Robben Ford Discussion

BlueRunner · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 8:04 am Post subject:

Ron S:

I'd forgotten. You Brits actually INVENTED this wonderful 9-billion word language we're stuck using over here in the Colonies! Who was it who once observed that the UK and the US are "two countries divided by a common language"?

I just took another look at my dictionary and discovered a 4th definition for "Englishman." n. Man or woman who appreciates the specific North American musical genre commonly known as "the blues"; appropriates it; improves it; and ships it back to the US so that everyone can groove on it.

Thanks.
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JohnnyZ · Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:36 am Post subject:

UncleSalty · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:08 am Post subject:

[quote="telefunk1"]Uncle Salty - hope you can manage the frosty wife right about now. Great finish! I may have to go have a Fosters, or 3, for lunch in support![/quote]
Cheers on that Telefunk, but seeing as you're 'worldly' enough to follow the World Cup, surely you know that no self-respecting Aussie actually drinks Fosters. Wink

And my is the missus frosty. Here's hoping for a victory against Croatia...

Sorry to see the States lose to the Czech Republic. They really played well but just couldn't quite finish.

JohnnyZ · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:42 am Post subject:

telefunk1 · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject:

JZ - I had the same experience in Sweden two years ago, too. I was drinking the local brew and some good Carlsberg on tap, and the locals were drinking Corona! Talk about goat piss.

Unc - Fosters is the only Aussie brew I can get in these parts - what is the good stuff, so I can be on the lookout? Coatia looked pretty good against Brazil today - they may be a tough match for Japan. You may be in for some more frost!

Should we start a World Cup and beer thread - how did we get from Garry Moore to this topic....?

UncleSalty · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject:

[quote="JohnnyZ"]Oh yeah, one other anecdote from experience about beer. Here in New England, as popular a Bud is, I despise the taste of it. However, when I went to St. Louis last year, I tried one and couldn't believe the difference- I actually liked it. So much for Anheiser-Busch's double-secret patented recipe and consistent brewing process...[/quote]
Apparently, Germans are mortified that Budweiser is the official beer of the World Cup and that no local brews are allowed within a certain distance of the stadium. Particularly gutting is the fact that Germans don't even classify Bud as 'beer', because it's brewed with rice.

UncleSalty · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject:

BlueRunner · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject:

We've been thinking about a trip up to Newport Oregon, home of Rogue beers. (I'm sipping a Dead Guy Ale right now.) They even have a Bed & Brew hotel over a bar in the harbor. What'da wanna bet that the locals are all drinking Bud ... or Foster's ... or something really odd, like Tusker, from Kenya?
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JohnnyZ · Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 5:37 pm Post subject: