tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post8918565468285472561..comments2024-03-27T19:11:37.620-04:00Comments on You Don't Say: Have they no decency?John McIntyrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-45571816879201714242009-08-28T15:11:03.161-04:002009-08-28T15:11:03.161-04:00put it this way - Jim Beam is a cheap product and ...put it this way - Jim Beam is a cheap product and they have been successful because they used to leverage Absolut to get things done. Now that they dont have Absolut they need to come up with gimicks to get people to drink their product.....Kid Rock should be ashamed to be part of thisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-25848418763669946372009-07-30T22:10:47.096-04:002009-07-30T22:10:47.096-04:00It's not ironic at all--it happens to be my re...It's not ironic at all--it happens to be my real name plus initial.<br /><br />When the bartender brought the chocolate martini I demanded my check and stormed out, righteously indignant, without finishing my seventh, genuine, martini.Bill W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-91718029119289554622009-07-30T19:22:58.359-04:002009-07-30T19:22:58.359-04:00Of course I judge people's worth as human bein...<i>Of course I judge people's worth as human beings by what they drink. What else is there to go on?</i><br /><br />That attitude's a trifle ironic for a man who calls himself "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_W." rel="nofollow">Bill W.</a>", eh?John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-54653687283647762352009-07-29T15:50:21.265-04:002009-07-29T15:50:21.265-04:00Oh, my heavens . . . this is certainly one reason ...Oh, my heavens . . . this is certainly one reason we have the word "ghastly." Professor, may I have permission to slink off and hurl?sputnikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636063437215380370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-65651703521010860272009-07-29T14:53:02.076-04:002009-07-29T14:53:02.076-04:00I just heard a podcast featuring you. I haven'...I just heard a podcast featuring you. I haven't yet read one word of your blog but I look forward to many hours poking around. For 40 years I was an editor at the National Institutes of Health. I did it all: scientific editing, fact-checking, copy-editing, and proofreading. I retired 2 years ago. Reading a newspaper these days is quite painful for me; maybe reading your blog will ease the pain. It will be shared pain, at the very least.Pam J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03397439327477925210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-58103188747130927852009-07-29T14:00:45.741-04:002009-07-29T14:00:45.741-04:00"I also fail to understand why people insist ..."I also fail to understand why people insist on judging other people's worth as human beings by what they drink (chocolate martini? So what? and the bartender has a job to do...)"<br /><br />Of course I judge people's worth as human beings by what they drink. What else is there to go on?BillWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-49139511459416381852009-07-29T11:59:39.268-04:002009-07-29T11:59:39.268-04:00Let's be realistic about how people are. Peopl...Let's be realistic about how people are. People make instant evaluations of others on the basis of what they drink, what they wear, where they come from, how they speak, and any other element of observed behavior. One may not approve of this tendency toward superficial snap judgments, but everyone must certainly be aware of them.John McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03559687583130468871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-56489090340224730262009-07-29T11:06:55.643-04:002009-07-29T11:06:55.643-04:00Jim Beam is (like other companies) interested in t...Jim Beam is (like other companies) interested in the bottom line primarily and the quality of their product only as it affects that bottom line. Unless people refuse to drink their "good" stuff because they make "vile" stuff, and possibly even then if enough people buy the "vile", they won't care what you think about it.<br /><br />I also fail to understand why people insist on judging other people's worth as human beings by what they drink (chocolate martini? So what? and the bartender has a job to do...)The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-37578295731328045832009-07-29T09:49:56.092-04:002009-07-29T09:49:56.092-04:00This would never have happened if we hadn't re...This would never have happened if we hadn't repealed the 18th Amendment. All bourbon would continue to be made in stills hidden back in the woods and there wouldn't be corporate marketing departments dreaming up these kinds of ideas.Buckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-1878285656961097132009-07-29T08:12:20.187-04:002009-07-29T08:12:20.187-04:00I was sitting at a bar recently, minding my own bu...I was sitting at a bar recently, minding my own business, when a young lady next to me ordered a chocolate martini. The bartender, instead of escorting her promptly to the door, actually served her! I'll never go back there again. And the sad thing about it is, she really seemed like a nice person.BillWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-10724223017811035372009-07-28T21:52:33.794-04:002009-07-28T21:52:33.794-04:00Were my father alive, he would stand and salute yo...Were my father alive, he would stand and salute you -- or at least raise a glass in your honor. I shall do the same, as soon as I get upstairs to get a glass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-89473820650108151062009-07-28T18:18:07.513-04:002009-07-28T18:18:07.513-04:00John,
It's also a crime to taint good vodka.John,<br />It's also a crime to taint good vodka.Chris Harpernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-48474500704011357242009-07-28T15:52:01.037-04:002009-07-28T15:52:01.037-04:00There seems to be a correlation between editorial ...There seems to be a correlation between editorial expertise and liquor expertise. Wonder why!Davehttp://davedomingo.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-5074460393296967032009-07-28T14:37:29.476-04:002009-07-28T14:37:29.476-04:00Yes, I've seen this in the liquor stores, and ...Yes, I've seen this in the liquor stores, and I try not to look at it. I try to remember that the Jim Beam folks are responsible for Booker's. And Knob Creek. And for that, I suppose I can let this other transgression go.dangermikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-27224932965397762492009-07-28T13:57:55.608-04:002009-07-28T13:57:55.608-04:00Like the other "new drinks" such as flav...Like the other "new drinks" such as flavored beers, this is not meant for the discriminating or sophisticated drinker. It will be snapped up by the younger party generation and make enough money for Jim Beam. Those who like their bourbon neat or with a splash of branch water were not asked for their opinion and are not expected to drink it.<br /><br />Retired in ElkridgeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-41455788569305945982009-07-28T13:43:22.830-04:002009-07-28T13:43:22.830-04:00Wow. My cousin recently combined Schmidts and Jage...Wow. My cousin recently combined Schmidts and Jagermeister, apparently on purpose, and I imagine that putting black cherry in bourbon is equally vile. (I can only imagine because, of course, I have no intention of trying either drink.)<br /><br />I'm still shuddering.TBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-60226733999071929392009-07-28T13:28:48.948-04:002009-07-28T13:28:48.948-04:00I was at a cocktail event recently where, due to a...I was at a cocktail event recently where, due to a sponsorship arrangement, a fine bartender was forced to make a drink with this foul stuff. His solution was to use as little as possible.<br /><br />He gave me a taste of it straight. The flavor is just like cough syrup.<br /><br />What a way to besmirch the illustrious Beam name. The real Beams over at Heaven Hill must be furious.Frolichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13722051788821610527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-23156575506932485402009-07-28T13:02:48.990-04:002009-07-28T13:02:48.990-04:00The horror! The horror! I couldn't even read ...The horror! The horror! I couldn't even read the rest of the post, I'm experiencing selective hysterical blindness. Ahhhhhhhhhhh..........Owl Meathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673861252594019209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-44766067700506353802009-07-28T12:58:27.079-04:002009-07-28T12:58:27.079-04:00Absolutely disgusting! A crime!Absolutely disgusting! A crime!Chris Harperhttp://www.philadelphianeighborhoods.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6051744883907551402.post-84135913770252977132009-07-28T12:34:52.403-04:002009-07-28T12:34:52.403-04:00Might as well mix it with black cherry flavored Ko...Might as well mix it with black cherry flavored Kool Aid and save a buck. Sounds to me like they're on the same level class-wise...cherie bnoreply@blogger.com