Useless Conversation

[Lantyssa]

I must be extra sensitive, because Coke Zero still tastes like ass to me.  It takes half a second, but it's definitely there.

[MuffinMan]

I actually went out and bought a 12 pack last night after all the praise it gets here every few months. It's drinkable for a diet soda but just barely. Don't think I'll buy it again, the aftertaste is still just too much.

[Mrbloodworth]

I must be extra sensitive, because Coke Zero still tastes like ass to me.  It takes half a second, but it's definitely there.

I find its easier to drink than "Diet" drinks.

[Polysorbate80]

[Cyrrex]

I must be extra sensitive, because Coke Zero still tastes like ass to me.  It takes half a second, but it's definitely there.

I find its easier to drink than "Diet" drinks.

This.  It still tastes like a sugar free beverage, and there is some aftertaste...but it beats the ever-loving shit out of ordinary Diet Coke.  Still, the best diet soda, IMO, is Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper (also the vanilla cherry version).  Holy shit, did they hit on the right formula.  I would rather drink that than most regular sodas.

Never seen Cherry Coke Zero in the UK, which is a shame because I would probably actually buy and drink that from time to time since I think Diet Cherry Coke tastes wrong.

Now that you mention it, I think it was Diet Cherry Coke, and not Cherry Coke Zero, that tasted so awful.  But it wasn't the "diet" part of the equation that was off...it was the "cherry" part.  Fucking rancid.

[Ingmar]

We don't even have Diet Cherry Coke here, it must be some European thing specially designed for your palates. 

[Rasix]

We don't even have Diet Cherry Coke here, it must be some European thing specially designed for your palates. 

Yah, we do. 


Completely off topic, my son has all of the sudden forgotten how to sleep through the night.  I am a zombie.

[Paelos]

Jewish holidays are the best around the office when you're not Jewish. It's just me and like...2 other people.

[schild]

Jewish holidays are the best around the office when you're not Jewish. It's just me and like...2 other people.

BIGOT.

[Ironwood]

 

[Paelos]

I  this board sometimes. 

[Bunk]

Um, happy Jewish holiday, whatever it might be!

That type of thing doesn't happen in my office (nor would I want it to, I'd have to do all the work).
Plus considering the ethnic diversity of my department, we'd never be at full staff.

On an unrelated note, I just grabbed six packs of Mirrodin block cards to hold off my urges until the new set comes out tomorrow. Pulled a Blightsteel Collossus, Spellskite (like, my favorite card ever), and a Venser, Sojourner.

[Abagadro]

This will be a weird post right after the Jewish holiday post, but I just tried the most AMAZING salami I have ever had. It is an artisan salami produced locally by a guy whose family has made it in Italy for a few hundred years. This stuff is unbelievable. Expensive as hell but worth it if you are into this sort of thing.  Haven't tried them all but the Barolo and Wild Boar are absolutely delicious.

http://www.creminelli.com/

[schild]

This will be a weird post right after the Jewish holiday post, but I just tried the most AMAZING salami I have ever had. It is an artisan salami produced locally by a guy whose family has made it in Italy for a few hundred years. This stuff is unbelievable. Expensive as hell but worth it if you are into this sort of thing.  Haven't tried them all but the Barolo and Wild Boar are absolutely delicious.

http://www.creminelli.com/

Funny you should mention it. About a week ago the girl and I got some Creminelli Sopressata and Tartufo and they were absolutely fantastic.

[Paelos]

Thanks for that post Ab. I now know what I'm getting my Dad for Christmas.

[Engels]

Yep, that brand is pretty good. Up there with Spanish salchichon, which is hard to get in the US too.

[Nebu]

In case anyone is interested, Black Adder Ultimate Edition on DvD is the Amazon Gold Box deal for $34.

I love me some Black Adder.

[Merusk]

Hmm... I have the collection before that one with Back and Forth.   Do I really need the additional stuff..

Hrm.

[Chimpy]

Black Adder Christmas is, quite frankly, brilliant.

[Paelos]

For some reason I'd never heard of this show until just now.

[Chimpy]

For some reason I'd never heard of this show until just now.

It has a lot of people talking in British accents. Which would put it in the Foreign Language section of most Video stores in the South :p

[Ironwood]

For some reason I'd never heard of this show until just now.

 

[Reg]

How can you not have seen any Black Adder? Isn't it a staple of PBS pledge week down there?

[Rasix]

People watch that?  I think I've seen part of 1 total Black Adder episode.  I think my wife turned it on once because Hugh Laurie's in it.

[Samwise]

In case anyone is interested, Black Adder Ultimate Edition on DvD is the Amazon Gold Box deal for $34.

I love me some Black Adder.

I've never seen it, but it's been recommended to me many times, and at that price I think it's worth the gamble.  Thanks for the heads-up.   

[Miasma]

Black Adder is pretty great.  It's also one of the few shows that got better and better each season.  For that reason they should be watched in order though...

I would love another series done in a later setting, like a 1980's corporation or something but I know it will never happen.

[Ironwood]

In case anyone is interested, Black Adder Ultimate Edition on DvD is the Amazon Gold Box deal for $34.

I love me some Black Adder.

I've never seen it, but it's been recommended to me many times, and at that price I think it's worth the gamble.  Thanks for the heads-up.   

Again, I'm going to go with   

Seriously, Blackadder is so YOU, Sam, I'm quite shocked.

[Samwise]

In case anyone is interested, Black Adder Ultimate Edition on DvD is the Amazon Gold Box deal for $34.

I love me some Black Adder.

I've never seen it, but it's been recommended to me many times, and at that price I think it's worth the gamble.  Thanks for the heads-up.   

Again, I'm going to go with   

Seriously, Blackadder is so YOU, Sam, I'm quite shocked.

Everyone I know who has seen Black Adder has that reaction when they hear I haven't seen it.  I'M FIXING IT, OKAY?

[Ironwood]

Clearly, the original post was right - This must be a cultural thing.

 

[Ard]

The thing in this case clearly being a general lack of.   

[Paelos]

So is it genuinely funny, or is it funny in the way that would only be funny if you knew a lot about British culture/history?

[Merusk]

It's funny in the traditional funny sense.  IF you enjoy the dry British way of delivery.  The political jokes are timeless and the history ones you should get if you paid attention in High School.

While I'm sure there's a level I'm missing on the History stuff there's enough there for even an American to "get."  i.e. Queen Elizabeth being a whiny self-interested child who only cares about how popular she is and that people bring her 'prezzies.' Or Hugh Laurie as the Prince Regent being an oafish moron who only cares about booze, women and not getting hurt.

[HaemishM]

If you do not laugh at Black Adder, something is very very broken in you.

[bhodi]

Speaking of Blackadder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOg_smPzq5A

[Ingmar]

Be aware that the first Blackadder series is a bit harder to approach than the later ones, so if you watch the first series and end up thinking "what the hell did I just watch" don't give up on it. I like the first series, but I've known a few people who definitely didn't "get" it where that was not a problem with later seasons.