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Title: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: Dori on June 18, 2014, 10:03:19 PM
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Joe Shlabotnik (3,683 posts)

I walked for an hour this evening in a torrential downpour.

Raging winds, trees overhead convulsing, thunder, lightning, even a tornado warning. What an ordeal... but it was 100% voluntary (to go pick up a 6 pack of beer), and man.... it was a thrill! I felt like a 10 year old, so alive. Now that I've I dried up somewhat, Cheers...

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Star Member pinboy3niner (35,725 posts)

1. That would have been pretty dumb if it hadn't been an emergency

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Jenoch (6,008 posts)

3. I've driven through a blizzard to buy beer.
 
But I would not walk through a lightning/thunderstorm to get beer. I would not risk my life for beer. (Ok, we were still in town when we went for the beer. It's not like we went through the real blizzard out in the countryside to get beer.)

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magical thyme (7,632 posts)

4. blizzards come with plenty of advance warning.
 
No excuses to be without the 3 Bs of Blizzard preparedness: Beer, Bread and Bacon.

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Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: franksolich on June 18, 2014, 10:22:27 PM
You know, this is ridiculous.

Even during my worst years of drinking, I wouldn't walk an hour for a six-pack of beer, even on a fine day in May, much less during a rainstorm.

What's a six-pack of beer these days?  Six bucks, maybe?

To make it worth it, it would've had to be for a twelve-pack at least; otherwise, I'd just as soon go without.

Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: DefiantSix on June 18, 2014, 10:23:31 PM
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magical thyme (7,632 posts)

4. blizzards come with plenty of advance warning.
 
No excuses to be without the 3 Bs of Blizzard preparedness: Beer, Bread and Bacon.

You really like pissing off the Religion of PeaceTM, don't you, DUmbshit?


This is what happened to the last poor schlub who offended Islam...
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Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: Chris_ on June 18, 2014, 10:27:51 PM
Just a six pack?  He's either a cheapass or a teetotaler.

<<< never without less than a 12-pack in the refrigerator.
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: franksolich on June 18, 2014, 10:29:46 PM
Quote from: Chris_ on June 18, 2014, 10:27:51 PM
Just a six pack?  He's either a cheapass or a teetotaler.

<<< never without less than a 12-pack in the refrigerator.

Right;  one's going to have beer, one might as well have a reasonable quantity of it.

A six-pack, and walking for an hour in a rainstorm to get it, even if one intends to drink all of it oneself, doesn't cut it.  Not worth the effort.
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: landofconfusion80 on June 18, 2014, 10:48:37 PM
I never could understand the draw of alcohol.  Lots of family members would probably travel for something like that, but chemical dependency is a powerful thing.  If you never have it you don't miss it I guess.  It would be interesting to know if it was a name brand or some obscure independent brewery that the primitive had such a hankering for
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: GOBUCKS on June 18, 2014, 11:06:50 PM
Quote from: franksolich on June 18, 2014, 10:29:46 PM
A six-pack, and walking for an hour in a rainstorm to get it, even if one intends to drink all of it oneself, doesn't cut it.  Not worth the effort.

Severe alcoholics like Will Pitt will go through a lot more than a rainstorm for a drink.

Winos risk their lives for a half-pint.
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: BattleHymn on June 18, 2014, 11:40:35 PM
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Wed Jun 18, 2014, 12:10 PM
Jenoch (6,013 posts)
11. I forgot about the tall building aspect of plumbing.

I've always lived in areas where the water pressure came from gravity (water towers). Since I lived in Minnesota, all of our water mains are well below the frost line.

I remember filling the bathtubs in our house on 12-31-99 because the public utilities, i.e. water, might crash. What a bunch of b.s. that turned out to be.

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Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: GOBUCKS on June 18, 2014, 11:51:21 PM
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I remember filling the bathtubs in our house on 12-31-99 because the public utilities, i.e. water, might crash. What a bunch of b.s. that turned out to be.

Y2K was the global warming of its time, a hoax that frightened businesses into wasting countless millions of dollars.
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: diesel driver on June 19, 2014, 05:12:41 AM
12-31-99, at 11:59pm, I was standing with my family in the living room, with a glass of champagne in one hand, and a flashlight in the other, watching the ball drop.  :-)

Nothing happened...

Poor planning on the DUmmie's part, however, for waiting until running out of beer before getting more.
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: YupItsMe on June 19, 2014, 05:32:41 AM
Since, I've been caught in so many rainstorms while trout fishing, (usually the fishing gets great) I really don't mind being in the rain in the summer.  As long as it's warm enough.  Sometimes there almost seems to be something therapeutic about getting soaked right through.  I wouldn't walk an hour for beer however.
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: BlueStateSaint on June 19, 2014, 05:34:00 AM
When I was drinking, I did some stupid things to get beer.  Nothing as stupid as walking an hour through an effin' thunderstorm to get it--if there was electricity coming out of the sky, I was under cover somewhere.  Alcohol could wait; the storm would be over soon.
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: hillneck on June 19, 2014, 06:42:22 AM
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Joe Shlabotnik (3,683 posts)
I walked for an hour this evening in a torrential downpour.
Raging winds, trees overhead convulsing, thunder, lightning, even a tornado warning. What an ordeal... but it was 100% voluntary (to go pick up a 6 pack of beer),


And then you wonder why you get nicknames like "DUmbass". 
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: JohnnyReb on June 19, 2014, 07:38:20 AM
"I'd walk a mile for a CAMEL.....an hour through a storm for a beer....but it's cloudy today so I'm not going to work in this storm"...DUmmie reasoning.
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: Gina on June 19, 2014, 07:58:20 AM
I think I saw this guy walking in the rain the other day  :rotf:  But he had a 12 pk of Natural Ice under his arm.
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: Karin on June 19, 2014, 08:26:02 AM
They're being too hard on you, Joe.  Do it again next time wild and wooly weather comes along.  The lightning cracking overhead makes you feel so alive!  See if you can't take a shortcut through a golf course or something. 
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: Carl on June 19, 2014, 08:35:24 AM
Joe,just remember that normal household products like bleach,drain cleaner or paint thinner will replace beer in a pinch.

You`re welcome. :)
Title: Re: DUmmy Walks An Hour In Storm To Buy Beer
Post by: Dori on June 19, 2014, 10:32:33 AM
Quote from: landofconfusion80 on June 18, 2014, 10:48:37 PM
It would be interesting to know if it was a name brand or some obscure independent brewery that the primitive had such a hankering for

(http://i1329.photobucket.com/albums/w556/Doriville/beer_zps56491c58.jpg) (http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/Doriville/media/beer_zps56491c58.jpg.html)