From: sac@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
Newsgroups: alt.peeves
Subject: And now for something completely different
Date: 14 Aug 92 16:35:27 -0500

In article <1992Aug13.220411.9027@twg.com>, nolan@lurch.twg.com (Captain Saccaromyces) writes:
> 
> In article <BsxpJr.Hr3@wpi.WPI.EDU>, padutton@wpi.WPI.EDU (Peter Alan Dutton) 
> 	writes:
> 
> [drivel deleted]
> 
> |>Antipeeve: I can't tell good champagne from bad champagne, so it doesn't
> |>really bother me to get the $2.99 (that's about a pound and a half)
> |>bottles of Andre if I need champagne. Ditto for wine. Besides, the
> |>worst champagne is still better than the best beer.
> |>
> 
> Hold on there, Sonny.  How many REEEL good beers have you tasted? 

As long as the thread  is perusing the eclectic and numerous unique brews
I feel compelled to submit a brand I drank at about the year 1984 and haven't
seen since. It is called Swinkles and it was/is imported from Holland. But the
best part (besides it being an excellent brew, to my taste) was that it only
cost $2.50 per swix-pack whereas the average domestic brew averaged $3.00 a 
six-pack and considering the volume of brew I imbibed at that time it
translated into quite a tidy savings (which was dumped into a Defender/Stargate
video game anyway).

Please note, the above paragraph contains no typo's. Swinkle's was so all
encompassing it inspired my cronies and me to develope a Swinkles dilect.
                  			   	     				
First of all, one went to the store to buy swix-packs. He brought them home 
so the group could tip a few and swink. Swink too much and one became swunk.
Of course while swinking one would only swagger and sway, have a swell time 
swilling Swinkles and swearing we would never again swink Swinkles until our
bellies were swollen again. 

Has anyone ever tried/heard of this brew or is it just a rude hallucination
from my less than sober and enlightened days? 

Sorry about this post but I'm bored!

obRealPeeve (tm): The vacuum machines at the gas/qwik-mart/car wash/u-turn
stations. They come in two varieties. Both cost a quarter or so. The first
takes your quarter(s), you vacuum your car all the while cursing the  flagrant
pirate that would charge you so much money to vacuum your car because you
were stupid enough to buy an upright vacuum cleaner for your home, then you
leave, just a little bit poorer. In this bottom line be praised world I expect
and can even deal with this kind of "entrepeneurism". Then allong comes the
second variety of vacuum machine. This one takes your quarter(s), you vacuum
your vehicle then you get the quarteras BACK! This is not a broken machine 
because there is a sign telling you this is what is supposed to happen. Why?
Why make me go to the cashier, get change put it in only to get it back again
and have a bunch of loose quarters in my pocket? Hey Thanks for Not being the
pirate I just peeved about but why do I need $ to turn the damn machine on?
Why not a simple button attached to the same (wholly inadequate) timing
mechanism. What does this feature guard against? Destitute, insolvent deviants
whose only sexual thrill is to bugger up a public vacuum machine? The thought
IS revolting but unlikely.

Scott A. Chasse
U. of Fl.-Ft. Lauderdale
Research Station

What is the difference between a really good burp and a really GREAT burp?

A really good burp vibrates your soul but a really GREAT burp is portended
by small furry animals whining and pawing at the ground.
			-BC comic strip 8/14/92-

						          			
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