Friday, March 11, 2005
Friday Send Off
As you may or may not know Gorman is taking a 'Computer Security' job in Alabama and leaves tomorrow afternoon. In turn we've got a give him a proper send off... something with balloons, streamers, noise-makers, and alcohol. If things go right we'll be playing this game later tonight as we walk to taco-bell (my record is 68 meters). I nominate Hendocs as the place to go... anyone second this? The gtown photo album needs to be updated, so I'll bring my camera if everyone else leaves their inhibitions at home.
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Hell yes.
ReplyDeleteAhh... drinking for a cause can't be beat! It makes you feel like your giving something back.
ReplyDeleteSorry for being annoying tech geek... but here's more info on the impending Blu-ray vs HD-DVD format war... Apple Sides with Blu-ray
ReplyDeleteWhat about starting at some place like Gibby's or Barley's for dinner??? Pat might be eating with his family though. Just thinking...
ReplyDeleteTraci - you're online in the middle of the day? Did you guys have a snow day, or did you give your students an unscheduled "nap time?"
ReplyDeleteFor a little inspiration, here are some drinking quotes by famous people - the moral, of course, is that drinking is good and by no means does alcohol abuse affect one's ability to become famous and successful.
>>"Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed.
>>Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, "It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver."
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>>~ Babe Ruth
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>>"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the
>>morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day. "
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>>~ Lyndon B. Johnson
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>>"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time
with his fools."
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>>~ Ernest Hemingway
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>>"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
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>>~ Paul Hornung
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>>"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."
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>>~ H. L. Mencken
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>>"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
>>When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
>>So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!"
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>>~ George Bernard Shaw
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>>"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
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>>~ Benjamin Franklin
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>>"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
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>>~ Dave Barry
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>>BEER: HELPING UGLY PEOPLE HAVE SEX SINCE 3000 B.C.!
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>>~ W. C. Fields
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>>Remember "I" before "E", except in Budweiser.
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>>~ Professor Irwin Corey
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>>To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in a can!
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>>~ Leo Durocher
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>>One night at Cheers, Cliff Clavin explained the"Buffalo Theory" to his buddy.
>>Norm:
>>"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine! That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
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Those quotes made me thirsty. Also dinner before drinking just slows me down... which could be a blessing in disguise.
ReplyDeleteHell yeah, tonight should be a good time. Here's some random beer jokes:
ReplyDeleteOne night, after a long evening of drinking, Gorman was thrown out of the bar as usual. On his way home he spotted a nun walking down the road.
After looking at her twice he ran over and tackled her, then proceeded to beat the living shit out of her.
Some people passing by spotted this and called the police.
As the police were pulling him away in handcuffs he looked back and said, "I thought you'd be tougher than that, Batman."
A guy walks into a bar and asks for three beers. The bartender puts them up and then watches the guy go through a peculiar ritual. "Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, happy birthday" Each time he says the word he drinks the beer. Then he pays and walks out.
One year later he enters the bar again and orders the same thing. The bartender watches him go through the same ritual. Curious, he asks the guy why. "Well" the guy says, "I have a friend in Ireland and a friend in Australia. We have our birthdays on the same day. We can't be together so we have agreed that on this day we will each go into our local pub and have a round of drinks for each other. We have been doing this for 55 years since we were 18"
The next year the man comes in and asks the bartender for two beers. The bartender, a bit taken aback, places two beers in front of the guy and watches him say "happy birthday, happy birthday!" The bartender asks "so which one died?"
"No one."
"But you only ordered two drinks!"
"Yeah, well, I've given up drinking."
So Joey's making the trip up from Cin City... sweet, more gtown photo love! I've got a few songs I want to get on the Juke-box.
ReplyDeleteI would bet that if we informed Taco Bell that it's VP of Drunken Consumption were having a farewell party at Hendoc's, they would send in the VIP catering crew.
ReplyDeleteActually the board members of Pepsi-co are going anoint Gorman their M.V.T.S. (most valuable taco supreme) for his years of consumption.
ReplyDeleteOh yea, this is the first post I can remember to get 10 comments... so half of them are from me... what's your point?
Tell your mom I'll be over tomorrow afternoon to give her a special 'present'... just kidding. I thought a mom joke was due... that one was just too obvious.
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