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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
An Honest Donkey-Party Ad
I was mucking around on the Tube O' You and found this (via Sunny):
Heh. The beer a person drinks is a pretty good social indicator. Not always, as there are outliers, but usually. Coors Light? Suspicions confirmed.
Speaking of light beer... I've been meaning to blog about this for a while, "this" being the new series of Miller Lite ads that feature four guys standing around drinking beer, three of whom have Miller Lites and the fourth a generic light beer. At which point in time the Three Cool Guys dump all over the fourth for not bein' manly (coz he ain't drinkin' Miller Lite, of course) with some admittedly funny scenarios, like one guy asking other guys if they wanna go to the men's room. But irony is apparently lost on the Miller people, because men DON'T FUCKING DRINK LIGHT BEER. That's the general rule and there may be the odd exception, of course. The emphasis should be on "odd" in that last sentence.
Now, THAT is good satire. Sunny never disappoints.
You must know more than I do about this transformation through which The American Left has been putting itself over the last several decades; nowadays, it seems there is a hard-and-fast rule in place that if you destroy things, the left must pretend you're building things, and if you build things, they must pretend you're a destroyer. No exceptions allowed. Perfect polarity reversal.
Wanna know the absolute worst, MOST LAUGHABLE "lite" beer in existence? Coors Lite--as in: How is it POSSIBLE to get any "lighter" than regular Coors in the first place? Drink the regular stuff long enough and it starts to taste like water that someone has pissed in--can't possibly imagine what the lite stuff tastes like..got bad enough that when I was TDY briefly to Peterson Field Colo ANG in Colo Springs in 67 I WILLINGLY (GAAAK!) started drinking draft Schlitz just to get some "bite."
good old "Colorado Kool Aid", ranked right up there with olymic during my time at Lowry. but as an 18 year old i could legally get it, as opposed to real beer (PBR).
For sure. Lite beer is just another name for tasteless piss replenishment.
Actually, those ads cheese me off, despite some of the funniness, because the implied message is that guys must be relatively neanderthal or else they're not really guys. Hey, neanderthal behavior is fun, and I enjoy it more often than not, but telling me that I MUST be that way or incur wrath from my peers is a load of it. Any guy who gives in to peer pressure isn't much of a guy, in my book.
I'm glad to see all y'all agree about the light beer thang. Full disclosure: I've been known to drink a Labatt's Blue Light or four once upon a time in the way-back. That was because Blue Light was TSMP's beer o' choice.
Now Sam Adams Light has won a contest or two ... and not in the Light Beer category!
We keep some light beer in the beer fridge. I have one occasionally, but I don't advertise it. Mainly, the fridge is full of Sammies, Sierra Nevada, New Belgium, and whatever cool microbrew I happen to be trying this month, or one I tried before and liked and it was on sale this month.
Oh... and this time of year... it is a tasty tradition for me to buy two cases of Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale ... I like it to last through Thanksgiving.
Rocky Mountain Kool Aid... might as well be drinking water.
ReplyDeleteYou tell 'um Buck!
ReplyDeleteNow, THAT is good satire. Sunny never disappoints.
ReplyDeleteYou must know more than I do about this transformation through which The American Left has been putting itself over the last several decades; nowadays, it seems there is a hard-and-fast rule in place that if you destroy things, the left must pretend you're building things, and if you build things, they must pretend you're a destroyer. No exceptions allowed. Perfect polarity reversal.
Yea...what you said about lite beer. For the ladies and pantywaists.
ReplyDeleteWanna know the absolute worst, MOST LAUGHABLE "lite" beer in existence? Coors Lite--as in: How is it POSSIBLE to get any "lighter" than regular Coors in the first place? Drink the regular stuff long enough and it starts to taste like water that someone has pissed in--can't possibly imagine what the lite stuff tastes like..got bad enough that when I was TDY briefly to Peterson Field Colo ANG in Colo Springs in 67 I WILLINGLY (GAAAK!) started drinking draft Schlitz just to get some "bite."
ReplyDeletegood old "Colorado Kool Aid", ranked right up there with olymic during my time at Lowry. but as an 18 year old i could legally get it, as opposed to real beer (PBR).
ReplyDeletePhil
Lowry AFB 1975 - 1976
I think someone should make a commercial saying real men don't drink lite beer. Lite beer was invented for those who jumped on the low-cal bandwagon.
ReplyDeleteFor sure. Lite beer is just another name for tasteless piss replenishment.
ReplyDeleteActually, those ads cheese me off, despite some of the funniness, because the implied message is that guys must be relatively neanderthal or else they're not really guys. Hey, neanderthal behavior is fun, and I enjoy it more often than not, but telling me that I MUST be that way or incur wrath from my peers is a load of it. Any guy who gives in to peer pressure isn't much of a guy, in my book.
I'm glad to see all y'all agree about the light beer thang. Full disclosure: I've been known to drink a Labatt's Blue Light or four once upon a time in the way-back. That was because Blue Light was TSMP's beer o' choice.
ReplyDeletePS: I forgot to mention in therms of lite beers that 'tis marketing genius to get people to pay for adding air bubbles..
ReplyDeleteSadly, my taste buds aren't what they used to be.
ReplyDeleteI drink one Sam Adams, and then it's cheap Bud after that.
I don't like lite though, as it just seems like water, which I guess is the idea for those dieting women with hips we all love...
Now Sam Adams Light has won a contest or two ... and not in the Light Beer category!
ReplyDeleteWe keep some light beer in the beer fridge. I have one occasionally, but I don't advertise it. Mainly, the fridge is full of Sammies, Sierra Nevada, New Belgium, and whatever cool microbrew I happen to be trying this month, or one I tried before and liked and it was on sale this month.
Oh... and this time of year... it is a tasty tradition for me to buy two cases of Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale ... I like it to last through Thanksgiving.
I've seen different brands of pumpkin ale around of late but haven't popped for any. Mebbe this weekend I'll give one of 'em a shot...
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