The Booze Thread

[Sgt PSN]

Not only that, it's every bit the scam that religion is.

Not really.....regardless of how much personal value you put in making money, there's no doubt as to it's existence.

[Diomedes]

That's true of gold.  It exists. 

Money is the scam.  It's based on what?  A promise.

[Sgt PSN]

I thought that the value of cash money was, at least in some way, determined by the amount of gold a country has in reserve.....or some shtein like that. 

[LBIggle]

You cant buy booze with gold u Romes.  but yes, you are correct.

[Diomedes]

I thought that the value of cash money was, at least in some way, determined by the amount of gold a country has in reserve.....or some shtein like that. 

Uhm, no.  That ended long long ago.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Yep. The value of our money is based pretty much on pure speculation.

[rjs246]

Yeah the gold standard went away in the early 1900s.

Also the world's oldest beer has been discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

[Sgt PSN]

I thought that the value of cash money was, at least in some way, determined by the amount of gold a country has in reserve.....or some shtein like that. 

Uhm, no.  That ended long long ago.

Yeah the gold standard went away in the early 1900s.

Got it.  But I still contend that cash money is still more worthy of worship that any god out there since cash is tangible. 

Also the world's oldest beer has been discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

Heard about that.  That's gotta be some skunky ass beer by now. 

[ice grillin you]

probably my favorite bar in DC is going to be on diners drive inns and dives

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/misc-events/diners-drive-ins-and-dives-viewing-party,1172328.html

[DH]

i love that farging show

[SunMo]

i like Man vs Food better

[rjs246]

Also the world's oldest beer has been discovered at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

Heard about that.  That's gotta be some skunky ass beer by now. 

Sunlight causes skunkiness. So no. Dummy.

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives would be great except that the host is intolerable and needs to be ritualistically butchered.

Man Vs. Food has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. The host should be eaten by starving children.

[phattymatty]

probably my favorite bar in DC is going to be on diners drive inns and dives

http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/misc-events/diners-drive-ins-and-dives-viewing-party,1172328.html

yeah...don't you remember all the stupid pictures of him up on the walls now?

[phattymatty]

yeah i never would have thought it possible but i think the man vs food guy is infinitely more douchey than fieri.

[ice grillin you]

its funny too....me an matty went there before a phillies game a couple months ago and i saw all these pictures of guy fieiri on the wall.....and just assumed that hed been there to visit...not even thinking that he had done an episode of the show