Olympic
I’m not a fan of the beer drinking, however Ryan is a fan of Guinness (as is my model for this situation, Judy). I’d say that from Ryan’s “training” in Jolly Ol’ England last summer, he could probably make an Olympic sport of drinking Guinness.
I’m not sure what my favourite part about the Olympics is. There’s the further ruination of our economy, the blatant racism in an event that’s supposed to be inclusive, the installation of untested surface to air missiles on the roofs of civilian apartment, the untrained private law enforcement, or, oh, the biggest military build-up since world war 2! It’s a tough one.
Oh yeah, did I mention closing down the roads for anyone who can’t afford an extremely expensive private pass? That’s a good one too.
You know, Brig…on the off chance that they’ll make drinking Guinness an Olympic sport, I feel it is my chance… NAY! MY DUTY!!… to begin training at once.
*hehe* I do like Guinness.
Watch out Rye, the “Gold” for that “game” is awarded at a porcelain throne.
There is nothing wrong with a good pint of guiness.
My personal best while in london was seven at one time.
Although, I gotta say, I was a bit tipsy after.
Pete,
Show me the way to training camp and I’m there! If Squidman’s doing 7 at a time, I’ve got some catching up to do.
Small Dave… ooo, you’re not too happy… not Jolly at all, about the Olympics being in London. Erm…. you live in London, yes? I must say, however, I was impressed with the green-ness of the Olympic Park’s creation. I watched a documentary about it’s creation. The clean-up was immense and so much was recycled. But anyhoo, I don’t live there. Do you listen to the podcast “The Bugle”… ? with John Oliver?
Pete… you’re gonna be up against Jude at the Olympic Guinness drinking trials! … and Squid Man, too!
Jack… HA! you have experience sounds like.
Squid… Seven? Wow… did you bring home the gold (the throne)?
Jude… you bet! We’ll have to swing by BevMo soon!
The good folks over at The Wotch webcomic (http://www.thewotch.com/) have a Ka-vention every year that anywhere from 25-50 readers (“wotchers”) attend. We hosted it here in Philly a few years ago and it was fun! Lots of mega-geeky activities. (Who else would make a trip to the Mütter Museum an event? Look it up to see what I mean.)
Ya need a Squid Row convention, Brig. And Guinness Olympic Training can be one of the activities.
Not so sure about the bartender selling more beer to a sloshed customer.
Anyways…
There’s a spot out by the American River in Sacramento that serves up Guinness Floats. Hot summer evenings meeting a pint of frosty bitter dark beer paired up with a huge scoop of frosty sweet creamy vanilla. Mmm.
All your talk of competitive drinking makes me think of San Jose’s Joey “Jaws” Chestnut. The six time Nathan’s (Coney Island, NY) hot dog eating champion managed to put away 68 dogs and buns in ten minutes this past July 4th. He also made a guest appearance on Hell’s Kitchen a couple weeks ago and made short order of the aspiring top chefs in a Buffalo Wing eat off. Now there’s a competitor. I suspect that the porcelain throne applies to winners and runner’s up here as well.
YES! A Squiddy convention!
y’know, if ryan drinks too many of those, he might consider competing in olympic hurling…