Saturday, April 29, 2006

Bored with your single malt scotch?!? Check this out!!!!

Just when I thought the alcohol industry in this country had reached the lowest point in the abyss of kitchy, over-sweetened, dumb-ass, 100% guaranteed quickest way to get a hang-over, bullshit ideas to market to the masses, I am proved wrong yet again.

Greenville, SC. You know the place. Home of Bob Jones University. Where the BBQ is, for some un-godly reason, yellow. When asked, they'll tell you it's 'Carolina BBQ'. Well, add one one more to the list of brilliant ideas to come out of this intellectual hot-bed.

Envision a 'pipe-bomb' - one tube with threaded ends and sealed with end caps. Now, instead of that pipe bomb being made from metal, make it out of translucent plastic. And instead of being packed full of C4 or ammonium nitrate, this thing has a dayglow substance that was liquid before your soon-to-be-favorite bartender stuck it in the fridge, at which point it congealed. Now the stage is set. You find another person that is nearly as drunk as you are. You deftly unscrew both caps off the pipe. You place one end in your mouth and the other end in the mouth of your buddy. With precise timing you take a deep breath and pressurize your end of the pipe. As a result, 180 ml of orange flavored jello goes streaming down the throat of your new best friend. A great time is had by all. Hell, let's do it again.


Sounds great, huh? Well just in case you thought I was making this up, I'm not.

It's called 'Suck & Blow' and it is for real. I held one of these things in my hand the other day while helping a rep unload my wine. As you might expect, you can learn everything there is to know about this brilliant idea at suckandblow.com.

From the website:
Why is it so much fun? Well, SUCK & BLOW is a gelatin shooter encased in a patented plastic tube and in order to enjoy this flirtatious shot, you'll need a partner.

That's right, it takes two to tango with this tasty treat. One person to "SUCK" and another to help force out the shot with a little "BLOW". It's this interaction that makes SUCK & BLOW so popular.


There are so many ways I could go with this, I think I'll just leave it alone.

One more thing....

If the idea of buying this stuff pre-made doesn't do for you, the guys at SAB Enterprises (I'm not shitting, that's what they call themselves) will sell a box full of the tubes empty so you can 'mix it up' for yourself. Not sure how to do that??? Well, they have a great step-by-step tutorial that shows you how. You can check it out here. I especially like page 4 of the demo where is states:
1/2 GALLON SPIRIT OF YOUR CHOICE OR HIGH ENERGY MIX.
I suppose I never considered it before, but now that I do, I guess nothing says party like getting all jacked up on caffine and jello.






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I think I'll go jump off a bridge now.

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Differences?.....

Oh, let me count the ways.

At the risk of starting some pissing match on the pros and cons of various styles of auto racing, I submit the following:
"Infineon Raceway and Ravenswood Winery have entered into a partnership that will make the Sonoma-based winery the title sponsor of pole qualifying day at the Dodge/Save Mart 350 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup weekend, June 23-25, raceway officials announced.

Ravenswood Pole Day will take place on Friday, June 23, as the 43-car starting grid is set for the weekend's Dodge/Save Mart 350."(emphasis T.t.S.)
Conversely...:
"Other drinks companies involved in Formula 1 include Champagne Mumm, the sole supplier of Champagne to every Grand Prix and German brewer Warsteiner, which is a partner of the McLaren team."
For the record, I would much rather watch Kimi, Alonso, Schue, et al.. spray magnums of Mumm at each other than see Kurt Busch run a fellow clown off the track and wash it down with some bullshit Zinfandel.



To each his own.




Flame on.