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[idle acts]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Anybody tried this? I have toyed with buying a bottle from Eastern Europe. Its about $90.00 and it has the allegedly hallucinatory chemicals in it. I have three concerns: (1) It will blind me, (2) It won't work, and (3) it will give me the worst hangover in history (allegedly, the stuff really really makes you hurt the next day). I need an educated opinion on whether this shit really gives you the sort of trip which turns you into Van Gogh or Toulouse Letreque (horrible misspelling).

I've tried it. It is still sold in Spain (and Amsterdam, I think), but apparently is not as potent as the variety that was available in the 19th century. It tastes terrible, it gives one a weird tequila mixed with cough syrup high and left me with a really brutal headache the next day. Good times!

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by taxwonk
You could fly to Chicago and engage in a 40-day exploration of the darker side of human sexual behavior with an old, bald, married man.

You left out fat.

TM

[Anticipated response?: No, yo' mama is invited too.]

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Fugee
One of us is going to be in for a big surprise someday.

Save me a seat at the restuarant, near the Jews and Muslims preferably (Can't decide whether I like lemon hummus or nova lox more).

I am not rejecting the concept of God. Something out there runs this gig. I'm just not following some silly rules laid down by men (yeh, that's right - its a book - it ain't a court transcript of God testifying). I've been as absolutely moral as a poor sinner could be my whole life. If God's sending decent people like me who do right by others but find organized religion to be a king farce (which it most assuredly is in almost every regard), well the Hell sounds damn fine for me. In fact, it sounds like the only place I could stomach the company.

We both know that everyone in the recesses of their heart realizes organized religion is generally bullshit. Even Pat Robertson's got to have that nagging thought "Shit, I'm buying something full of inherent contradictions and not a shred of proof, and the sole basis upon which I define it as divine is the fact that it fails all scientific analysis and is utterly prepoterous from a logical perspective."

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by taxwonk
You could fly to Chicago and engage in a 40-day exploration of the darker side of human sexual behavior with an old, bald, married man.

What comes after desperate?

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by Fugee
One of us is going to be in for a big surprise someday.

I don't know how God is going to deal with people who sincerely follow God but by a different name, but am pretty sure people who reject God are toast. I believe God is just and will judge people justly and someday I'll see how that works out.

And Bilmore, if you end up in Baptist hell, you're gonna see a lot of really confused and pissed off people. "Lord, Lord.* Whaddya mean I'm a goat and not a sheep?** I didn't dance or drink and only voted for prolife and profamily candidates."

*Cite

**Cite

I did not realize that Cake's "Sheep Go To Heaven" had real live biblical backing. Learn something new and all that. Thanks Fugee!

Now, I just want to play on my panpipes,
I just want to drink me some wine,
As soon as you're born, you start dying,
So you might as well have a good time.

Ollie (I can't really play the panpipes; maybe I'll take it up for Lent) Ramone

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by bilmore
I thought the stuff you could buy in this country wasn't the real thing? That it's only available overseas?

I don't think you saw this part of his post: "I have toyed with buying a bottle from Eastern Europe."

[Sidd Finch]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
OK, let me make sure I've got this clear:

There's you and me...
Abba...
RP...
and Gwink.

5. Hmmm. 7 short of a calendar. Damn.

Nah. Different position each month.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
[Anticipated response?: No, yo' mama is invited too.]

i invented the "anticipated response"

[idle acts]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Shit! Forgot about leagl. That makes 6. If we do 2 months to a page, we can pull it off.

Hey - I'm way sluttier than Leagl. You can ask anybody.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Shit! Forgot about leagl. That makes 6. If we do 2 months to a page, we can pull it off.

some months should include 2 of you. once you guys get there ask leagl to explain.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Fugee
I don't know how God is going to deal with people who sincerely follow God but by a different name, but am pretty sure people who reject God are toast.

Usually you don't sound as stupid as SD, but you have surpassed him here.

Aside from your wingnut mind, what can you point to that makes you "pretty sure?"

TM

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Anybody tried this? I have toyed with buying a bottle from Eastern Europe. Its about $90.00 and it has the allegedly hallucinatory chemicals in it. I have three concerns: (1) It will blind me, (2) It won't work, and (3) it will give me the worst hangover in history (allegedly, the stuff really really makes you hurt the next day). I need an educated opinion on whether this shit really gives you the sort of trip which turns you into Van Gogh or Toulouse Letreque (horrible misspelling).

I've tried some that was purportedly the real stuff, though I have no real way of knowing. No more impact than sort of being drunk and stoned at the same time. Which makes sense given the active ingredient is the wormwood and, of course, the alcohol content. I can still see. It was sort of cool watching it dissolve in the sugar though. And if you're not a Anise fan, you're not going to like the taste. Sort of Zambuca like in taste.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by andViolins
Harry Potter books say its Avada Kedavra
That's two words to kill. And, you also have to MEAN it.

aV

I love your new avatar. I'm still laughing over that whole episode.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
And if you're not a Anise fan, you're not going to like the taste. Sort of Zambuca like in taste.

So MR's gotta love the stuff. Oh wait, you said anise . Never mind.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Save me a seat at the restuarant, near the Jews and Muslims preferably (Can't decide whether I like lemon hummus or nova lox more).

I am not rejecting the concept of God. Something out there runs this gig. I'm just not following some silly rules laid down by men (yeh, that's right - its a book - it ain't a court transcript of God testifying). I've been as absolutely moral as a poor sinner could be my whole life. If God's sending decent people like me who do right by others but find organized religion to be a king farce (which it most assuredly is in almost every regard), well the Hell sounds damn fine for me. In fact, it sounds like the only place I could stomach the company.

We both know that everyone in the recesses of their heart realizes organized religion is generally bullshit. Even Pat Robertson's got to have that nagging thought "Shit, I'm buying something full of inherent contradictions and not a shred of proof, and the sole basis upon which I define it as divine is the fact that it fails all scientific analysis and is utterly prepoterous from a logical perspective."

Welcome to the agnostic deists, where a god created the world and then went to lunch.

God was basically absentmindedly playing a rather large version of The Sims. Then he got bored and went out for food.