It wasn't a burning bush, talking snake, or even a unicorn, but perhaps something bigger. It is shortly after 1 a.m., and I have been sitting on my deck stargazing, drinking Rolling Rock, and listening to the Shenandoah River gurgling by across the road. A moment ago, a lightning bug (firefly) landed on the deck railing next to my beer bottle and lit up. I don't want to state the obvious, but this was surely a sign from god, I'm just not certain of what--obviously something to do with beer. He wants me to drink more beer? He wants me to drink less beer? He likes it that I drink Rolling Rock? He thinks I should move to something more upscale, like a craft beer? Since the firefly landed with its head so close to the bottle, I think maybe he is showing his approval that beer should be partaken from glass and not a can.
I think that perhaps I should convene a party of friends who weren't present here tonight to help me make an unequivocal decision as to the meaning of this firefly. Any thoughts, anyone? :winkle:
Marathon Firefly.
Or, maybe it a sign you should do a Serenity marathon. After all it was a firefly that appeared in such a serene setting. (http://www.orangemane.com/BB/images/smilies/big-grin.gif)
Quote from: GalacticBusDriver on June 07, 2014, 01:52:54 AM
Or, maybe it a sign you should do a Serenity marathon. After all it was a firefly that appeared in such a serene setting. (http://www.orangemane.com/BB/images/smilies/big-grin.gif)
You just blew my mind, man.
Call your friends, and let the beer flow. You have divine permission.
Quote from: Hydra009 on June 07, 2014, 01:56:50 AMYou just blew my mind, man.
Glad to be of help. (http://www.orangemane.com/BB/images/smilies/big-grin.gif)
Your beer was a sign to the firefly.
Ye go forth to ye brethren fireflies and tell them drink is good! God saw the Rolling Rock and he saw it was good, but don't ye eat from the stale potato chip on the ground lest ye perish!
I looked up the top 10 beer list. Rolling Rock is not on it. Top 50 beers. Still not there. Top 100 beers. Still not there.
Dude, upgrade.
I used to drink Rolling Rock.
In the 70's.
As a beer drinking schizophrenic prophet, I can say unequivocally that the firefly/angel is telling you you need to upgrade...maybe to Boxer, which is a superior beer at a cheaper price (I pay $15 for 36 cans).
Quote from: stromboli on June 07, 2014, 08:47:25 AM
I looked up the top 10 beer list. Rolling Rock is not on it. Top 50 beers. Still not there. Top 100 beers. Still not there.
Dude, upgrade.
I started drinking RR in about 1973 when it was available only in a twelver of 7 oz bottles that came in a lidded box which had individual slots within for each bottle. All for $2.59. I have moved on, but every now and again in warm weather, I get nostalgic. I haven't seen the 7 oz bottles in years though--now its 12 oz bottles and cans, although the bottles still have the painted-on label.
I drank the shit out of Pabst Blue Ribbon in the Navy. Hot day, softball game, tastes good. Otherwise not so much.
On the rare occasions that he drank, I remember my dad drinking Pabst (He would be 98 this year). It's a really dry beer as I recall. I haven't had one in 20 years or more.
I do like the Rolling Rock painted on label, though not the beer.
I still drink PBR once in awhile across the way because A. CHEAP and B. Not to pukish. OK, it's only 10Xs the price of when I had my first beer in a bar.. Could explain why I only drink in bars on special occasions.
Quote from: Solomon Zorn on June 07, 2014, 11:15:38 AMAs a beer drinking schizophrenic prophet, I can say unequivocally that the firefly/angel is telling you you need to upgrade...maybe to Boxer, which is a superior beer at a cheaper price (I pay $15 for 36 cans).
Wish I could get it here in India. The tax burden is heavy.
Quote from: PringleTree on June 07, 2014, 01:37:26 AMbut this was surely a sign from god, I'm just not certain of what--
The sign is immediately obvious to any man with an ounce of self-respect: you drink shit beer and you should stop.
I had this reply ready and didn't hit Submit, I see that my bretheren already took notice of the glaring issue.
Carry on.
Quote from: drunkenshoe on June 12, 2014, 03:30:28 AM
I agree with Firefly Marathon and Rolling Rock. Obvious sign is obvious.
Aye its definitely a sign, an its tellin ye , ''ditch that rollin rock piss water an get into a real beer like...Stella artois class. :pidu:
Quote from: 10 Green Bottles..... on June 12, 2014, 11:10:50 AM
Aye its definitely a sign, an its tellin ye , ''ditch that rollin rock piss water an get into a real beer like...Stella artois class. :pidu:
Tough crowd here. You'll be happy to know that this week it's Sierra Nevada Summerfest Lager.
I'm really liking the drinking smilies.
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Another sign. Granted it's not from 'up there', but print it out and wear it around town and you'll be downright popular!
Quote from: drunkenshoe on June 13, 2014, 08:27:10 AM
OK, as a foreigner I didn't get anything. So this beer Rolling Rock is shit or not? If it is, why?
Rolling Rock is a AB(Anheuser-Busch) beer. The company attempts to pass it off as something of a higher quality than bud or bud-light. It has a similar taste profile to bud(i.e. water). Quite a few people like it, however to me it tastes of piss water.
I myself prefer a Scottish wee heavy(thick,heavy malty) over watery beers(Busch, miller, coors).
Quote from: Moralnihilist on June 13, 2014, 10:17:45 AM
Rolling Rock is a AB(Anheuser-Busch) beer. The company attempts to pass it off as something of a higher quality than bud or bud-light. It has a similar taste profile to bud(i.e. water). Quite a few people like it, however to me it tastes of piss water.
I myself prefer a Scottish wee heavy(thick,heavy malty) over watery beers(Busch, miller, coors).
Yes, but it was acquired by AB only within the past decade or so. I believe they moved the operation to New Jersey. When I started drinking it in '73, age 14, and for many years afterward, it was an independent brewery at Latrobe, Pennsylvania. As teenagers, my buddies and I drank a lot of RR with our girlfriends (this was the pre-MADD era, the drinking age was 18 then, our driver's licenses didn't have pics, I had an older brother who reported his license as lost and gave me the duplicate, fake IDs abounded--if the clerk even bothered to card you). Nowadays, I probably don't drink more than a case of it in a year, but I enjoy it when I do. What can I say, it's a beer from my youth, and I have a lot of old but fond memories tied up in the brand.
Quote from: PringleTree on June 13, 2014, 12:42:35 PM
Yes, but it was acquired by AB only within the past decade or so. I believe they moved the operation to New Jersey. When I started drinking it in '73, age 14, and for many years afterward, it was an independent brewery at Latrobe, Pennsylvania. As teenagers, my buddies and I drank a lot of RR with our girlfriends (this was the pre-MADD era, the drinking age was 18 then, our driver's licenses didn't have pics, I had an older brother who reported his license as lost and gave me the duplicate, fake IDs abounded--if the clerk even bothered to card you). Nowadays, I probably don't drink more than a case of it in a year, but I enjoy it when I do. What can I say, it's a beer from my youth, and I have a lot of old but fond memories tied up in the brand.
I have no issues with people who like RR, it just don't meet the flavor profile I personally enjoy. The first beer I bought legally was a Mcewan's scotch ale. I remember being in awe of how thick and flavorful the beer was when compared to the thinner american beers I had grown up snagging from my father.
But when its all said and done it comes down to taste. I dig what I dig, you dig what you dig. At least it wasn't wine. I can respect that.
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Maybe just the blue lable of the bottle attracted it. Insects generally are attracted to blues and violets
All these armchair philosophers, and nobody to tell you the plain and simple truth: there is simply no way of telling what this sign might be until you pay the priest to sacrifice a goat.
I suggest you do so soon, in case God put a time limit on whatever glorious and bountiful offer he has in store for you.
Quote from: revdave on June 14, 2014, 01:33:57 AM
All these armchair philosophers, and nobody to tell you the plain and simple truth: there is simply no way of telling what this sign might be until you pay the priest to sacrifice a goat.
I suggest you do so soon, in case God put a time limit on whatever glorious and bountiful offer he has in store for you.
Good thing I saw a "Goats for sale" sign when I was out driving a couple days ago.
As an atheist you should probably sacrifice a baby, cook it and serve with a RR.
A rolling stone rock gathers no moss evidence of God
I miss beer. This topic makes me sad. Though, I live by a river (Suwannee) and fireflies are everywhere. Of course so is every other bug out there and millions (I do not exaggerate) of tree frogs. They cover the walls of my house at night, which is okay, I guess since they eat the bugs.
-Nam
Quote from: drunkenshoe on June 15, 2014, 05:22:12 AM
Hmm. Thanks guys.
Welcome to the land formerly known as milk and honey, now known as the land of pissy beer. :biggrin:
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on June 15, 2014, 04:16:59 PM
Welcome to the land formerly known as milk and honey, now known as the land of pissy beer. :biggrin:
Stop drinking that 50¢ beer from Walgreen's. It's not beer, it's actual urine. Cow urine.
-Nam
Quote from: St Giordano Bruno on June 15, 2014, 08:26:23 AM
A rolling stone rock gathers no moss evidence of God
That's actually a pretty good one. Sounds cryptic too.
Quote from: PringleTree on June 07, 2014, 01:37:26 AM
It wasn't a burning bush, talking snake, or even a unicorn, but perhaps something bigger. :winkle:
The last time I saw a firefly it was not quilte that big. If it were bigger I guess it would be like one of those flying mutos from Godzilla. Now that would be a sign
Quote from: Moralnihilist on June 13, 2014, 01:03:20 PM
I have no issues with people who like RR, it just don't meet the flavor profile I personally enjoy. The first beer I bought legally was a Mcewan's scotch ale. I remember being in awe of how thick and flavorful the beer was when compared to the thinner american beers I had grown up snagging from my father.
But when its all said and done it comes down to taste. I dig what I dig, you dig what you dig. At least it wasn't wine. I can respect that.
Can you still get McEwan's where you're at. The last place to carry it here (Total Bevearge) stopped a while back. I can get Smithwick's Irish Ale locally, and it's very similar in body and taste to McEwan's, but I really miss my scotch ale!
God saw the beer he created, and it was good. ;-)
Why is it whenever someone claims some beer is always better than every other beer it almost always sucks? It's like a contest to A. either make pissy beer sound good and it's just undigested piss or B. Some 'craft' or foreign beer that tastes like burnt grass dipped in undigested piss? 'Craft beer' is basically the real race to the bottom of the urinal.
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on June 19, 2014, 12:19:33 AM
Why is it whenever someone claims some beer is always better than every other beer it almost always sucks? It's like a contest to A. either make pissy beer sound good and it's just undigested piss or B. Some 'craft' or foreign beer that tastes like burnt grass dipped in undigested piss? 'Craft beer' is basically the real race to the bottom of the urinal.
Have you had Walgreen's beer? It really is urine, and if not: it tastes like it (sadly, I do know what urine tastes like).
-Nam