Randomness XII: Eighteen! Purple! Squirrels!

[Arc 724]

Hmmm is there another Harry Potter movie coming out anytime soon? I was just thinking I would like to watch another one.

 

 

[Froggy the Great]

1 minute ago, Grayfax said:

In that case... may your brush be steady as she goes... all one hair of it...

 

At that scale it's actually less fiddly than painting eyes.

[Crowley]

51 minutes ago, Froggy the Great said:

I'm making a 2mm Age of Sail fort out of a boot-heel I found in the line to get on the ferry to see Fort Sumter.

How very froggy.

 

30 minutes ago, Grayfax said:

*** Reads Wanted Poster outside Krilla B's office ***

 

*** Eyes get large and round ***

Uh oh... this not going to be good...

 

*** Heads back to the Cave ***

Hey... Fellas!  Um... I think we had too much fun a couple of days ago...

*** Points large claw at ripped down poster ***

 

*** Puzzled look on face as he reads the poster again ***

Wait a minute... HOUSE TABLETOP?!?  

HOUSE TABLETOP?!?

House Tabletop represent!

*tosses dice onto council table*

 

24 minutes ago, Xherman1964 said:

 

Chaoswolf is our WOOF Packbrother..I'm proud.

 

 

Blergh.

Just got word, the Technician who fell off the stairs has a broken neck.

Pfff. He might have just dodged the bullet there.

All from a missed step.  hope he recovers quickly and completely.

[Arc 724]

5 minutes ago, David Brawley said:

House Tabletop represent!

*tosses dice onto council table*

 

 

HA! I get this image in my head of a pool-ball sized d20 that, after a few tumbles after you tossed it, puffs and a whole myriad of dice continue tumbling to the center of the table... Dunn dunn Dunnnnnnnnnn

[Grayfax]

12 minutes ago, Arc 724 said:

 

 

HA! I get this image in my head of a pool-ball sized d20 that, after a few tumbles after you tossed it, puffs and a whole myriad of dice continue tumbling to the center of the table... Dunn dunn Dunnnnnnnnnn

Now I can't help but picture the Hamster holding a giant Tabletop d20 and tossing it down with a crash and a clatter!  Ha!

[Pezler the Polychromatic]

House Polychromus represent!

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*crickets*

[Grayfax]

Still listening to the Gospel of Buglips, I see?

[Cyradis]

How many of these houses are there? Which one sacrifices goats? Which has a secret handshake? Are any exclusive to crab people with goals of world domination?

[Arc 724]

2 minutes ago, Cyradis said:

How many of these houses are there? Which one sacrifices goats? Which has a secret handshake? Are any exclusive to crab people with goals of world domination?

Yes to all...

 

best line of questions EVER!!!!!!!

[Thes Hunter]

34 minutes ago, Arc 724 said:

Ok, So one last thing about my birthday!!!!!

 

Talk about the best gift ever! (for those of use that like this kind of thing)

This Whiskey won whiskey of the year last year, i think, or the year before. Which is a pretty big deal - from what i hear - since it's a Japanese whiskey. 

I tell you what, this was amazing. I can see why it won too!

 

Hibiki has won the 'World Whiskey Awards' Best Blended Whiskey award in 2016, and 2017. (Note this is not the only World, or International Whiskey award out there.) These awards do not appear to put out a separate singular 'Best Whiskey' award. Only awards by category. 

 

It's also not surprising since Suntory also won Jim Murray's Award for it's 2013 Yamazaki Sherry Cask in 2015. 

 

BTW, Suntory bought Jim Beam (Who also makes Marker's Mark and Knob Creek)  back in 2014.

 

I looked into various 'World Whiskey Competitions', that info is below the cut:

Many magazines seem to reference Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible as the 'Whiskey Award'.

http://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/articles/the-2017-world-whisky-of-the-year-revealed-or-a-whiskey-you-will-never-be-able-to-find-w445208 (But note, the 2017 winner, Booker's Rye is a Jim Beam product, produced from the last remaining barrels made by Booker Beam. I.e. A Suntory product.)

 

There is also an International Whiskey Competition

https://www.whiskycompetition.com/2017-results/ 

Which choose Ardbeg Kelpie : http://www.abbeywhisky.com/ardbeg-kelpie-committee-exclusive-release-aw01887

 

[Thes Hunter]

1 hour ago, Xherman1964 said:

 

Blergh.

Just got word, the Technician who fell off the stairs has a broken neck.

Pfff. He might have just dodged the bullet there.

 

I can't like that. 

 

I've seen some high cervical fractures be ok. I'm wishing him all the best. 

Edited July 25, 2017 by Thes Hunter

[Grayfax]

13 minutes ago, Cyradis said:

How many of these houses are there? Which one sacrifices goats? Which has a secret handshake? Are any exclusive to crab people with goals of world domination?

There are four houses that made the original Kaiju Cut.  House Figmentius, House Tabletop, House Frogwarts and House Procrastius.  Of these, the most likely to regularly sacrifice Goats is House Frogwarts (but they also sacrifice Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Space Marines, Unicorns and anything else to Frankenstein their creations together).  

Secret Handshake?  *** looks down at paws and shrugs ***

We have crabby people around here?  *** looks through the forums ***  I think you might have the wrong place.  Though you could ask Ub3r about the world domination bit.  He seems to run through lots of places screaming and hitting things and would know where the secret red buttons were kept.

 

[Thes Hunter]

1 hour ago, Grayfax said:

*** Reads Wanted Poster outside Krilla B's office ***

 

*** Eyes get large and round ***

Uh oh... this not going to be good...

 

*** Heads back to the Cave ***

Hey... Fellas!  Um... I think we had too much fun a couple of days ago...

*** Points large claw at ripped down poster ***

 

*** Puzzled look on face as he reads the poster again ***

Wait a minute... HOUSE TABLETOP?!?  

HOUSE TABLETOP?!?

 

House Tabletop has got game.

 

 

[Arc 724]

18 minutes ago, Thes Hunter said:

 

Hibiki has won the 'World Whiskey Awards' Best Blended Whiskey award in 2016, and 2017. (Note this is not the only World, or International Whiskey award out there.) These awards do not appear to put out a separate singular 'Best Whiskey' award. Only awards by category. 

 

It's also not surprising since Suntory also won Jim Murray's Award for it's 2013 Yamazaki Sherry Cask in 2015. 

 

BTW, Suntory bought Jim Beam (Who also makes Marker's Mark and Knob Creek)  back in 2014.

 

I looked into various 'World Whiskey Competitions', that info is below the cut:

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

Many magazines seem to reference Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible as the 'Whiskey Award'.

http://www.mensjournal.com/food-drink/articles/the-2017-world-whisky-of-the-year-revealed-or-a-whiskey-you-will-never-be-able-to-find-w445208 (But note, the 2017 winner, Booker's Rye is a Jim Beam product, produced from the last remaining barrels made by Booker Beam. I.e. A Suntory product.)

 

There is also an International Whiskey Competition

https://www.whiskycompetition.com/2017-results/ 

Which choose Ardbeg Kelpie : http://www.abbeywhisky.com/ardbeg-kelpie-committee-exclusive-release-aw01887

 
 

 

 

Wow, cool beans, thanks for looking that up. I had no idea Suntory bought Jim Beam. 

 

 

1 minute ago, Thes Hunter said:

 

House Tabletop has got game.

 

 

 ya,,,, table top game! WHAT WHAT oh yeah!!! hahahahah

Edited July 25, 2017 by Arc 724

[Thes Hunter]

3 minutes ago, Arc 724 said:

Wow, cool beans, thanks for looking that up. I had no idea Suntory bought Jim Beam. 

 

 

 ya,,,, table top game! WHAT WHAT oh yeah!!! hahahahah

 

My whiskey post started out by saying "I'm not surprised because according to my husband, Japan has been buying up all the bourbon." And I looked things up and found out that was not true. Australia drinks more US Whiskey per capita than Japan. Ok right behind Americans. 70% of US whiskey is drank by us. (Though I note they list all Whiskey, and don't make a special carve out for bourbon.) 

 

Which led me to the article about Suntory buying Jim Beam in 2014, and at first I thought 'Well it's not surprising Hibiki won because maybe they are learning some things from our storied Kentucky traditions." and I found out that wasn't true because Suntory was winning awards for it's whiskey before even buying Jim Beam. 

 

But it does explain why several of the distilleries around here have gotten noticeable upgrades. It also appears that Suntory distilleries are the ones more likely to charge for tours. Though from my perspective on the ground, I would have never known they were not American owned any more. 

 

(But, if you ever find yourself wanting a Bourbon tour, I would recommend Buffalo Trace. It's in a historic building, it covers a nice history lesson, teaches some about how it's made, and gives you 3 samples at the end. Oh AND it's Free! I haven't gone on the Marker's Mark tour yet (or any that matter) to compare.. but I know they charge a small fee to do it.)

 

So, my final posting diverged quite a bit from my original intent... but I learned something!

 

 

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Also, House tabletop has more game than just what's going on on top of the table, if you know what I mean. *swag*