Now with more Retsyn
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:49 (three months ago) link
isn't retsyn just vegetable oil?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 January 2024 21:50 (three months ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/73/66/4e/73664e7dbc92c25454a9787aed19a340.jpg
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:51 (three months ago) link
(A) trademarked name for a mixture of copper gluconate, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, and flavoring. It is the copper gluconate in Retsyn which gives Certs its signature green flecks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certs
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:52 (three months ago) link
You can imagine how disappointed I was the first time I bought two rolls of Certs and banged them together. No sparks.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:53 (three months ago) link
Some pretty good kissing in this ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtFCfGjjms
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:56 (three months ago) link
my disappontment at the absence of girders looks like a law suit waiting to happen
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:57 (three months ago) link
made in scotlind from gurrdahs and the guy in the pic likely voted for the psycho pm who decimated the Scottish steel industry
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:57 (three months ago) link
Looks like John Oates
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 21:58 (three months ago) link
european black licorice smells like piss to me as well
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 January 2024 21:59 (three months ago) link
probly the wrong thread but pastis is the only good incarnation of licorice
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:07 (three months ago) link
pastis is no good but boy do I feel cool drinking it
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 12 January 2024 22:09 (three months ago) link
i will not choose a sweet that tastes that way but my god it slides down when you're drinking
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:13 (three months ago) link
pasties a) grebt and b) awful for the reasons you say drf. tastes wonderful and looks great but by gott it scrambles your kopf ja.
― Fizzles, Friday, 12 January 2024 22:13 (three months ago) link
pastis ffs
during a recent fuckwitted adventure into miscomprehension I was recently struggling to find that "liquori pasta" from an online supermarket, but no, my eyesight is so bad it was actually an Italian brand of pasta called Ligouri. But I was convinced there was a hint of liquorish in there.
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:15 (three months ago) link
i've been thru a "Jaeger kills my heartburn" phase so gotta question my reliability as a witness"
god a pastis and water is the shit tho
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:17 (three months ago) link
I used to like Good & Plentys.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:17 (three months ago) link
recent liquorice findings:
Walker's Nonsuch Liquorice Toffee - amazingPanda liquorice comfits - perfectly fine, a bit drabanything from the great nation of Finland - utter hell
― imago, Friday, 12 January 2024 22:17 (three months ago) link
i've done a little trip into the mythology and tastiness of absinthe too tho and i'll comfortably confirm it's just strong Pernod that people do silly things to when we're kids
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:19 (three months ago) link
come on lads, it's friday night, I don't want to get a side-eye from souness before bedtime
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:20 (three months ago) link
mate don't start nothin
― craning to be leather (Noodle Vague), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:20 (three months ago) link
I get an allergic reaction, a rosy red flushing of the cheeks when I drink liqueurs or port. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise!
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:23 (three months ago) link
pasties is grebt too
― Bulky Pee Pants (Tom D.), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:29 (three months ago) link
Pasties and a G-String
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 22:30 (three months ago) link
...I know, I know, it's serious
― CthulhuLululemon (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 12 January 2024 23:38 (three months ago) link
If I could live on Salmiak and beer, I would
― H.P, Friday, 12 January 2024 23:41 (three months ago) link
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux)
wait I'm pretty sure this is a thing you are supposed to do with mint Lifesavers in the dark?
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 12 January 2024 23:42 (three months ago) link
wintergreen! https://www.thoughtco.com/why-wintergreen-lifesavers-spark-in-the-dark-602179
xp Yes, I remember that, but if you watch that old (1970) commercial I posted, the Certs rolls made a clacking or sparking sound when hit together. This was almost as big a letdown as Sea Monkeys.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 12 January 2024 23:57 (three months ago) link
or the glasses to see through girls' dresses
― Andy the Grasshopper, Saturday, 13 January 2024 00:01 (three months ago) link
obviously you’re not a sublime fan
― brimstead, Sunday, 14 January 2024 03:15 (three months ago) link
Why did I say pace there, it's clearly not what I meant. Stupid brain
― The king of the demo (bernard snowy), Monday, 15 January 2024 19:03 (three months ago) link
I'm sure you'll get over it, wouldn't want to get unnecessarily dark now would we
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 19 January 2024 23:44 (three months ago) link
I rarely have any doubts about whether or not I'm alive. The breathing is a good clue.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 20 January 2024 00:36 (three months ago) link
I recommend putting garlic in your salsa, avocado, and queso. It sharpens a rusty breath detector!
― Sufjan Grafton, Saturday, 20 January 2024 00:42 (three months ago) link
Also nearly 100% effective against vampires. I have been eating garlic for 50+ years and haven't encountered a single vampire (as far as I know).
― Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 January 2024 01:12 (three months ago) link
I've always wondered about that belief. Does it have anything to do with garlic's properties as a blood thinner?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 20 January 2024 01:13 (three months ago) link
No idea.
My suspicion is that vampirism is associated with eastern and central Europe. Garlic is more associated with western and southern European cuisines.
So if you're a Transylvanian or Romanian vampire, you might find the cuisines of France, Spain, Greece, and Italy a bit offputting.
(I sincerely apologize to any vampires who are reading this. I try not to stereotype, but vampires are not historically very skilled at public relations.)
― Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 January 2024 01:24 (three months ago) link
Someone once told me that if you rub garlic on your feet, you will be able to taste it before too long.
I've never actually tried to verify.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 20 January 2024 01:29 (three months ago) link
You are probably safe from vampires who also have a foot fetish. Just sayin.
― Wine not? (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 20 January 2024 01:33 (three months ago) link
Like I said, I do agree with Scott Adams that... like, I personally do live in a state of war.
i should probably clarify this bit lol
i've never been in nam or iraq or any shit like that and maybe i'm, like, diminishing people's actual experiences in actual wars by saying that. i don't know. has anyone here been in an actual war the way people usually think of it? well, if i'm an asshole for saying i feel like i'm in a war, i'm an asshole
with scott adams war is "kill or be killed", it's that old patton quote where "war isn't about dying for your country, it's about making the other poor bastard die for his", and i guess i'm the other poor bastard. i think that patton quote is bullshit, the way generals look at it. to me war is about one thing and one thing only - not dying. i feel like it's a war because there are a lot of people in power who very clearly want those of us who fly the good ol' pink white and blue dead and and are putting that power to use in organized ways
it feels like a war because you never see the one that has your name on it. it feels like war because any of us could go at any time for no reason at all. it feels like war because there's some nebulous idea of "normal life" out there but i don't know where it is or what i'd do if we got there. it feels like war because i have no idea what's going to happen, good or bad. it feels like war because we could _lose_, and i'm very aware of it, and very aware of the possible thing that could to us if we did, and i try not to think about it. it feels like war because i try to make some meaning in my life besides survival but it feels like a ridiculous charade. it feels like war because the idea of being a "civilian" is ridiculous and absurd. it doesn't matter that i don't carry a gun and don't actually want to kill anybody. i'm one of _them_.
so yeah i do feel like i'm living in the middle of a war. it's not one i want. it's one i hope ends soon. i'm not the one fighting it, though, so it's not up to me. all i'm trying to do is continue to exist in the face of people who are very very upset, like scott adams-level upset, about my existing.
― Kate (rushomancy), Friday, 26 January 2024 19:36 (three months ago) link
One thing that's a bummer is when you try to meet up with a message board pal who's in town for a festival, but he doesn't reply to your texts. :(
― jaymc, Sunday, 28 January 2024 16:24 (three months ago) link
RIP Charlie Chuck
― Andrew Farrell, Saturday, 3 February 2024 21:40 (three months ago) link
Not seeing this anywhere
― Mark G, Monday, 5 February 2024 11:30 (three months ago) link
Ok, I see this is not the RIP thread. As u were ..
― Mark G, Monday, 5 February 2024 11:33 (three months ago) link
this is genuinely one of the worst posts in ilx history
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2024 23:54 (three months ago) link
braggart
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 5 February 2024 23:55 (three months ago) link
tbf imago does have expertise here ;)
― rob, Monday, 5 February 2024 23:55 (three months ago) link
D:
― imago, Monday, 5 February 2024 23:57 (three months ago) link