Do not eat the egg salad sandwich out of the vending machine. No matter how much you like egg salad and how good it looks, the side effects are not worth it.

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Sorry, I had meant to make a Happy St. Pats day post yesterday, but I woke up really excited. It was kinda like this:

I had to go to work, but only for a couple of hours. Of course I went in style, I had on a green shirt and dress slacks as well as my family tartan tie. On my head I wore a big sparkling green derby and a ton of beads. After taking as much work as I could handle, I ran home to change into some party gear and headed down to FritzÂ’s. Basically I just changed into jeans and a PackerÂ’s jersey and wore even more beads.

I arrived to see Tammi waiting for me at the bar. At first she wasnÂ’t going to have a drink, but then she broke down and had not one, but two! Bruce and another friend of ours showed up and we started the festivities out with a couple of Irish Car Bombs. In which a great debate upon what exactly is an Irish car bomb ensued. I knew it wasnÂ’t just Guinness and JamesonÂ’s, but everyone told me I was wrong. Since I was there to have fun, and didnÂ’t want to start trouble I just went with it. But technically an Irish Car Bomb is:

1/2 pint Guinness
1 oz Jameson
1/2 oz Bailey's Irish cream

Pour Guinness into a pint glass. Float Baileys on top of Jamison in shot glass. Drop shot glass, carefully, into Guinness. Drink quickly before it curdles.

I know I started giving beads to anyone and everyone that didnÂ’t have a set. And I kept telling them that they were good Irish fun beads, not those naughty Mardi Gras beads. I didnÂ’t expect anyone to start flashing their chests at me. Especially since I was also giving them to minors. It starts to get a little foggy after Tammi left and we did another round of Irish Car Bombs. I know there were some phone calls, but IÂ’m not sure to whom. Allegedly I was swapping pictures with Bloodspite, but I have no recollection of that.

Ktreva and the boys showed up for some corned beef and cabbage. We ate a good meal down there; everyone seemed to really like the food. I must say that was some of the best corned beef IÂ’ve had in a long, long time. After they were done eating, Ktreva and the boys went home and I headed to Old Chicago to meet up with Bruce whom had left to meet some friends earlier. En route I called Wes and told him to get his sober Irish arse to the bar and IÂ’d buy him a pint. Of course the offer of free booze brought the Irishman running.

Overall it was a good day. A lot of toasts were made, some clean, some bawdy and some just downright raunchy. There were also a lot of jokes and humor at others expense to be had. IÂ’m afraid poor Bruce took a beating. Fortunately heÂ’s a good-natured fellow and took it for the friendly ribbing that it was meant to be. Oh, and I wasnÂ’t even the worst.

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1 It was a good time had by all. We takes our lumps and keep in mind we also giveth them as well!

Posted by: Bruce at March 18, 2008 08:14 PM (Dw9SA)

2 Sounds like a good party.

Posted by: Petey at March 18, 2008 09:17 PM (JhiOW)

3 A belated Happy St. Paddy's day to you. Glad it was so much fun. *grin*

Posted by: Teresa at March 19, 2008 11:45 AM (rVIv9)

4 Someone gave Bruce a hard time? Why, those bastards!!! Poor guy just sits there, minding his own business.

Posted by: That 1 Guy at March 19, 2008 07:37 PM (ATrAd)

5 Thanks for the pint, boyo.

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You Are Very Normal

You scored 75% normal on this quiz You are normal in practically every way. Yes, you're average. But average definitely doesn't boring. You just fit in well with the mainstream. Why You Are Normal: You are still with your first love If given the choice, you would choose to have more money over more time You'd rather have rats than cockroaches in your home If you had to, you rather live without music and still have laughter You think glasses can make someone more attractive

That's right, I'm 75% normal.

As seen at Tammi's.

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No, not that kid of guys and leather. Seriously, is that all you think of?

Yesterday I spent most of the day working leather. I had to make myself a new pair of moccasins, this time I had a much better idea of what I was doing and this pair actually turned out looking decent. They aren't the prettiest damn things I've ever seen, but compared to my first pair, they are down right works of art.

While I was working on these Wes came over to try his hand at working leather. He needed to repair a saddle seat he has. I'm not sure what was more amusing to Ktreva, listening to Wes swear when he'd make a mistake or me when I would accidentally poke myself with a needle. Shadoglare came over to drink some beer and to converse. He had contacted me earlier in the day wanting to know if I wanted to go out, I told him that I really needed to get the leather work done. He also contacted Graumagus to see if he wanted to go out. He had to work.

Later in the evening Grau called and said he was heading to Carlyle's after work with some friends. He got off of work at 11:00. Since I started sewing at 1:00, when I finally got my mocs 2/3 of the way done, I decided to stop and go hang out there. Wes had to head home, four kids and all. Shadoglare and I went and hung out with Grau until 2:00 AM just getting caught up.

He's still alive right now. He's not sure when he's coming back. Mostly because he has some court time ahead of him and he's not sure how thats going to go. But that's all the detail you're going to get from me at this time.

Well if you'll excuse me, it's time for me to go make some leggings. Or as Ktreva wants to call them, 1750's arseless chaps.

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I'm getting ready to head out to the Kiwanis Pancake Day with the family. Besides doing my normal goofy Saturday posts, I've been busy this morning already. I've cut up a deer shoulder, sliced it and started a seasoning and curing process on it so that I can make jerky out of it tomorrow. This afternoon I'm going to be making a new set of Moccasins and leggings. This could be interesting, real interesting as I've never made leggings before.

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I probably should save this for closer to Christmas when all of those annoying commercials come out regarding new toys, but I'll forget by then. You know the commercials I'm talking about. The ones for the pretty dolls that all the girls want or the really annoying RC Car ones about how their cars can do all these neat tricks. However, they hardly if ever work the way they are shown on the commercial.

Now we have a commercial that combines the two together, Turbo Heather!

It makes me want to go get one.

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Everyone I've ever met has played with an etch-a-sketch at one point or another. Some are better at making pictures on it than others. Myself, I was never that great at them. Yet, when I found this video two things came to mind.

First: This guy has way too much free time on his hands.

Second: How do you read it in the dark?

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Now for an important message from the formerly silent member of Penn & Teller about the current state of Vegas after a Zombie uprising! Here is the vital message from & Teller.

After reading this I'm still not exactly sure why he made this video, but it's rather amusing.

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Just in time for St. Patrick's day we get a clip from Argentina of some gnome-like creature wearing a pointed hat.

According to the article in The Sun:

The midget - which wears a pointy hat and has a distinctive sideways walk - was caught on video last week by a terrified group of youngsters.

Teenager Jose Alvarez - who filmed the gnome - yesterday told national newspaper El Tribuno that they caught the creature while larking about in their hometown of General Guemes, in the province of Salta, Argentina.

He said: “We were chatting about our last fishing trip. It was one in the morning.

“I began to film a bit with my mobile phone while the others were chatting and joking.

"Suddenly we heard something - a weird noise as if someone was throwing stones.

"We looked to one side and saw that the grass was moving. To begin with we thought it was a dog but when we saw this gnome-like figure begin to emerge we were really afraid."

Jose added that other locals had come forward to say they had spotted the gnome.

He said: “This is no joke. We are still afraid to go out - just like everyone else in the neighbourhood now.

"One of my friends was so scared after seeing that thing that we had to take him to the hospital.”

He's right, this isn't a joke. This would classify as a prank. Jeez! Not that I have any proof that it's a prank, but seriously am I really going to trust a group of teenagers hanging out on a street corner at 1:00AM?

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Tonight is another from the gift pack my father gave me for Christmas. IÂ’m actually looking forward to this one, because itÂ’s not the Bud Light Chelada from last week. BTW, just so you all know I havenÂ’t been able to get the memory of the taste of that crap out of my mouth. BLECH! Anyways, back to tonightÂ’s, Tonight IÂ’m reviewing the Rock River Lager Beer by MDII of Rochester NY. The apparently fictitious pseudonym of a larger brewery.

The deliver method was the standard 12 oz brown bottle. The label is off white with the words Rock River crossing it at an upward angle. There is a picture of a river on it, presumably the Rock River. (ED. Note. IÂ’ve lived along the mighty Rock River and have traveled up and down the whole length of it through out my life. IÂ’ve done this by car, canoe and boat. I donÂ’t know for sure itÂ’s the same river this is named after, but it adds just a bit more of coolness to the beer for me.)

There is a light golden yellow coloring to it. It poured a half inch thick head made of up of large bubbles. In less than 30 seconds the head faded into a film on top of the beer. There was some lacing, but not very much of it.

The scent was weak. What could be detected was malts and what can be described best as a freshly mowed field. Much like the scent, the taste was very weak. All that I could really pick out was a very mild malt flavor. ItÂ’s not much different that the mass-produced American light lagers that are on the market. Almost no aftertaste is left after your done drinking

It is a light bodied beer. There is some carbonation that bites on the tongue, but not much else. There is no coating and really nothing that lingers in the mouth.

If you are looking for a nice beer to go with a meal, this would be it. There is not enough flavor to it to alter the taste of the food. It went really well with the gumbo I had for dinner tonight. Overall I give this a 4 out of 10.

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I found this over at Petey's Powderhorn. Now I own a Colt 1991 .45 acp and love it, but I was really hoping for something a bit more... I don't know... revolver, perferably in the the .357 caliber.

I am a: Colt model 1911 in 45ACP

What kind of handgun are YOU?

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Even though I don't have any official figures, I think yesterday went really well. According to reports thousands of firearms owners lent their support. I also don't have many pictures as I forgot the digital camera at home... again. Actually I remembered to grab it yesterday morning. Making sure I wouldnÂ’t forget it, I set it on the shelf next to my phone and some other items I was taking with me. Upon my return home, there it still sits. Yes, I had my phone with me, but for whatever reason, I left the camera here. I did try to snap some pictures of the event on my phone, only two really turned out. Sorry for the quality.

March to the Capital (We were in the middle of the the march.)

End of the March.

Rally at the Capital Steps.

Both of the pictures are from the march. My friend J-man went with to show his support. We started at the Springfield Hilton hotel where we received instructions, an agenda, lobbying cards and various speakers, Senators and State Reps gave speeches regarding the individual right of the public to have firearms. One of the speakers, whom I can’t remember his name, made the comment along the lines that “… as Firearm owners we all must stick together.” I can’t remember exactly what he said, but basically the Constitution does not guarantee your right to hunt or target shoot. It guarantees your right to own firearms. If you are a trap shooter, or a target sportsman or even just a casual firearm owner, we all need to stick together. Any law the effects one will sooner or later affect the other. Even if you only shoot shotgun and you don’t own a handgun, you still should stand up against the banning of handguns. No, it may not directly affect you, but they could use this later on as a stepping-stone to ban shotguns. I believe he called it the “The gun owners UN”. Not that I support the UN, but I do support this idea. I may not own a shotgun, but if they made a law banning shotguns, I’d be against it.

After the speech we all marched to the state capital building. It wasnÂ’t a long walk, but I think we made our presence known. We had permits and a police escort so everything was nice and legal. At the steps of the capital there was a quick rally with a couple of more speeches and words of encouragement for politicians. To be honest since I have a deep mistrust of 99.9% of elected officials, IÂ’m not sure I trust anything these politicians said for their actual beliefs or if they were campaigning. Especially since there were a couple of comments made regarding two of them possibly running for governor in the future.

After the rally we headed in to deliver lobbying cards to our State Senators and Representatives. I hit both Dave Syverson’s and Chuck Jefferson’s office. Neither one of them were in. As much as I believe Senator Syverson is pro-firearm, I also believe that Chuck Jefferson is anti-firearm. It would have been nice if either one of them had been in their offices when I stopped by, but they weren’t. I really wanted to speak with Chuck Jefferson since he has never returned a phone call or e-mail of mine over the last 3 years. I guess since either I’m independent or pro-firearm; I’m not worth talking to in his mind. We also had cards for the Senate and House Majority and Minority leaders. If I’m not mistaken the leaders of the Senate and the House are anti-firearm and deeply involved in the Chicago “good ol’ boy network”. Meaning they are heavily anti-firearm.

After delivering the cards J-man and I hung around for a while going to let our presence be known by the politicians. Most of the committees seemed to be scheduled early that day, so we didnÂ’t get in to too many of them. The ones that were being held were packed.

Overall we had a good time. I think we did good and at the very least I hope we hope to hold our ground so that no new anti-firearm legislation can be passed.

I would like to thank the Illinois State Rifle Association, Illinois Carry, Champaign County Rifle Association and the Sangamon County Rifle Association for organizing and hosting this event. Keep up the good work!

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I'm getting ready to head down to Springfield (The State Capital of Illinois for clarification). I'm picking up my friend J-man and we are off to IGOLD 08. We are doing this to speak up for our rights as legal firearm owners in the state of Illinois. If we are lucky we'll at least do as well as last year and stall out all of the anti-firearm legislation. If things go really well, maybe we can get some looser laws. And in my dreams, concealed carry.

Wish us luck.

And for those of you that wanted to make the trip but just couldn't. I'll make sure to speak up even louder for each of you. If you have my cell phone and want an update on how things are going live. Feel free to call or text me.

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1 Rights? For peasants? Bwahahaha! Good luck with that.

Posted by: Ogre at March 11, 2008 07:27 AM (oifEm)

2 Thanks for going. I wish I could have made it. I have talked to my State Rep on this issue and his view as far as stopping this horrid legislation that is currently in the General Assembly. Look forward to hearing about the day and seeing the good you do today stop the idiocy in this state.

Posted by: Petey at March 11, 2008 09:21 AM (tmnSV)

3 Illinois is a state? Here I thought it was some sort of third world dictatorship loosely affiliated with the US like Puerto Rico

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I've been re-enacting for years. The one thing that has been seriously wrong with my gear has been my glasses. I wear them all the time and they weren't period at all. Most of the events turn a blind eye to this because they understand that people need glasses and as long as they looked close enough, that was fine.

For at least 4 years now you've been able to get period style glasses. One of my friends whom I've referred to as Wind In His Hair (WIHH), He plays a native and no that's not the name he goes by, gave me a pair that were once his father's. I had said something last October that I was going to purchase a set. He told me not to as I could have his father's old pair. They were the exact same ones I was planning on ordering. Yes, there is another pair that are actually for my time period, but the temple bars don't go over the ears. Everybody I've spoken to about them says the same thing, They fall off your head if you start to sweat.

Today I took them to Lens Crafters to have my prescription fitted in them. When the sales girl came to ask if she could help me, I produced the glasses and said I needed lenses fitted for these. The look on the girl's face when she looked at them was classic. She looked at the glasses, looked at me, looked back at the glasses and said, "I need to take these in the back to see if we can even fit them." She was gone 15-20 minutes talking to the technician that would make the lenses. Finally a lady comes out and says, "We can do it." My friend J-man was with me and we were joking they were arguing over who was going to come out and tell the burly guy with the funny glasses that they couldn't do it.

When the lady started taking measurements she asked me what kind of glasses they were. I explained they were replica 1785 glasses. She almost dropped them. In her concentration to enter the information into their computer she didn't hear the word "replica". After I explained they are $30.00 frames, she calmed down. Of course she added a caveat that if the frames were damaged they would not be responsible for them as they could not replace it. Fine, what ever.

I swung back there after work and picked them up. Now I'm not saying that I like these and the way that I think they are stylish. Nope, they are ugly as sin. Hell they look pretty stupid. They pinch and are uncomfortable. I asked if they could be adjusted and they tried a little, but were afraid to do more because the tech thought they would break. Since I've picked them up, I've been wearing them. I just want to make sure they got the prescription right, and it seems that they did. But boy do they give you tunnel vision and my peripheral vision is shot to hell.

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Need some time to waste? How about a couple of games.

The first is Brainz. It's another typical zombie survival game. After each round you can buy better weapons and the such. It's pretty fun.

You want a game that is going to suck you in? Try Balloon Invasion. It looks to be a World War 2 setting where you control an Anti Aircraft Flak Cannon. The object is to shoot down the balloons. This game is really fun and if you are anything like me, you'll get sucked in to trying to get the upgrades and make it to the next level. This one is definitely the more fun of the two.

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I stumbled upon two lists this week, both of them amusing. Mainly because it's either observations I think most people have made and ridiculed, or because it's something that hits close to home.

The first is 40 things that only happen in movies. I think we've all seen enough movies to be able to place which movie or movies each item is making fun of. My favorite is: "If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises wearing their most revealing underwear." Yea, like women walk around in their underwear. If they do, someone please let me know where?

The second is Things we've learned from playing RPGs (Role Playing Games). Most of the items on this list seems to come from video game RPGs, but there are ones that apply to the standard dice versions as well.

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Today I had to finish what was started yesterday. Again more terminations and more sever write ups. Yea, it involved that many people. By the time the dust settled, I couldn't walk through the office and make eye contact with any of the employees. Not that I wouldn't look at them, but they wouldn't look at me.

Every time I walked down an aisle, everyone would just shut up and start focusing on something else or walk away. One of my employees came up to me and asked me to just get it over with, and this person wasn't even on my list of offenders. I ended up having to have a talk with her, because she obviously did something wrong, but since the audit didn't catch it, no official talking to took place.

Later in the day two of my employees came up and asked if it was safe to talk to me again. I had to ask one of my peers people a question. When I walked up to them they were sweating and jumped when I said their name. The rumor on the floor is that this whole thing was my crusade. That someone narked them out and I ran with the investigation and termination. No matter how much I tried to explain that I was just the messenger, I don't think anyone believed me.

This afternoon before I left I had to take a conference call. When I asked one of the employees to join in the room because I wanted their expertise, they brought with their purse, coat and some personal effects. I looked them in the eye and rather frustrated said, "For the love of Pete, I'm not going to fire you!" I think they almost broke down in tears... of joy.

Great, I think this little reputation is going to stick with me for years.

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Since IÂ’ve had direct reports with my company, IÂ’ve never had to terminate someone. DonÂ’t get me wrong, two of my people have been fired, but someone else did that when I wasnÂ’t even in the office. Hell, I didnÂ’t know it was happening until I got back and found out. Well, thatÂ’s no longer true. In fact IÂ’m making up for lost time.

Back on Valentines Day, (again I wasnÂ’t in the office) there was an incident involving the misuse of company assets that involved A LOT of people. This was big enough that it went up the chain of management all the way to the executive level to determine what kind of action was going to happen. We ended up scouring through disciplinary records of the staff involved. Based on past disciplinary action, upper management made a determination on the type of disciplinary action was going to be taking place this time. They did this to make sure there was consistency as it involved employees working for different supervisors in multiple departments and units.

When the dust cleared it came down to everything from a warning for first time offenses to termination for repeat offenders. The only person I had involved received a verbal warning before so they were given a permanent written warning this time that could lead to termination if they do it again. Thus none of my people were getting terminated. Yet, I ended up doing all the other terminations.

One of the individuals terminated asked me to assist, just because I’m a guy and she thought there might be trouble. The others didn’t have supervisors in the office that day and the terminations had to be done. Because the other supervisors, even the ones that worked in the same unit, didn’t directly supervise these people, they didn’t want to do it. In fact they felt I should do it. They were scared of what these individuals were going to do, they were repeated disciplinary problems. Their logic was that they wouldn’t get upset if I was doing it because, “Contagion, you’ll kick their ass if they start anything.” Yea, that’s right.

So I spent most of the day terminating or handing out punishments to people. And IÂ’m not done yet. Nope, we ran out of time before we could get to everyone. IÂ’m mentally exhausted from doing this. I feel bad for the people that were terminated. DonÂ’t get me wrong, they brought this upon themselves, but really it should have been their supervisor or one they worked with that handed out the punishment. Not the guy in the office they deal with rarely. And contrary to some peopleÂ’s belief, I took no pleasure from doing it.

The worse part is that word spread quickly. You donÂ’t start firing people left and right on the same day with out people not only noticing, but also noticing who is escorting them out of the office. Some of the people I terminated were friends with or relatives of employees of mine. When I returned to my unit for stuff, my own employees wouldnÂ’t look or talk to me. They kept they eyes diverted. At one point they were gathered and talking and when they saw me, they all scattered to the wind like roaches when a light comes on.

Needless to say, tonight IÂ’m mentally and emotionally drained. IÂ’d like to have a drink, but the only think I have is that nasty Bud Light Chelada.

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I was called out recently over my beer reviews. As many of you that have been around since the origin of the review, I started doing this to review beers so that you were forewarned. After a while I started reviewing more and more microbrews and I started finding some really good ones. Back in December a new beer was brought to my attention, and I quickly told everyone, “I will never drink it.” T1G and Bruce have both heard me say this. I even came close to violating my rule that I would drink any beer bought for me. Fortunately the arsehole gentlemen that was going to purchase it for me changed his mind. Finally a couple of “friends” told me I “had” to review this beer, they had been waiting for it. So here I am tonight reviewing the only beer I’ve ever, EVER condemned before tasting. Tonight I’m reviewing Bud Light Chelada, AKA Bud Light & Clamato juice (Clam and Tomato juice) by Anheuser-Busch. May the beer gods have mercy on my soul.

Sorry T1G, It was the first beer glass I grabbed.

IT came in 1 pint 8 fluid oz (22 ounce) silver can. It proudly advertises that it is Bud Light and Clamato (with salt and lime the perfect combination) Below that it shows a beer goblet with limes in the rim and Chelada across the front of it. On the side it has a box that has both Spanish and English writing in it. The English says, “Enjoy the best of two worlds: a refreshing Bud Light and the unique flavor of Clamato. Drink a Red One, ready to go, or use your favorite ingredients to make it yours – wherever, whenever!” Ed note: Never

The color is like that of a dark pink grapefruit juice. There is a distinct red color to it. ItÂ’s thick; light passes through, but barely. It just looks thick. When Ktreva walked into the room she said it looked like chum. There is no head at all and no lacing on the glass. There is a film, but it isnÂ’t pleasant looking. ItÂ’s like floating bits of stuff have stuck to it.

The smell is mainly tomatoes, salt and only what can be described as wharf. You know, that scent you smell along piers that are in large bodies of water. There is a hint of lime and I think you might smell stale beer. IÂ’m not sure if it was there or just my nose wishing it was. Unless you really like the scent of fish and bloody marys, donÂ’t smell this. The taste is going to haunt me for the rest of my life. In 20 years from now IÂ’m going to wake up screaming while I have a nightmare remembering this review. First off, this does NOT taste like beer. Tomatoes, salt, clams with a slight stale beer backwash is what it tastes like. BTW, there are floaty bits in there. Not many, but there are someÂ… and yes they are chewy. Fortunately they are few, far between and small.

IÂ’d love to tell you what the mouthfeel is like on this beer, but honestly I didnÂ’t want it in my mouth long enough to find out. I will tell you that for the brief milliseconds I had it in my mouth it reminded me of drinking tomato sauce and vomit.

Bud Light Chelada is proof that the gods of beer have a dark and mean sense of humor. This has to be the vilest and nastiest beer I’ve drank in my life. It’s not pleasant in any way or shape. It actually brought tears to my eyes at the thought of having to drink the whole 22 ounces and made me do the “it’s icky” dance. Any of you with young kids knows what I’m talking about. I’m not joking when I warn you, for the love of all that is good and right in the world, DO NOT DRINK THIS BEER. I give it .5 out of 10. Yes, point five out of ten.

Now if youÂ’ll excuse me IÂ’m going to go gargle with Everclear.

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1 Heheheh... the first thing I thought when I say that pic was, "Hey! You ruined the glass!" Then I saw the note under it, and started laughing. You didn't need to do this one, man. This can't count as a beer. Some bastard tricked you...

Posted by: That 1 Guy at March 05, 2008 06:56 PM (F8ULw)

2 HA HA HA HA HA HA Sorry, way to take one for the team. You know you could leave an open bottle outside as rodent repellant.

Posted by: Bruce at March 05, 2008 07:12 PM (j8iYO)

3 Sadly, I saw this on the rack and my only thought was that it might be something my dad would like... the only way I've ever seen the man drink beer is mixed with tomato juice (and I've only seen that maybe 2 or 3 times... just not a drinker whatsoever). But I don't think I'd take the chance on actually buying the stuff even for him - just thought sounds amazingly nasty. And no, I really don't think this counts as beer.

Posted by: Shadoglare at March 05, 2008 08:07 PM (6dnbi)

4 Clamato is definitely not for everyone. However, if you like Bloody Marys, then you should at least give it a try. Like Bloody Marys, it is made with Clamato, and like Bloody Marys, you can add Tabasco, hot sauce, pepper, olives, olive juice, pickles, pickle juice - whatever - to make it just the way you like it. It sounds as though you just don't like Clamato juice or Bloody Marys, and because it's made with Clamato, no, it does not taste like beer. So, it's not that it's a bad product, it's that it doesn't appeal to you, which is fine. Again, it's not for everyone. It's actually been very successful in test markets, and has been rolled out nationally in the US this spring. It appeals mostly to Latino consumers, and many of them were already mixing beer and tomato juice or Clamato juice on their own. We've now just done the work for them. Additionally, Bloody Mary drinkers now have a convenient way to consume a Bloody Mary type of drink if they're looking for something a little lighter and more lively than a Bloody Mary and don't want the hassle of mixing something and pouring it into glasses. It's convenient! So.....that's the rest of the story, folks. Keep drinking beer (and products made with beer). Cheers- Karen M. Anheuser-Busch, Inc. St. Louis, MO

Posted by: runnergal at March 06, 2008 07:45 AM (T7ynp)

5 Thank you for the comment, this is the first time I've had someone from the brewery of the beer I've reviewed leave a comment. Actually I don't mind a bloody mary, but this doesn't really taste like one. It's close, but not the same. My reviews are done for beer drinkers and most of the readers of my reviewers are looking for my opinion on a beer. As you can see from some of the previous comments, they don't consider this a beer. I do because it is made with Bud Light. I'm sure there are people that like it. I'm not sure why, because drinking it really did ruin my appetite for the evening. I will admit that I did try to add a bit of humor to my review, but I do stick by it. This really is not a good beer.

Posted by: Contagion at March 06, 2008 08:10 AM (Q5WxB)

6 A friend of ours is a bud distributer and she says there is all kinds of flavored bud beers. She said she had samples and DH said a no way, but thank-you.

Posted by: Quality Weenie at March 06, 2008 09:19 AM (grH7t)

7 I don't think I would even allow it in my trash can!!!!!

Posted by: bx19 at March 06, 2008 12:17 PM (wr7x2)

8 Arkansas is the only place I have ever encountered what they call "Red Beer". It is loosely what you just described, but no clams. It's just tomato juice, and beer. I tried it. Once. I finished the glass. And proceeded to vomit my entire gastrointestinal system. It's not beer. But it is a safe substitute for Waterboarding.

Posted by: BloodSpite at March 06, 2008 12:34 PM (pOo0j)

9 Thank you for making me ill reading this after lunch. I can't believe you actually tried it. This stuff is so bad, I honestly almost sold all my Anheuser-Busch stock when I first saw it. If they're going to make something this bad, they should at least not call it "beer." Call it "Tomato-flavored wharf crap" or something like that.

Posted by: Ogre at March 06, 2008 01:28 PM (oifEm)

10 bx19: well I had to let it into my stomach. Bloodspite: I about did the same thing. Ogre: I'm surprised you didn't sell it anyway.

Posted by: Contagion at March 06, 2008 06:47 PM (f5Co1)

11 My local package store doesn't even carry this stuff. I asked about it today (after seeing it here) because I was going to give it to a friend whose wife refuses to let him drink anything that isn't "natural" while in the house.

Posted by: Jabbah at March 06, 2008 09:10 PM (JOq8W)

12 Dude... this stuff is anything but "natural"

Posted by: Shadoglare at March 06, 2008 09:53 PM (GsLRZ)

13 Oh my - you *are* brave. I wouldn't have even tried that... ; P

Posted by: Richmond at March 07, 2008 01:56 PM (U7ye2)

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Last weekend after helping Bruce move his brand new bed, (Sorry Tammi, not your brand). We headed down to Fritz's for an afternoon of conversation and beer. We hadn't been down there long when I hear Bruce spout off a "Contagion, you want a nipple with that?"

I look and his beer is empty and mine is mostly full. DAMN!

Normally that's the question I end up asking anyone that drinks with me. It was so shocking to hear someone else say that to me. The Bartender D and Fritz both shockingly stated looked down the bar at us and commented on how that, "has NEVER happened before." DAMN!

Then to make matters worse, he did it to me four more times.

I was off of my game. I'd like to say it was because I was sick, but that never stopped me in the past. Maybe it was because I was talking, but I have mastered the drink and talk. I just don't know.

That makes my score 9,723,459,234,598,723,459,872,349,875 to 4

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