o'clock that evening, my brother-in-law and his then-girlfriend happened by. He brought a case of Mickey Shea's. I supplied the nearly-full gallon of Jack Daniels. Dinner was Doritos and a pepperoni stromboli. You do the math! (HINT: The cornea of my right eye was blood-red for a month) 18. You're an 82 year old Eskimo. You've just been put on an ice floe and pushed out to sea. You were given the opportunity to pack a cooler with one bottle of beer, one bottle of wine, and one bottle of spirits for your final voyage. What did you bring? My cooler has a bottle of Chimay Blue, a bottle of Gallo White Merlot, and, before the ice melts from beneath me, I'll salvage a chunk of it for the bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue that's inside - but not for very long. 19. What is your best friend's drink of choice? Can you dig it? Easy. Jack Daniels. Can I dig it? I know him so well, I call him John Daniels. 20. Are you more of a celebratory drinker or a melancholy drinker? I'm certainly not a high-fiving drinker or someone one who grabs my softball teammate in a headlock, accidentally sloshing beer on him while hoisting my fist with a yell. I enjoy a little "sadder, but wiser" drinking from time to time, but I rarely stop smiling at the world. 21. Do you need a drink now? Need? Nah. But what the hell. It's Memorial Day weekend. :) Thanks for spending some time with your Mother! ~ Mothermeatloaf And remember to drink responsibly! The world is better with you in it! Those who've opted to participate include: 1. janteloven 2. Bruguru 3. maggsmomm 4. jchapkovich 5. martytdx 6. naphtalia 7. davidmanning 8. BeerLover 9. fuche_bu 10. jbsassypants 11. Bryan_Carey 12. chad8246 13. Tigerlily137 14. crypticcradle 15. Guildencrantz 16. lemon_lime 17. matthewn 18. daniellebeeson 19. gwumpysmurf 20. Jev04again 21. beerfly 22. caithnessfan 23. nchoward 24. purplewiz 25. proxam  |
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