Which reminds me…
Posted by TFG on May 16th, 2008
America needs to get back to drinking black coffee and smoking unfiltered Lucky Strikes. Four damn doors of “energy drinks” and tap water in the cooler section of the truck stops of Texas is purely ridiculous. VitaminWater, my ass. Five rows of that shit, with five rows of private-label knock-offs from the franchise owner. I saw something called “white tea” yesterday. WTF is white tea? Me, I call it ‘water.’ Who’s the dumbass that buys white tea, and what do you expect to get out of it?
No, it’s black coffee and a hard roll, to quote Mr. James Brown, that built this country. Not kiwi-banana-taurine flavored soda waters. That’s something in a Hi-C can for the grandkids. Preferably spiked with bourbon, so you can get some miles in.
May 17th, 2008 at 8:19 am
I have a theory on the whole “white tea” thing. It really is tea that is premature, but somebody figured they could pick it early, sell it at a higher price and limit the expense while turning the fields faster.
Friggin’ brilliant.
By the way, I’ve got 18 hours of smoke goin today brother.
May 17th, 2008 at 8:23 am
We do black coffee at home and work. Thick, black coffee.
As for the Lucky Strikes, I’ve never smoked cigarettes. I’ll have the occassional cigar, but that’s about it. Don’t think I’ll take it up now.
May 17th, 2008 at 9:01 am
You said it, buddy. I started noticing it with my kids, but the grandkids have gone even farther down the road. It seems like they HAVE to have some kind of drink going all the time. Constantly.
We were not allowed to load up on water in summer football practice, “Make you cramp up.” We were given salt tabs instead. Same with baseball, drink before the game or after the game. Period. Now every time you pass a convenience store, “Stop and get me a drink, Grandpa!”
“Forget it, kid. We’ll be home in five minutes, you gonna die of thirst before we get there?”
May 17th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Whatcha smoking there, Pursuit? I haven’t fired up the smoker in months. My weekends have been consumed with QuickBooks and PowerPoint.
OK, Charles, I’ll give you a pass on the cigs as long as you keep firing up the stogies.
JD, I don’t mind the drink thing so much, since I generally have a cup of coffee or a glass of iced tea going most of the time. It’s all the sad-ass sugary shit that’s exploded for some reason. Monster and Amp and NOS and Red Bull and Rock Star and a hundred variations on Gatorade — godalmighty, just enjoy a Dr Pepper and quit pretending you’re doing something “healthy.”
May 17th, 2008 at 11:08 am
we use to take a qt. mason jar fill it with tap water,put a piece of wax paper under the lid,so it would open easier.put that in a paper bag to travel,safer I guess.when the younguns wanted a drink,you handed em that.didnt drink much of it,but you didnt have to make many piss stops either.dont know when this trend of havin to travel with expensive bottled water started,like every one was travlin thru a damn desert and wouldnt ever see civilation again.
May 17th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
These sports drinks are an extentsion of the bottled water genuis. I still believe Mr Ozart is sitting in a lawn chair with his garden hose on, filling up little clear bottles of water and slappin his sticker on them and making a butt load of money.
When I was a kid we drank out of an old cloroz bottle for cold water and a shit load of cool-aid. Sugar free Cool aid when it cam eout. These sports drinks are jazzed up Gator aid. Some omes getting rich. Wish it was me.