Poll
Question:
Which one of these best describes you?
Option 1: I've never had sex with someone whose last name I didn't know at the time
votes: 18
Option 2: I usually know last names of people I have sex with
votes: 13
Option 3: I usually do not know last names of people I have sex with
votes: 5
Option 4: I hardly ever know last names of people I have sex with
votes: 2
Inspired by this article, which matches my recent experience with Facebook (and the realisation that I did not know last names of most of these people).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/noah-michelson/facebook-friend-one-night-stands_b_6293812.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000050
There's no "I only have sex with people with the same surname as me" option.
I guess it falls under 1 - unless you have full amnesia. :P
On second thought I guess I should have chosen the last option - I don't think I have ever had sex with someone whose last name I knew before we had sex for the first time. Sometimes I learned their last name later - and sometimes it was while we were still hooking up for sex, though... :hmm:
Edit: No, that's not true. There was this one guy I met through WoW.
I am not gay so that means I actually have to put effort into setting up situations that lead to sex. It ain't a free open bar on this side.
I think there's only two people I have had sex with without knowing their full names beforehand; and one was actually a Turkish girl that had a really hard one she told me beforehand, but that to this day I can't reproduce.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 09, 2014, 12:13:21 PM
I am not gay so that means I actually have to put effort into setting up situations that lead to sex. It ain't a free open bar on this side.
Where's the "I hardly ever know any part of their name (first or last) and have them noted in my phone under random attributes, place of residence or varying numbers of question marks"? -_-
QuoteI've never had sex with someone whose last name I didn't know at the time
This (Hi, Ed!)
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 12:33:26 PM
Where's the "I hardly ever know any part of their name (first or last) and have them noted in my phone under random attributes, place of residence or varying numbers of question marks"? -_-
Wouldn't it be difficult when Siri confuses "Big Cock" with "Bigger Cock" on the hands-free autodial?
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 12:33:26 PM
Where's the "I hardly ever know any part of their name (first or last) and have them noted in my phone under random attributes, place of residence or varying numbers of question marks"? -_-
Well that would describe me too. :P
It's funny how this is one of those things that gays take for granted and heteros take for granted and then it is a bit weird when you realise we are completely different tribes.
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 12:55:17 PM
It's funny how this is one of those things that gays take for granted and heteros take for granted and then it is a bit weird when you realise we are completely different tribes.
Fascinating.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 12:50:41 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 12:33:26 PM
Where's the "I hardly ever know any part of their name (first or last) and have them noted in my phone under random attributes, place of residence or varying numbers of question marks"? -_-
Wouldn't it be difficult when Siri confuses "Big Cock" with "Bigger Cock" on the hands-free autodial?
I wouldn't have something so vulgar written in my phone. <_<
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 12:55:17 PM
It's funny how this is one of those things that gays take for granted and heteros take for granted and then it is a bit weird when you realise we are completely different tribes.
Like what? That gays take the immediate abundance and availability of sex for granted, while heteros take it for granted they have to develop elaborately layered and overlapping Gannt charts to get a hand job?
:yes: I wish I was gay. :)
Quote from: Caliga on December 09, 2014, 01:08:11 PM
:yes: I wish I was gay. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MgxF_tCmzk
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 01:05:20 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 12:55:17 PM
It's funny how this is one of those things that gays take for granted and heteros take for granted and then it is a bit weird when you realise we are completely different tribes.
Like what? That gays take the immediate abundance and availability of sex for granted, while heteros take it for granted they have to develop elaborately layered and overlapping Gannt charts to get a hand job?
Well it's more than that. I thought for example that heteros just meet someone somewhere (like a bar), and even if they hang out together for a while before having sex, they do not immediately exchange last names or business cards. For example, when I go to a house party at a friend's house, I do not immediately learn last names of all the guests - just the first names. So I thought it would be similar.
I typically didn't know the last names of the girls I got together with until some time after we'd had sex the first few times.
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 01:25:16 PM
I typically didn't know the last names of the girls I got together with until some time after we'd had sex the first few times.
So that would be option 3. Which I thought would be more popular.
The fuck is wrong with you people? You don't know somebody's last name until after having sex the first few times?
I mean, we've all had one-night stands and single hook-ups, but what the fuck people.
Well I know this bi guy who used to be my fuckbuddy for 3-4 years. Still no idea what his last name is. :P
Damned kids with their Facebooks and smartiephones.
Quote from: derspiess on December 09, 2014, 01:41:38 PM
Damned kids with their Facebooks and smartiephones.
No shit. Don't put your dick into anybody you can't fucking mail a letter to. Goddamn.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 01:51:47 PM
Quote from: derspiess on December 09, 2014, 01:41:38 PM
Damned kids with their Facebooks and smartiephones.
No shit. Don't put your dick into anybody you can't fucking mail a letter to. Goddamn.
Why? /I think that would cut away most of my friends as I know very few addresses.
Don't even have a home phone, so you're a transient anyway. Wouldn't expect you to mail shit.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:06:53 PM
Don't even have a home phone, so you're a transient anyway. Wouldn't expect you to mail shit.
My mother also doesn't have a home phone. :angry:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 01:30:16 PM
The fuck is wrong with you people? You don't know somebody's last name until after having sex the first few times?
I mean, we've all had one-night stands and single hook-ups, but what the fuck people.
Okay, grandpa.
Save it for the miniseries, Patient Zero.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 01:30:16 PM
The fuck is wrong with you people? You don't know somebody's last name until after having sex the first few times?
I mean, we've all had one-night stands and single hook-ups, but what the fuck people.
Maybe it's because I'm Scandinavian. I think that's how everyone rolls there.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:11:50 PM
Save it for the miniseries, Patient Zero.
Pfft, I've been primarily in a dormant period.
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:12:24 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 01:30:16 PM
The fuck is wrong with you people? You don't know somebody's last name until after having sex the first few times?
I mean, we've all had one-night stands and single hook-ups, but what the fuck people.
Maybe it's because I'm Scandinavian. I think that's how everyone rolls there.
And I live in the big city, where such is also commonplace - girls and guys.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 12:23:52 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 09, 2014, 12:13:21 PM
I am not gay so that means I actually have to put effort into setting up situations that lead to sex. It ain't a free open bar on this side.
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 02:13:52 PMAnd I live in the big city, where such is also commonplace - girls and guys.
Yeah... I mean, how is the last name relevant?
Most of the people I've hooked up with over the years were friends of friends, class mates, with the occasional night club hook up etc. Where does last name even come into the conversation?
You hook up. You do your thing. You get contact info. Maybe you get back in touch again and see each other (which was the usual scenario for me, generally having been on the lookout for a relationship rather than casual sex). It keeps going and at some point you accidentally find out the other person's family name (now, of course, you generally do so when you add each other on Facebook).
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:17:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 02:13:52 PMAnd I live in the big city, where such is also commonplace - girls and guys.
Yeah... I mean, how is the last name relevant?
Most of the people I've hooked up with over the years were friends of friends, class mates, with the occasional night club hook up etc. Where does last name even come into the conversation?
You hook up. You do your thing. You get contact info. Maybe you get back in touch again and see each other (which was the usual scenario for me, generally having been on the lookout for a relationship rather than casual sex). It keeps going and at some point you accidentally find out the other person's family name (now, of course, you generally do so when you add each other on Facebook).
:thumbsup:
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:12:24 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 01:30:16 PM
The fuck is wrong with you people? You don't know somebody's last name until after having sex the first few times?
I mean, we've all had one-night stands and single hook-ups, but what the fuck people.
Maybe it's because I'm Scandinavian. I think that's how everyone rolls there.
See, derspiess? It's not just the blacks.
It's basic fucking common courtesy, you monkeys. You put your dick in somebody's mouth, the least you can do is know their last name.
Jacob does this purely just to make us feel bad, man. He's a real negative dude.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:19:51 PM
It's basic fucking common courtesy, you monkeys. You put your dick in somebody's mouth, the least you can do is know their last name.
I think they'd rather have an orgasm than an exchange of last names, to be honest.
Besides, there's usually enough social structure around it they can find out the last name if it's relevant (because they're friends of friends, classmates, etc).
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:23:42 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:19:51 PM
It's basic fucking common courtesy, you monkeys. You put your dick in somebody's mouth, the least you can do is know their last name.
I think they'd rather have an orgasm than an exchange of last names, to be honest.
Ah, a comedian. And a condescending one at that.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:28:20 PMAh, a comedian. And a condescending one at that.
As opposed to an angry one, like you?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:11:50 PM
Save it for the miniseries, Patient Zero.
:D
This made me laugh out loud.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 09, 2014, 02:22:04 PM
Jacob does this purely just to make us feel bad, man. He's a real negative dude.
The smug is an air hazard.
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:32:36 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:28:20 PMAh, a comedian. And a condescending one at that.
As opposed to an angry one, like you?
Not angry, just disappointed in the complete lack of basic societal manners that once kept humanity together in the age of BA (Before Assburgers).
Quote from: Ideologue on December 09, 2014, 02:22:04 PM
Jacob does this purely just to make us feel bad, man. He's a real negative dude.
What? You're probably getting laid more than I ever was, what with the internet to help you hook up. Do you know the last names of the girls you meet before you have sex with them?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:37:32 PM
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:32:36 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:28:20 PMAh, a comedian. And a condescending one at that.
As opposed to an angry one, like you?
Not angry, just disappointed in the complete lack of basic societal manners that once kept humanity together in the age of BA (Before Assburgers).
I don't think the issue involves an inability of humans to come together. :hmm:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:37:32 PMNot angry, just disappointed in the complete lack of basic societal manners that once kept humanity together in the age of BA (Before Assburgers).
You're what, a few years older than me? I think the real issue is that you're stuffing your Catholic repression into some seriously tight grumpy pants and it's spilling out all over the place.
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:38:39 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on December 09, 2014, 02:22:04 PM
Jacob does this purely just to make us feel bad, man. He's a real negative dude.
What? You're probably getting laid more than I ever was, what with the internet to help you hook up. Do you know the last names of the girls you meet before you have sex with them?
Seems unlikely, and with certain exceptions that don't count, yes.
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:46:56 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 02:37:32 PMNot angry, just disappointed in the complete lack of basic societal manners that once kept humanity together in the age of BA (Before Assburgers).
You're what, a few years older than me? I think the real issue is that you're stuffing your Catholic repression into some seriously tight grumpy pants and it's spilling out all over the place.
Tell us, Jacob of No Fixed Address, does the little missus know how many months you were banging her before you found out her last name?
The current Seedy-Jacob spat:
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Damn, Seeds will get bitter regarding just about everything. He truly has become the Grallon of our times. :(
It's been a while (a loooong while) but back in the day last names was pretty damn low on the list of things that mattered before sex.
Outside of co-workers (oops) I can't think of a time I would have known a last name before getting together for the first time. Maybe my ex-wife because a friend of mine was dating her twin sister, so it may have come up but that was too long ago to remember.
Outside of the previously mentioned co-worker I would put learning a last name about the same tier as meeting the parents.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 09, 2014, 03:11:32 PM
The current Seedy-Jacob spat:
How about you, Roast Beef Boy? How long did it take for you to learn child bride's name after you banged her?
This thread and my depression don't go well together. Have fun, kids.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 09, 2014, 03:15:27 PM
This thread and my depression don't go well together. Have fun, kids.
Someone is a drama queen and for once, I'm not talking about Marti. :rolleyes:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 03:13:40 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 09, 2014, 03:11:32 PM
The current Seedy-Jacob spat:
How about you, Roast Beef Boy? How long did it take for you to learn child bride's name after you banged her?
I knew her name the day I met her at Barnes and Nobles.
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:17:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 02:13:52 PMAnd I live in the big city, where such is also commonplace - girls and guys.
Yeah... I mean, how is the last name relevant?
Most of the people I've hooked up with over the years were friends of friends, class mates, with the occasional night club hook up etc. Where does last name even come into the conversation?
You hook up. You do your thing. You get contact info. Maybe you get back in touch again and see each other (which was the usual scenario for me, generally having been on the lookout for a relationship rather than casual sex). It keeps going and at some point you accidentally find out the other person's family name (now, of course, you generally do so when you add each other on Facebook).
The way things roll for me is that unless it's a one night stand girls friend me on Facebook, send me whatsapps, etc... before I get to fuck them, so learning their last name is almost unavoidable.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 09, 2014, 03:15:27 PM
This thread and my depression don't go well together. Have fun, kids.
I can post more cat gifs.
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Quote from: Ed Anger on December 09, 2014, 03:18:26 PM
I knew her name the day I met her at Barnes and Nobles.
Next you might want to consider learning the correct name of that store. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 09, 2014, 03:18:26 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 03:13:40 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 09, 2014, 03:11:32 PM
The current Seedy-Jacob spat:
How about you, Roast Beef Boy? How long did it take for you to learn child bride's name after you banged her?
I knew her name the day I met her at Barnes and Nobles.
Bloody Catholics and their hangups. :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on December 09, 2014, 03:20:42 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 09, 2014, 03:18:26 PM
I knew her name the day I met her at Barnes and Nobles.
Next you might want to consider learning the correct name of that store. :)
Maybe you can go eat a shit.
HAHAHA! HE ADDED AN 'S' TO THE NAME! GOTCHA FUCKER! :rolleyes:
I really hurt Ed's feelings that time. :(
Quote from: Caliga on December 09, 2014, 03:26:16 PM
I really hurt Ed's feelings that time. :(
You are interrupting my lolz.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 09, 2014, 03:24:27 PM
Quote from: Caliga on December 09, 2014, 03:20:42 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 09, 2014, 03:18:26 PM
I knew her name the day I met her at Barnes and Nobles.
Next you might want to consider learning the correct name of that store. :)
Maybe you can go eat a shit.
HAHAHA! HE ADDED AN 'S' TO THE NAME! GOTCHA FUCKER!
:rolleyes:
I believe the official name has an ampersand. :hug:
:lol:
I love how this thread has really touched sore spots with some people. :lol:
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 03:47:32 PM
I love how this thread has really touched sore spots with some people. :lol:
If you develop sore spots, you REALLY should get their last name ... :hmm:
Quote from: Malthus on December 09, 2014, 03:48:23 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 03:47:32 PM
I love how this thread has really touched sore spots with some people. :lol:
If you develop sore spots, you REALLY should get their last name ... :hmm:
You could just do what garbon does and save their phone number under "sore dick" or something. :P
Quote from: Malthus on December 09, 2014, 03:48:23 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 03:47:32 PM
I love how this thread has really touched sore spots with some people. :lol:
If you develop sore spots, you REALLY should get their last name ... :hmm:
Are you saying it is unusual to be sore after sex? :unsure:
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 03:55:10 PM
Quote from: Malthus on December 09, 2014, 03:48:23 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 03:47:32 PM
I love how this thread has really touched sore spots with some people. :lol:
If you develop sore spots, you REALLY should get their last name ... :hmm:
You could just do what garbon does and save their phone number under "sore dick" or something. :P
Well hey, we are ignoring the people where I say "I'll see you around" in lieu of exchanging phone numbers. :D
Oh, in other news, one of my best female friends (an ex-work colleague of mine) here in Warsaw has married a nerd IT guy. I was invited to a board game evening last Sunday with a bunch of other nerds. We played some game about dwarfs breeding and mining ore.
I did not learn their last names either.
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:16:10 PM
Oh, in other news, one of my best female friends (an ex-work colleague of mine) here in Warsaw has married a nerd IT guy. I was invited to a board game evening last Sunday with a bunch of other nerds. We played some game about dwarfs breeding and mining ore.
I did not learn their last names either.
"My dwarf fighter's name is Throg. Just Throg."
I now have to buy some board game (considering "Lords of Waterdeep") and invite them all to my flat. Will need to take down the confetti and glitter*.
*The friend and the IT nerd husband did attend my birthday party with a live drag queen recital performed by another friend of mine, so that ship has sailed, but I'm thinking of the other nerds here. :P
If you did it the Lord's way you would obviously know the last name of the person you have sex with.
Sinners.
What is a drag queen recital? :unsure:
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 04:24:11 PM
What is a drag queen recital? :unsure:
Well, I have a piano. My friend - a drag queen - sang "Life is a Cabaret", "Mein Herr" and "Je Ne Regrette Rien". I accompanied with music. :sleep:
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:26:26 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 04:24:11 PM
What is a drag queen recital? :unsure:
Well, I have a piano. My friend - a drag queen - sang "Life is a Cabaret", "Mein Herr" and "Je Ne Regrete Rien". I accompanied with music. :sleep:
Ah okay. I've never heard of that being referred to as a recital (/I don't think I have ever been to someone's home where that has happened - whereas at a piano bar...) but that works, I suppose. :)
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 03:07:22 PM
Tell us, Jacob of No Fixed Address, does the little missus know how many months you were banging her before you found out her last name?
I don't think I even know.
I just asked her how long before she found mine out, and she said right away due to Facebook. So I guess I found out right away too, but it never registered as an important event.
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 04:33:29 PM
So I guess I found out right away too, but it never registered as an important event.
I do like the idea of that as a relationship milestone - and then I learned her last name! :D
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:19:27 PM
I now have to buy some board game (considering "Lords of Waterdeep") and invite them all to my flat. Will need to take down the confetti and glitter*.
*The friend and the IT nerd husband did attend my birthday party with a live drag queen recital performed by another friend of mine, so that ship has sailed, but I'm thinking of the other nerds here. :P
I don't think having a drag queen perform necessarily = gay.
In darkest Ukraine, apparently, guys in drag are considered screamingly funny - I was dragged to a wedding featuring lots of scary Ukrainians*, the highlight of which was a guy in drag performing.
*Scary = that short hair plus prison tats "Eastern Promises" look ...
Quote from: Malthus on December 09, 2014, 04:39:22 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:19:27 PM
I now have to buy some board game (considering "Lords of Waterdeep") and invite them all to my flat. Will need to take down the confetti and glitter*.
*The friend and the IT nerd husband did attend my birthday party with a live drag queen recital performed by another friend of mine, so that ship has sailed, but I'm thinking of the other nerds here. :P
I don't think having a drag queen perform necessarily = gay.
In darkest Ukraine, apparently, guys in drag are considered screamingly funny - I was dragged to a wedding featuring lots of scary Ukrainians*, the highlight of which was a guy in drag performing.
*Scary = that short hair plus prison tats "Eastern Promises" look ...
Well, they also know I am gay. She is one of the first people (excepting family) I came out to (it was actually quite funny - I was being very sneaky - she was just returning my "Six Feet Under" DVD collection to me and asked her if there is a character she thought reminded her of me. She answered "Oh, David Fisher. But that's because you are stuck up like him. By the way we [she and another friend] realised by now you're gay"). I just meant the ship of "toning this down" has sailed. :P
And yeah, Ukrainians are weird like that. There is this drag queen, called Verka Serdushka (sp?) they sent to Eurovision few years ago and (s)he came second. The guy pretends he has a girlfriend... :rolleyes:
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:46:25 PM
And yeah, Ukrainians are weird like that. There is this drag queen, called Verka Serdushka (sp?) they sent to Eurovision few years ago and (s)he came second. The guy pretends he has a girlfriend... :rolleyes:
Heh, that wedding I went to was awash in wierd. Having a guy in drag perform was just the icing on the cake, so to speak. ;)
I now tease my wife by jokingly insisting that all Ukrainian weddings are like that ... :P
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:38:39 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on December 09, 2014, 02:22:04 PM
Jacob does this purely just to make us feel bad, man. He's a real negative dude.
What? You're probably getting laid more than I ever was, what with the internet to help you hook up. Do you know the last names of the girls you meet before you have sex with them?
At the very least he needs to know their ethnic makeup so he can give each one an (in)appropriate nickname to use here. :P
Quote from: celedhring on December 09, 2014, 03:19:44 PM
The way things roll for me is that unless it's a one night stand girls friend me on Facebook, send me whatsapps, etc... before I get to fuck them, so learning their last name is almost unavoidable.
Not *that* commonplace, what with plenty of people using nicknames in Facebook instead of their real names.
Quote from: The Larch on December 09, 2014, 06:46:06 PM
Quote from: celedhring on December 09, 2014, 03:19:44 PM
The way things roll for me is that unless it's a one night stand girls friend me on Facebook, send me whatsapps, etc... before I get to fuck them, so learning their last name is almost unavoidable.
Not *that* commonplace, what with plenty of people using nicknames in Facebook instead of their real names.
I don't fuck those, guess I'm getting old.
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:40:34 PM
She is one of the first people (excepting family) I came out to (it was actually quite funny - I was being very sneaky - she was just returning my "Six Feet Under" DVD collection to me and asked her if there is a character she thought reminded her of me. She answered "Oh, David Fisher. But that's because you are stuck up like him.
Gross. I can't see wanting people to be reminded of me when they see David Fisher. :x
For the record, I once had the opposite problem. This girl I was with flat out refused to tell me her last names, it took me quite a while to find them out, and only did for the first time when we were registering at a hotel for a weekend getaway and she had to say them out loud at the hotel desk to confirm the reservation.
I was never awesome enough to be able to anonymously bang. All my sexual encounters were the result of a great deal of effort on my part. This usually involved finding out a great deal about the woman involved including, sadly, her last name.
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 07:04:51 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:40:34 PM
She is one of the first people (excepting family) I came out to (it was actually quite funny - I was being very sneaky - she was just returning my "Six Feet Under" DVD collection to me and asked her if there is a character she thought reminded her of me. She answered "Oh, David Fisher. But that's because you are stuck up like him.
Gross. I can't see wanting people to be reminded of me when they see David Fisher. :x
Michael C Hall: not garbon's standard. I respect that.
Quote from: Valmy on December 09, 2014, 08:32:22 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 07:04:51 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:40:34 PM
She is one of the first people (excepting family) I came out to (it was actually quite funny - I was being very sneaky - she was just returning my "Six Feet Under" DVD collection to me and asked her if there is a character she thought reminded her of me. She answered "Oh, David Fisher. But that's because you are stuck up like him.
Gross. I can't see wanting people to be reminded of me when they see David Fisher. :x
Michael C Hall: not garbon's standard. I respect that.
Well in general, I don't think he's attractive - but his character in that show was pretty creepy. More so than his turn as Dexter.
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:26:26 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 04:24:11 PM
What is a drag queen recital? :unsure:
Well, I have a piano. My friend - a drag queen - sang "Life is a Cabaret", "Mein Herr" and "Je Ne Regrette Rien". I accompanied with music. :sleep:
:unsure: I never thought I'd want to hang out with Marty's Warsavian haute-bourgeois crowd, but this sounds like at least a borderline good party. What food/drinks did you serve?
Quote from: Valmy on December 09, 2014, 08:30:34 PM
I was never awesome enough to be able to anonymously bang. All my sexual encounters were the result of a great deal of effort on my part. This usually involved finding out a great deal about the woman involved including, sadly, her last name.
You poor non-Scandinavian bastard.
Quote from: The Larch on December 09, 2014, 07:08:22 PM
For the record, I once had the opposite problem. This girl I was with flat out refused to tell me her last names, it took me quite a while to find them out, and only did for the first time when we were registering at a hotel for a weekend getaway and she had to say them out loud at the hotel desk to confirm the reservation.
:blink:
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 09, 2014, 10:25:47 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:26:26 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 04:24:11 PM
What is a drag queen recital? :unsure:
Well, I have a piano. My friend - a drag queen - sang "Life is a Cabaret", "Mein Herr" and "Je Ne Regrette Rien". I accompanied with music. :sleep:
:unsure: I never thought I'd want to hang out with Marty's Warsavian haute-bourgeois crowd, but this sounds like at least a borderline good party. What food/drinks did you serve?
They use this book:
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You pulled me back into the thread.
Life is a cabaret, old chum.
Now I have seen everything.
I want a woman to bake me a cake and share my bounty.
Quote from: Valmy on December 09, 2014, 10:37:22 PM
Now I have seen everything.
I don't know. Maybe if you saw photos of someone gathering the ingredients.
I saw a movie (documentary) once where they fried like 50 guys' semen like an egg and a woman ate it. I don't remember if it was supposed to be good.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 09, 2014, 10:30:22 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 09, 2014, 08:30:34 PM
I was never awesome enough to be able to anonymously bang. All my sexual encounters were the result of a great deal of effort on my part. This usually involved finding out a great deal about the woman involved including, sadly, her last name.
You poor non-Scandinavian bastard.
:rolleyes:
Quote from: Caliga on December 09, 2014, 10:31:17 PM
Quote from: The Larch on December 09, 2014, 07:08:22 PM
For the record, I once had the opposite problem. This girl I was with flat out refused to tell me her last names, it took me quite a while to find them out, and only did for the first time when we were registering at a hotel for a weekend getaway and she had to say them out loud at the hotel desk to confirm the reservation.
:blink:
I know right, who has more than one last name? :rolleyes:
:lol:
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 09, 2014, 10:37:30 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on December 09, 2014, 10:35:51 PM
You pulled me back into the thread.
:)
It helps that I saw another couple pictures of the woman I'm talking to, and she's actually got a really hot body. Not Auschwitz chic, but despite my completely undeserved reputation, I like a wide variety of physical type. Just not the extra-wide variety of physical type. BAZING
Surprised only six whores here.
Quote from: katmai on December 10, 2014, 12:02:19 AM
Surprised only six whores here.
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Like I said we have more than six homosexuals here.
Katmai gets last names, but for whatever reason, they turn out to be aliases, nyuk3
Mama Haze sure had a lot of daughters.
Quote from: Caliga on December 09, 2014, 10:31:17 PM
Quote from: The Larch on December 09, 2014, 07:08:22 PM
For the record, I once had the opposite problem. This girl I was with flat out refused to tell me her last names, it took me quite a while to find them out, and only did for the first time when we were registering at a hotel for a weekend getaway and she had to say them out loud at the hotel desk to confirm the reservation.
:blink:
She was quite kooky about that, true. :lol:
Turned out that she was the daughter of a well known lawyer with a recognizable surname, and she had told me several shitty stories about her family's dirty laundry, and didn't want me to associate those stories to her father for fear of possible consequences. Needless to say I never got to know her family.
Quote from: sbr on December 09, 2014, 11:15:16 PM
I know right, who has more than one last name? :rolleyes:
Every Spaniard and Portuguese, for starters. :P
I know a girl - with which i have had weird affairs throughout the years - that's the sister of a Spanish celeb. She uses her mother's surname in order to avoid being linked with him since she's had a lot of trouble with stalkers, etc... (she's actually really hot).
A few at the time of, yes; but only a couple instances where I never learned the person's last name. Or at least heard it and studiedly ignored it.
Quote from: Valmy on December 09, 2014, 08:30:34 PM
I was never awesome enough to be able to anonymously bang. All my sexual encounters were the result of a great deal of effort on my part. This usually involved finding out a great deal about the woman involved including, sadly, her last name.
Nothing anonymous about it whatsoever, it's just that family names aren't particularly relevant to pierce the veil of anonymity.
They are if you live in Iceland.
I guess if you aren't fooled by the propaganda against mild inbreeding.
Quote from: Jacob on December 10, 2014, 12:34:19 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 09, 2014, 08:30:34 PM
I was never awesome enough to be able to anonymously bang. All my sexual encounters were the result of a great deal of effort on my part. This usually involved finding out a great deal about the woman involved including, sadly, her last name.
Nothing anonymous about it whatsoever, it's just that family names aren't particularly relevant to pierce the veil of anonymity.
And at least on the gay end it has nothing to do with awesomeness. It's just that you usually hook up on the internet and the first time you meet up and you like each other you have sex. If it was good, you exchange phone numbers.
Quote from: Martinus on December 10, 2014, 01:08:49 PM
Quote from: Jacob on December 10, 2014, 12:34:19 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 09, 2014, 08:30:34 PM
I was never awesome enough to be able to anonymously bang. All my sexual encounters were the result of a great deal of effort on my part. This usually involved finding out a great deal about the woman involved including, sadly, her last name.
Nothing anonymous about it whatsoever, it's just that family names aren't particularly relevant to pierce the veil of anonymity.
And at least on the gay end it has nothing to do with awesomeness. It's just that you usually hook up on the internet and the first time you meet up and you like each other you have sex. If it was good, you exchange phone numbers.
Ahem. I'd refrain from stating that as the main process.
Fun fact - I was friends with a guy once. He invited me and other common friends to a party where his new boyfriend was to be present. It was awkward when it turned out he gave him a fake *first* name when they first met and was too embarrassed to later correct that. :P
Quote from: Jacob on December 09, 2014, 02:17:12 PM
Most of the people I've hooked up with over the years were friends of friends, class mates, with the occasional night club hook up etc. Where does last name even come into the conversation?
Yep. Unless you exchange business cards and engage in a night of American Psycho passion, which may be CdM's preferred option.
QuoteWell hey, we are ignoring the people where I say "I'll see you around" in lieu of exchanging phone numbers. :D
That's my approach.
'I'll see you around.'
'I live in Reading.'
'.....Yeah.'
QuoteI now have to buy some board game (considering "Lords of Waterdeep") and invite them all to my flat. Will need to take down the confetti and glitter*.
What do you mean by 'take down' confetti and glitter? :mellow:
QuoteIn darkest Ukraine, apparently, guys in drag are considered screamingly funny - I was dragged to a wedding featuring lots of scary Ukrainians*, the highlight of which was a guy in drag performing.
And of course it's been the centrepiece of English humour forever.
Quote from: Martinus on December 10, 2014, 01:15:23 PM
Fun fact - I was friends with a guy once. He invited me and other common friends to a party where his new boyfriend was to be present. It was awkward when it turned out he gave him a fake *first* name when they first met and was too embarrassed to later correct that. :P
:lol:
That's some Shakespearian level farce, that is. :D
Quote from: Ideologue on December 10, 2014, 12:43:40 PM
I guess if you aren't fooled by the propaganda against mild inbreeding.
I generally know the last name of anybody I'm considering procreating with.
Quote from: garbon on December 10, 2014, 01:10:22 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 10, 2014, 01:08:49 PM
Quote from: Jacob on December 10, 2014, 12:34:19 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 09, 2014, 08:30:34 PM
I was never awesome enough to be able to anonymously bang. All my sexual encounters were the result of a great deal of effort on my part. This usually involved finding out a great deal about the woman involved including, sadly, her last name.
Nothing anonymous about it whatsoever, it's just that family names aren't particularly relevant to pierce the veil of anonymity.
And at least on the gay end it has nothing to do with awesomeness. It's just that you usually hook up on the internet and the first time you meet up and you like each other you have sex. If it was good, you exchange phone numbers.
Ahem. I'd refrain from stating that as the main process.
What's your objection? :P
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 09, 2014, 10:25:47 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 09, 2014, 04:26:26 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 09, 2014, 04:24:11 PM
What is a drag queen recital? :unsure:
Well, I have a piano. My friend - a drag queen - sang "Life is a Cabaret", "Mein Herr" and "Je Ne Regrette Rien". I accompanied with music. :sleep:
:unsure: I never thought I'd want to hang out with Marty's Warsavian haute-bourgeois crowd, but this sounds like at least a borderline good party. What food/drinks did you serve?
Bouillabaisse. Grass fed beef steaks. Blinas with sour cream and red caviar. And mainly wine (plus, shots of ice-cold potato vodka to go with the steaks).
Quote from: Martinus on December 10, 2014, 03:01:12 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 10, 2014, 01:10:22 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 10, 2014, 01:08:49 PM
Quote from: Jacob on December 10, 2014, 12:34:19 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 09, 2014, 08:30:34 PM
I was never awesome enough to be able to anonymously bang. All my sexual encounters were the result of a great deal of effort on my part. This usually involved finding out a great deal about the woman involved including, sadly, her last name.
Nothing anonymous about it whatsoever, it's just that family names aren't particularly relevant to pierce the veil of anonymity.
And at least on the gay end it has nothing to do with awesomeness. It's just that you usually hook up on the internet and the first time you meet up and you like each other you have sex. If it was good, you exchange phone numbers.
Ahem. I'd refrain from stating that as the main process.
What's your objection? :P
I rarely go online to meet people directly for the purpose of sex. That's too early 20s, early 2000s craigslist for my sensibilities. ;)
What about grindr?
I think that goes under what I said. You've just taken an online site and made it location/phone based.
Ok. Well, I haven't hooked up online with a stranger for sex since 2009 or so, to be honest.
I have my boyfriend... and a collection of phone numbers. :ph34r:
LOL, Dial W for "Wiktor"
:lol:
^_^
:lol:
Quote from: Martinus on December 10, 2014, 03:03:15 PM
Bouillabaisse. Grass fed beef steaks. Blinas with sour cream and red caviar. And mainly wine (plus, shots of ice-cold potato vodka to go with the steaks).
Blini. :mmm: I didn't know caviar came in red. (There's a "in Soviet Union" joke lurking in there somewhere...) Bouillabaisse is the French seafood stew, right? Never had it, but I imagine it's famous for a good reason. Steak is a perennial winner. I like Polish potato vodka the best of the categories I've tried. :swiss: Gotta admit, it sounds like a good dinner party.
But I don't get the concept of ice-cold shots with the steaks. I'm sure Joan would weep into the tablecloth at the missed opportunity to pair the high-end meat with a perfectly matched red, rather than running a Polish Zamboni over your palate. Speaking of which, what wines were served? :contract: There's your *real*
haut-bourgeois vs.
arriviste-poseur crucible for you.
I don't like this thread again.
You pass out on the table at one of Marti's parties at your own peril, pal. :ph34r: Make sure to count your toes the next morning.
:D
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 10, 2014, 04:04:50 PM
You pass out on the table at one of Marti's parties at your own peril, pal. :ph34r: Make sure to count your toes the next morning.
:lmfao:
How do I love thee?
Well, the steaks were accompanied by a good red as well, but vodka was too good to pass. I normally do not like vodka at all but this one is an exception:
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And this is how red caviar blini look like:
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As for wine, it wasnt anything too fancy. I think Barbaresco with the steaks and prosecco with blini.
What fish is that from? It looks like salmon roe.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 10, 2014, 04:01:17 PM
But I don't get the concept of ice-cold shots with the steaks. I'm sure Joan would weep into the tablecloth at the missed opportunity to pair the high-end meat with a perfectly matched red, rather than running a Polish Zamboni over your palate.
:lol: I detest wine with food, and that's disgusting imagery even to me.
Fish ova are a delicacy, but facials are demeaning?
Consistency, please. :rolleyes:
Quote from: Jacob on December 10, 2014, 12:34:19 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 09, 2014, 08:30:34 PM
I was never awesome enough to be able to anonymously bang. All my sexual encounters were the result of a great deal of effort on my part. This usually involved finding out a great deal about the woman involved including, sadly, her last name.
Nothing anonymous about it whatsoever, it's just that family names aren't particularly relevant to pierce the veil of anonymity.
Ok then. Casual sex. I am trying to call you awesome here Jake :P
Quote from: Ideologue on December 10, 2014, 06:48:23 PM
Fish ova are a delicacy, but facials are demeaning?
Consistency, please. :rolleyes:
Imagine the waiter's surprise when Ide's poached branzino gets a facial between courses.
MAH WHITEFISH
Whiter fish.
No fish for me.
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Ed will have the roast beef platter, please.
Damn right.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 10, 2014, 05:06:36 PM
:lol: I detest wine with food, and that's disgusting imagery even to me.
Catholic card removed, excommunicated! Utraque species is not for nothing, you crypto-protestant and wannabee Irish.
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on December 11, 2014, 06:10:59 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 10, 2014, 05:06:36 PM
:lol: I detest wine with food, and that's disgusting imagery even to me.
Catholic card removed, excommunicated! Utraque species is not for nothing, you crypto-protestant and wannabee Irish.
:D I was the one at the Last Supper asking the waiter for the bottled water.
I simply can't do the wine thing with food; I like to taste my food, and not feel like I've been snorting Sweet-Tarts with grapefruit juice. Wine is just too overpowering, and then everything tastes like wine-flavored food, which is barf. :yucky:
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Stop drinking Boone's farm seedy.
I'll have a Coke and a smile, please.
Money's right. Alcohol with meals isn't very appetizing.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 11, 2014, 10:10:18 AM
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And the old timer used a pic from a remake, à la brainless teenager.
FAIL
Quote from: Ideologue on December 11, 2014, 10:25:27 AM
Money's right. Alcohol with meals isn't very appetizing.
I guess that's why some people like their aperitif before the meal.:)
Quote from: Ideologue on December 11, 2014, 10:25:27 AM
Money's right. Alcohol with meals isn't very appetizing.
I never have alcohol with my meal... but I'll often have some food with my booze.
I have wine or beer with my meals pretty often (no, not *always*).
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2014, 10:05:31 AM
Quote from: Duque de Bragança on December 11, 2014, 06:10:59 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 10, 2014, 05:06:36 PM
:lol: I detest wine with food, and that's disgusting imagery even to me.
Catholic card removed, excommunicated! Utraque species is not for nothing, you crypto-protestant and wannabee Irish.
:D I was the one at the Last Supper asking the waiter for the bottled water.
I simply can't do the wine thing with food; I like to taste my food, and not feel like I've been snorting Sweet-Tarts with grapefruit juice. Wine is just too overpowering, and then everything tastes like wine-flavored food, which is barf. :yucky:
Weird. I definitely think that wine can be used (when used properly?) to help accentuate the taste of food.
Quote from: celedhring on December 11, 2014, 10:49:41 AM
I have wine or beer with my meals pretty often (no, not *always*).
:hug:
Quote from: garbon on December 11, 2014, 10:51:10 AM
Weird. I definitely think that wine can be used (when used properly?) to help accentuate the taste of food.
How does it accentuate the taste? Does it make steak taste more steaky?
Quote from: Ideologue on December 11, 2014, 10:25:27 AM
Money's right. Alcohol with meals isn't very appetizing.
Yeah that must be why having alcohol with meals is so incredibly rare.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2014, 10:52:00 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 11, 2014, 10:51:10 AM
Weird. I definitely think that wine can be used (when used properly?) to help accentuate the taste of food.
How does it accentuate the taste? Does it make steak taste more steaky?
It can make it more flavorful yes. And I will say, the first time I had a desert Zinfandel with a piece of sweet dark chocolate, I was amazed. I thought for sure it'd make the chocolate taste meh, but it made it taste more chocolately. :P
Meh. Pass.
On a different note, I realized that at the party I was at last night - I didn't know the last name of a single person. Not even my friend. -_-
Mulva.
Delores!!!
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2014, 11:00:40 AM
Mulva.
Oh that's true too. I didn't bother paying attention to most of the first names that I was given as I was like, I'm pretty sure that I will never see any of you again. :D :blush:
Quote from: garbon on December 11, 2014, 10:52:10 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on December 11, 2014, 10:25:27 AM
Money's right. Alcohol with meals isn't very appetizing.
Yeah that must be why having alcohol with meals is so incredibly rare.
Maybe I should've said "I agree." Jeez.
Quote from: garbon on December 11, 2014, 11:02:43 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2014, 11:00:40 AM
Mulva.
Oh that's true too. I didn't bother paying attention to most of the first names that I was given as I was like, I'm pretty sure that I will never see any of you again. :D :blush:
Well, it's hard to make proper introductions when everybody is referring to you as "yon mulatto". :P
And comments like those made by Ide and CdM show they are working class. See, garbon, not so hard.
Quote from: Martinus on December 11, 2014, 05:22:30 PM
And comments like those made by Ide and CdM show they are working class. See, garbon, not so hard.
Good call. I now need to become a keen observer of these things.
Quote from: Martinus on December 11, 2014, 05:21:34 PM
Quote from: garbon on December 11, 2014, 11:02:43 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 11, 2014, 11:00:40 AM
Mulva.
Oh that's true too. I didn't bother paying attention to most of the first names that I was given as I was like, I'm pretty sure that I will never see any of you again. :D :blush:
Well, it's hard to make proper introductions when everybody is referring to you as "yon mulatto". :P
On another note, I got told by two people that I had an accent. One wondered if I was from London and the other said "you totally speak like a valley girl." I desperately need to distance myself from whatever caused that first interpretation as I am not going to be one of those Madonna Americans. :x :angry: :weep:
Quote from: Martinus on December 11, 2014, 05:22:30 PM
And comments like those made by Ide and CdM show they are working class. See, garbon, not so hard.
I dunno, man. My family owned a piano.
My family owned a Hammond B3. :cool:
We had an 8 track player. AND WE LIKED IT
My first car had an 8 track player. I bought one of these bad boys so I could rock out to my sweet cassette tape collection
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Quote from: Martinus on December 11, 2014, 05:22:30 PM
And comments like those made by Ide and CdM show they are working class. See, garbon, not so hard.
It must really accentuate the cock.
Quote from: Martinus on December 11, 2014, 05:22:30 PM
And comments like those made by Ide and CdM show they are working class. See, garbon, not so hard.
Where in the world is the working class known for not drinking?
Maybe Japan.
:huh:
Yeah, don't know where you got that from Weegro.
As a society they drink less than most, but you hear about Japanese corporate types having drinking binges after work.
Quote from: Jacob on December 11, 2014, 08:18:43 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 11, 2014, 05:22:30 PM
And comments like those made by Ide and CdM show they are working class. See, garbon, not so hard.
Where in the world is the working class known for not drinking?
It must be the notable lack of wine glasses in every photo I own.
Quote from: Jacob on December 11, 2014, 08:18:43 PM
Quote from: Martinus on December 11, 2014, 05:22:30 PM
And comments like those made by Ide and CdM show they are working class. See, garbon, not so hard.
Where in the world is the working class known for not drinking?
When you drink the kind of swill that destroys the taste of food, you are working class.
Quote from: Martinus on December 12, 2014, 01:10:42 AM
When you drink the kind of swill that destroys the taste of food, you are working class.
You're in Eastern Europe, a few hundred miles too far east to be goofing on "working class". Lulz, "Poland".
Odd, Americans don't drink booze with their food. Continentals only drink booze with their food. Brits drink booze all the time.
One of my best meals ever was when well-off friends treated me to a multi-course tasting menu at a Michelin-starred restaurant and the sommelier served a different wine specially chosen to match each course.
Quote from: Brazen on December 12, 2014, 06:15:08 AM
Odd, Americans don't drink booze with their food. Continentals only drink booze with their food. Brits drink booze all the time.
One of my best meals ever was when well-off friends treated me to a multi-course tasting menu at a Michelin-starred restaurant and the sommelier served a different wine specially chosen to match each course.
Yup. And I went to a business dinner with American clients and noone thought that odd or inappropriate. That is why I called CdM and Ide working class - not because I thought working class people do not drink, as Jacob was kind enough to deliberately and obtusely misinterpret.
I might be extrapolating, but from my limited experience of American restaurants a) you get free refills of soft drinks so no-one understands why you'd pay good cash for each glass of booze and b) everyone drives so you down a six-pack and beat your wife when you get home instead.
Yeah I would stop extrapolating. It appears you do not have enough data. :P
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2014, 08:38:22 AM
Yeah I would stop extrapolating. It appears you do not have enough data. :P
Obviously I need more Americans to take me out for dinner :P
Quote from: Brazen on December 12, 2014, 08:24:41 AM
I might be extrapolating, but from my limited experience of American restaurants a) you get free refills of soft drinks so no-one understands why you'd pay good cash for each glass of booze and b) everyone drives so you down a six-pack and beat your wife when you get home instead.
correct...being drunk at home is legal in america
being drunk whilst driving oneself home is now quite taboo and criminal
I think the point was that we use taxis/public transport instead in Europe. :P
Or, indeed, walking. It is quite a shock to Euros to find that some destinations are as good as inaccessible without a car.
Quote from: Martinus on December 12, 2014, 09:58:58 AM
I think the point was that we use taxis/public transport instead in Europe. :P
And in US (outside of cities where cab prices are reasonable / public transport is effective), we just use designated drivers - which sucks for that person but is great for everyone else.
Garbon lives in the America where everybody knows everyone and they are all going home in the same direction, more than happy to leave their car overnight in the city in a pay garage. :P
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 12, 2014, 10:09:18 AM
Garbon lives in the America where everybody knows everyone and they are all going home in the same direction, more than happy to leave their car overnight in the city in a pay garage. :P
No, I don't live in that America. I live in the America of affordable cabs and effective public transport. :contract:
Btw, when I've been in the 'burbs, DD picked people up / and/or some of us would drive over to someone's house and then go out together. :)
I think we established long ago that garbon actually lives in a universe patterned on hit NBC sitcom Friends, and not our own.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 12, 2014, 10:28:00 AM
I think we established long ago that garbon actually lives in a universe patterned on hit NBC sitcom Friends, and not our own.
I don't hang out in coffeeshops - not since I left SF. :)
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2014, 10:27:25 AM
Btw, when I've been in the 'burbs, DD picked people up / and/or some of us would drive over to someone's house and then go out together. :)
So everybody leaves downtown where they work, to go back to the suburbs where they live, get together, then drive back downtown where the restaurant is you were supposed to meet at after work, and then someone drives them all back to the suburbs. Gotcha.
How does everyone get to Cheers? You don't see Norm volunteering his stint as DD.
Quote from: Brazen on December 12, 2014, 08:24:41 AM
I might be extrapolating, but from my limited experience of American restaurants a) you get free refills of soft drinks so no-one understands why you'd pay good cash for each glass of booze and b) everyone drives so you down a six-pack and beat your wife when you get home instead.
Ide and CdM are teetotallers. Extrapolating national or class characteristics from that fact is pretty silly.
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2014, 10:07:09 AM
Quote from: Martinus on December 12, 2014, 09:58:58 AM
I think the point was that we use taxis/public transport instead in Europe. :P
And in US (outside of cities where cab prices are reasonable / public transport is effective), we just use designated drivers - which sucks for that person but is great for everyone else.
I'm finding that car to go is changing this dynamics as well, which is interesting.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 12, 2014, 10:30:58 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2014, 10:27:25 AM
Btw, when I've been in the 'burbs, DD picked people up / and/or some of us would drive over to someone's house and then go out together. :)
So everybody leaves downtown where they work, to go back to the suburbs where they live, get together, then drive back downtown where the restaurant is you were supposed to meet at after work, and then someone drives them all back to the suburbs. Gotcha.
I didn't realize we were talking about after work drinks in the city. :huh:
I mean you seem to be big on calling people assburgery and I think your post is a good example of that. How am I supposed to predict the scenario that you would be in?
Quote from: Jacob on December 12, 2014, 10:46:57 AM
Ide and CdM are teetotallers. Extrapolating national or class characteristics from that fact is pretty silly.
I wasn't, I was extrapolating from having gone to American restaurants in America with Americans who, shockingly, weren't Ide or CdM. I have also been to Chicago, which seemed very London-like in terms of pedestrian and public transport accessibility. Though I did get carded when I ordered a bottle of wine :rolleyes:
Quote from: Brazen on December 12, 2014, 10:51:14 AM
Quote from: Jacob on December 12, 2014, 10:46:57 AM
Ide and CdM are teetotallers. Extrapolating national or class characteristics from that fact is pretty silly.
I wasn't, I was extrapolating from having gone to American restaurants in America with Americans who, shockingly, weren't Ide or CdM. I have also been to Chicago, which seemed very London-like in terms of pedestrian and public transport accessibility. Though I did get carded when I ordered a bottle of wine :rolleyes:
Weird. The Americans I've hung out with have been drinking as much as everyone else when they weren't driving.
Money and I = real America.
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2014, 10:50:46 AM
I didn't realize we were talking about after work drinks in the city. :huh:
I mean you seem to be big on calling people assburgery and I think your post is a good example of that. How am I supposed to predict the scenario that you would be in?
I didn't realize your 'burbs scenario was apparently limited to getting shitfaced with $4 pitchers at TGIFriday's after the company softball game on Sunday.
I was still on the "drinking with food" theme, and the only restaurants where you're going to eat that is worth spending the money on non-swill wine is downtown, where you meet your clients, partners and what have you; you're the one that extrapolated the concept of designated drivers to encompass clubbing. :P
But I hear Applebee's has a fantastic house label.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 12, 2014, 11:28:16 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2014, 10:50:46 AM
I didn't realize we were talking about after work drinks in the city. :huh:
I mean you seem to be big on calling people assburgery and I think your post is a good example of that. How am I supposed to predict the scenario that you would be in?
I didn't realize your 'burbs scenario was apparently limited to getting shitfaced with $4 pitchers at TGIFriday's after the company softball game on Sunday.
I was still on the "drinking with food" theme, and the only restaurants where you're going to eat that is worth spending the money on non-swill wine is downtown, where you meet your clients, partners and what have you; you're the one that extrapolated the concept of designated drivers to encompass clubbing. :P
But I hear Applebee's has a fantastic house label.
Well in the scenario that you are just now outline (;)), I think that you would have a drink or two and then be sober enough to drive home once done entertaining your client.
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2014, 11:29:52 AM
Well in the scenario that you are just now outline (;)), I think that you would have a drink or two and then be sober enough to drive home once done entertaining your client.
.04, pal. Your drink or two is enough for the handcuffs here.
Besides, it's not a true client dinner unless the wine tab eclipses the meal tab, the degree of magnitude dependent on the contract dollars involved.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 12, 2014, 11:35:49 AM
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2014, 11:29:52 AM
Well in the scenario that you are just now outline (;)), I think that you would have a drink or two and then be sober enough to drive home once done entertaining your client.
.04, pal. Your drink or two is enough for the handcuffs here.
Well I can't speak
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 12, 2014, 11:35:49 AM
Besides, it's not a true client dinner unless the wine tab eclipses the meal tab, the degree of magnitude dependent on the contract dollars involved.
Client can get smashed, sure.
Can or won't? :yeahright:
The dangers of writing a post while on the phone!
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2014, 01:25:35 PM
The dangers of writing a post while on the phone!
I was just making a silly.
I realized though that the first sentences wasn't even my complete thought. I meant to say that I couldn't speak for uncivilized places. -_-
Say no more.