Why Were Nuns Suspended After a Wild Holiday?

[franznietzsche]

I *think* it is here too. Well, the proper stuff with thujon in... brought it back from Prague!


edit: Nope, it's legal in the UK! Woo!

http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/absinthe/absinthe.html

Oh gee thanx, just rub it in why don't ya.

I plan on taking a quarter in spain eventually, so i'll be getting some then. Actually i'll be stockpiling it in preparation for the end of the world. How much do you figure a three year supply will cost me?

 

[Moonbear]

(Just don't ask me about slugs, chains or cubits.)

It's fun to feed beer to slugs! I'm outright evil to the slugs in my garden. I lure them out of the garden with beer, and then salt 'em good! (Can't just dump salt in the garden, or I'd kill the whole garden). Muwahahahaha! *sigh* Why do I have this eerie feeling that now Peta's going to be at my doorstep this spring accusing me of slug abuse?

 

[Evo]

Absinthe will make you crazy. I watched a documentary about it. Franz, you don't need to be drinking that stuff!

 

[brewnog]

Oh but it's fuuuunnnn!

 

[dextercioby]

Franz is immune to any nuts...thingy...

Daniel.

 

[Math Is Hard]

Absinthe will make you crazy. I watched a documentary about it. Franz, you don't need to be drinking that stuff!

Is it worse than Oozo? Oozo makes me go completely out of my freakin' mind.

 

[dextercioby]

Oozo is goooooooooooood...,iff you ran outta Metaxa...

Daniel.

 

[brewnog]

Mmmmmmm ouzo!

Fondest ouzo memory (and let's face it, ouzo memories are rare) was getting up at 8am, walking to school with a flask full of ouzo/water to get our GCSE results, then sitting in deckchairs outside school for the rest of the morning, then getting bollocked for appearing on TV, on school property, drinking ouzo, in the morning, at age 16. Happy days!

Gonna give up spirits at 25. Honest.

 

[Math Is Hard]

You have Ouzo memories? I have no Ouzo memories. People just have to tell me what I did the next morning. It's never good news.

 

[brewnog]

You have Ouzo memories?

Yeah, when I was younger I never used to get hangovers, and I never lost my memory.

My explanation is that you have to be over 18 for the beer monkey to be allowed into your bedroom to do his magic. Is there a more rational explanation?

 

[brewnog]

More to the point, I just got away with saying 'bollocked'! Score!

 

[franznietzsche]

Yeah, when I was younger I never used to get hangovers, and I never lost my memory.

My explanation is that you have to be over 18 for the beer monkey to be allowed into your bedroom to do his magic. Is there a more rational explanation?

Nope, and it seems true, i still don't lsoe memory. It gets fuzzy somtimes, and i really ahve to think hard to remember sometimes, but i never completely forget.

Absinthe will make you crazy. I watched a documentary about it. Franz, you don't need to be drinking that stuff!

1) I'm going to end up like john nash anyway, whether or not i drink it.
2) That is entirely the idea. Why else would i want hallucinogenic alcohol?

 

[Astronuc]

If you drink absinthe, make sure its the good stuff.

The drink was referred to in France as "La Fée Verte", or The Green Fairy, which is a reference to its often dazzling green color (depending on the brand). The color usually came from the chlorophyll content of the herbs used in the distillation process; however, some disreputable manufacturers added toxic chemicals to produce both the green color and the louche (or clouding) effect that in reputable brands was caused by the precipitation of the essential oils of the herbs. It is quite probable that the bad reputation absinthe developed was due to these low-grade and perhaps quite poisonous version of the real thing.

from http://www.gumbopages.com/food/beverages/absinthe.html

Presumably absinthe sold commercially is regulated, and therefore safe.

However

Much of the liquor's legendary effect is due to its extremely high alcohol content, ranging from 50% to 75% (usually around 60%), plus the contribution of the various herbs.

Drinking enough of the pure liquid could prove fatal, i.e. alcohol poisoning. So be careful.

 

[franznietzsche]

If you drink absinthe, make sure its the good stuff.

from http://www.gumbopages.com/food/beverages/absinthe.html

Presumably absinthe sold commercially is regulated, and therefore safe.

However Drinking enough of the pure liquid could prove fatal, i.e. alcohol poisoning. So be careful.

I was joking about the three year's supply, but yes i know my own limitations. When i talk about insane drinking, I'm usually joking. People who drink for the sake of outdrinking each other, or to impress each other are asking for the trouble. I'm all for getting good and drunk, but anyone going past 10 drinks in a short period of time (10 shots of 80 proof or equivalent) is asking for trouble. This stuff is about double that, so going over 4 shots worth (i imagine only us americans drink the stuff in shots) is just asking for trouble.

 

[tribdog]

Nope, and it seems true, i still don't lsoe memory. It gets fuzzy somtimes, and i really ahve to think hard to remember sometimes, but i never completely forget.

doesn't seem to have had any ill effects what so ever.

 

[Moonbear]

This stuff is about double that, so going over 4 shots worth (i imagine only us americans drink the stuff in shots) is just asking for trouble.

Shots? You're not supposed to drink absinthe as shots! Maybe the stuff you get that they call absinthe here, but isn't (it's just anise liqueur...anything licorice flavored reminds me of medicine, so I definitely don't enjoy that stuff). Absinthe is supposed to be served by melting a sugar cube into it with water. Of course the anise and other herbs added to the real stuff are intended to disguise the gad-awful bitter taste of it.

 

[BobG]

It's fun to feed beer to slugs! I'm outright evil to the slugs in my garden. I lure them out of the garden with beer, and then salt 'em good! (Can't just dump salt in the garden, or I'd kill the whole garden). Muwahahahaha! *sigh* Why do I have this eerie feeling that now Peta's going to be at my doorstep this spring accusing me of slug abuse?

And deservedly so. You could just let them drown in the beer, you know.

If Peta doesn't get you, the UC Santa Cruz students will, especially if they're banana slugs. Torturing their team mascot really gets them irate.

 

[Moonbear]

And deservedly so. You could just let them drown in the beer, you know.

That would require sharing more beer with them than I'm willing to part with.

 

[brewnog]

That would require sharing more beer with them than I'm willing to part with.

Nah, you filter them out once they've drowned, then you can drink the beer.

 

[franznietzsche]

Shots? You're not supposed to drink absinthe as shots! Maybe the stuff you get that they call absinthe here, but isn't (it's just anise liqueur...anything licorice flavored reminds me of medicine, so I definitely don't enjoy that stuff). Absinthe is supposed to be served by melting a sugar cube into it with water. Of course the anise and other herbs added to the real stuff are intended to disguise the gad-awful bitter taste of it.

I said 4 shots worth, and yes until i read that page i had never heard of it being consumed anyother way.

 

[Moonbear]

Nah, you filter them out once they've drowned, then you can drink the beer.

Slug slime in my beer! That sounds worse than the slurping spiders running around!

 

[The Bob]

I can't believe any man would sleep with a nun. I mean, c'mon, her old man is The Big J.C. for cryin' out loud!

Clearly the men wanted to experience sin with the clean sheep.

The Bob (2004 ©)

 

[Math Is Hard]

HEY! Where the heck have you been, the Bob? I haven't seen you in a coon's age!

 

[tribdog]

Nah, you filter them out once they've drowned, then you can drink the beer.

you have to squeeze out the beer they drank, first.

 

[Moonbear]

you have to squeeze out the beer they drank, first.

Slug slime AND slug guts in my beer!

 

[brewnog]

No no no, you filter the guts out using a sieve woven from tribdog's back hair.

 

[The Bob]

HEY! Where the heck have you been, the Bob? I haven't seen you in a coon's age!

Ahhhhhhh... I am missed now, am I? Finally. I am wanted [/size]

I am here most of the time but I can never find a thread to post in that I can join in with.

*The crowd goes 'Awwwwwww' because they feel sorry for The Bob. Unfortunately for The Bob they do not know why they should feel sorry and are then just embarrased. Then The Bob says' Awwwwwww' and the loop starts*

I wasn't on yesterday or most of today because my service provider didn't have the necessary information and then blamed us. Oh well. Never mind. I am here.

The Bob (2004 ©)

 

[tribdog]

Ahhhhhhh... I am missed now, am I? Finally. I am wanted [/size]

I am here most of the time but I can never find a thread to post in that I can join in with.

*The crowd goes 'Awwwwwww' because they feel sorry for The Bob. Unfortunately for The Bob they do not know why they should feel sorry and are then just embarrased. Then The Bob says' Awwwwwww' and the loop starts*

I wasn't on yesterday or most of today because my service provider didn't have the necessary information and then blamed us. Oh well. Never mind. I am here.

The Bob (2004 ©)

nobody said missed or wanted. She asked where you had been. sort of like do you have an alibi.

 

[Evo]

absinthe does not make the heart grow fonder

Seriously, absinthe's main flavoring comes from wormwood which contains the neurotoxin thujone.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20000401/fob4.asp

Doctors at the time recognized that absinthe can cause convulsions, hallucinations, and psychotic behavior. Now, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago have learned how the drink's toxic component wreaks its neurological effects.

 

[franznietzsche]

absinthe does not make the heart grow fonder

Seriously, absinthe's main flavoring comes from wormwood which contains the neurotoxin thujone.

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20000401/fob4.asp

Doctors at the time recognized that absinthe can cause convulsions, hallucinations, and psychotic behavior. Now, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago have learned how the drink's toxic component wreaks its neurological effects.

All of which was already known to us. Didn't you read the links? They discussed the thujone quite a bit.

i'll quote your link

"Present-day absinthe generally has less than 10 parts per million," he says, which is below the maximum concentration permitted by European beverage guidelines. In today's absinthe, "the most toxic compound is the alcohol," quips Arnold.

The thujone in absinthe is not that big a worry. Well, I'm assuming that this is properly made absinthe, but the point is the same.

And besides, without the thujone and wormwood, there is no reason to even get it. Might as well get bacardi 151 or everclear.

 

[Evo]

And besides, without the thujone and wormwood, there is no reason to even get it. Might as well get bacardi 151 or everclear.

Is there no hope of saving you?

 

[franznietzsche]

Is there no hope of saving you?

Short of divine intervention by the other god, no. [/egotism]

 

[so-crates]

They don't mention what order, or even their general location.

And if you scroll down, they have a heading called "More Bizarre Gossip"

Sounds like a fabrication.

 

[Moonbear]

Are you sure you're in the right thread?

 

[franznietzsche]

Are you sure you're in the right thread?

Well you just showed how little you actually know about real nuns.

The PF Convent: A Sham of a Nunnery

 

[The Bob]

nobody said missed or wanted. She asked where you had been. sort of like do you have an alibi.

Tell you what I will stop trying to have a laugh and just be deadly serious all the time.

Also my post did say that I have been around and that I have not been on for the last two days because of internet problems. Generally I am around everyday.

The Bob (2004 ©)

 

[tribdog]

lol, the sooner you realize I just messing with you the sooner we'll get along.

 

[dextercioby]

Tell you what I will stop trying to have a laugh and just be deadly serious all the time.

©

But we don't want u to be deadly serious,we want u to be seriously dead...

Danievil.

 

[The Bob]

lol, the sooner you realize I just messing with you the sooner we'll get along.

Way hay. Like I was going to be serious. Now all I have to do is get used to your sense of humour, well the other parts in it, and I will be cool.

However I think Dex has taken the joking to a whole new level. One that could get him in trouble.

The Bob (2004 ©)

 

[Artman]

However I think Dex has taken the joking to a whole new level. One that could get him in trouble.

Guess he'll have to go and kneel down before the nuns for penence.

 

[Moonbear]

Well you just showed how little you actually know about real nuns.

The PF Convent: A Sham of a Nunnery

Oh, gosh, he was actually referring to the topic of the thread! It didn't occur to me that someone in PF would actually stay on topic and be commenting on the original story posted.

 

[cronxeh]

I was purposely staying away from this menace of PF you called a thread!

 

[franznietzsche]

I was purposely staying away from this menace of PF you called a thread!

So why did you post in it then?? Looks to me that you failed to stay away.

 

[Artman]

So why did you post in it then?? Looks to me that you failed to stay away.

He wants to do the penance as well.

 

[franznietzsche]

He wants to do the penance as well.

I bet he does want to do penance with those nuns :nudge: :nudge:

 

[Artman]

I bet he does want to do penance with those nuns :nudge: :nudge:

Say no more, say no more. He should kneel down and say a bunch of hail Marys.

 

[tribdog]

say no more

 

[franznietzsche]

Say no more, say no more. He should kneel down and say a bunch of hail Marys.

Can he really speak when he's on his knees?

 

[Artman]

Can he really speak when he's on his knees?

He could mumble...