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ho hum...
this is for me post #3333

That's like,a lotta posts!!!!!!!
Let us know when you get to 6666!!!!!


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gonna take a long time...

dodecahedron wrote:ho hum...
this is for me post #3333

Keep going!
In German, this is called a "Schnapszahl"- all digits the same. Have a Schnaps to celebrate!

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MediumRare wrote:

dodecahedron wrote:ho hum...
this is for me post #3333

Keep going!
In German, this is called a "Schnapszahl"- all digits the same. Have a Schnaps to celebrate!

G

thanks!
as a matter of fact, i was just having a beer!

Is it a German brew or a native Israeli?

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Danish - Tuborg!

i don't much like the Israeli brews (there are 2-3 only).
the "mainstream" ones are a couple of Israeli brands, Tuborg, Carlsberg, Heineken. from among these the only one i really like is the Tuborg. the Red-Label - the stronger stuff.

by i like others better. one of my favorites is Becks (German! ). others - Leffe (Belgian), Budweiser (sp?) not the American beer (ugh!) but the one from Checkoslovakia (sp? again).

I go for
Killians Red(coors owned)
Labatt's Blue(canadian)
Corona extra(mexico)
The strong stuff you speak of, "red Label",We have one here that is imported from Jamaica called Red Stripe.It'll take paint off of cars.NASTY!!!!

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congrats dodec !!

dodecahedron wrote:one of my favorites is Becks (German! ).

Becks is good stuff. Unfortunately, it now belongs to the Belgian Interbrew concern, as does the Canadian Labatt's.

I like the bitter taste of Becks Pilsener. Jever is also very good. Of the local breweries (Frankfurt and environs), I prefer Licher. Binding is drinkable, Henninger tastes like it's been filtered through a horse. (Henninger is part of the Binding (Dr. Oetker) concern, now though- financial problems- and they do earn kudos for sponsoring the bike race on 1 May each year).

G

i don't get a selection anywhere near as varied as you do in Germany!

Of the local breweries (Frankfurt and environs), I prefer Licher.

I lived in Giessen in 91'/92 and Licher is the only beer we would drink.Being in the U.S.,beer here is rather "lightweight" and Licher was the only beer I could drink without falling down.
We could also handle Pfungstadter and Giessener(I believe that was the name).

Henninger tastes like it's been filtered through a horse.

MediumRare,you should consider writing comedy.

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yeah, i liked that line too

LOL thinking about it now...it reminds me of a part of the book "The Tin Drum" by Gunter Grass. the scene on the beach, with the fishing for eels with a horses head

Just about any medium-sized town has (or used to have) a brewery. There is increasing consolodation though, because the beer consumption is going down- people are drinking increasingly more wine these days. I think the Czechs are the No. 1 beer drinkers in Europe now (good stuff there too).

I cribbed that line from some guys in Toronto who were talking about American beer! (This was 30-odd years ago, so I don't thing they're listening in here ). I've been using it routinely about Henninger (it really doesn't taste that great) for so long that I forgot that it's "original".

NoSmartz- haven't tried Giessener myself, but Pfungstädter is OK too. I don't think that Licher is "lighter" than the others though. I hear that American beer is kept thin so that it qualifies as "non-alcaholic" and can be sold at ball games.

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MediumRare wrote:I've been using it routinely about Henninger ... for so long that I forgot that it's "original".

Nevertheless, I agree with NoSmartz that you have a keenly developed sense of humor, particularly of the dry variety. That should be another course you teach at the CDRLabs University: Writing 510 - Witticism and Humor".

cfitz

Yeah when I lived there in Deutschland I tried about 15 different "hamlet's" or "heim's" brew.I'm assuming "heim" means town(as with hamlet)'cause my aunt,uncle and 2 cousins live in a town with that "heim" in it's title along with several other towns.Never learned a lot of Deutsch.Just enough to get by,but the beer there was STRONG!!!!!!!!! American beer is tap water in comparison.It's not light tasting for ball game purposes,it's that american breweries are afraid to brew what beer is really supposed to taste like-GERMAN!!!!!(probably due to high alcohol content,we got wicked drunk driver's over here)
I do remember working on an army base in Giessen and all the locals that worked there had beer for every lunch,AT ROOM TEMPERATURE!!!!!!Giessener was the first I tried,but when I was there the thing was Wine,bigtime!!!Everybody drank wine.Bus trips to wine country and all that.I can't touch the stuff,uhhhhhhh!!!!!Too strong.Every other town seemed to have there own winery to.

LOL thinking about it now...it reminds me of a part of the book "The Tin Drum" by Gunter Grass. the scene on the beach, with the fishing for eels with a horses head

dodecahedron
That film was censored here for quite a while.Southern States mostly.Good book.

MediumRare
Keep bringing the funny stuff,it's a hoot.I told a few people today and they laughed 'til it hurt(horse quote).Very unique.

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Where do you find

Arrogant Bastard Ale

in the south?I still live in atlanta(off and on) and most there still drink the basics(i.e...bud,coors,lite..etc...blah...).

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NoSmartz wrote:dodecahedron
That film was censored here for quite a while.Southern States mostly.Good book.

i didn't know they made a film of it. i read the book.
very good.

1979 german film.Check it out.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0078875/

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yeah, i now recall that it was on TV once (but i only got to see a part of it).
i can't believe the film was as good as the book.

i'm not reading any of these post i am just replying to it now that is a totally useless post.

Not many movies as good as the book.That movie is barely recognized here.Too controversial.

i'm not reading any of these post i am just replying to it now that is a totally useless post.

MonteLDS is a useless post comedian!!!You can catch him at your local comedy store soon!!!!!!!

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