Comments on: Mmmm. Crack jerky.

By: minimichi

minimichi — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:29:19 +0000

Actually here in the south, all Winn Dixies (that I know of) and most Piggly Wigglys closed down…
But that may just be Georgia, because we don’t have Jack-in-the-Box either and the rest of the states surrounding us have a hell of a lot of them.

By: Cal

Cal — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:31:15 +0000

“Mom, can you go to albertsons? Yeah, I want Crack”.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:35:40 +0000

Agar-agar means Jelly. It’s rhyming with sugar

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:49:29 +0000

Virtually every anti-anxiety agent or antidepressant, for that matter, can cause drowsiness or grogginess. In my clinical experience, BuSpar doesn’t cause these as much as the others, but it also works only occasionally. Most clinicians I have talked to about this have agreed with me, with a few exceptions.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:57:33 +0000

I’m trying to avoid fire in the hole!

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:40:48 +0000

If I recall correctly, BuSpar usually tends to cause drowsiness or grogginess. Don’t know if I should go into detail as to how I know this.

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:18:49 +0000

Like methadone was supposed to be a “non-addicting” substitute for heroin.

Apothecary shops probably had opium and opium derivatives all over the place. Didn’t know about Bayer and heroin. Did know about aspirin being made from coal tar.

By: mia_the_feline

mia_the_feline — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:49:45 +0000

I don’t care WHAT’S in Jell-o, it tastes good and I shall continue to tell myself it is chemical crap that falls in the same category as Twinkies.

That category being wondrous-tasting stuff that contains very few ingredients actually pronounceable by the human tongue.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:54:26 +0000

I’m thinking this is a totally legitimate label for pixie sticks.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:35:33 +0000

The poor DTH Fairies are all off on stress leave.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:06:43 +0000

Perhaps the fact that your country/continent has a large percentage of desert clime has something to do with your liking of dry humor!

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:04:09 +0000

I was just joking about your mention of a “heroin isle.” Time was, actually, that an apothecary shop might have a heroin aisle. A little known fact is that heroin was developed by Bayer Pharmaceuticals, as a “non-addicting” substitute for morphine.

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:05:33 +0000

It might get to be that way. The Taliban is protecting and encouraging the production of opium poppies/heroin, since it is a very good very stable source of incoming capital (and undermines the decadent infidels in the West), with huge returns on investment. I figure they need all the money they can get so they can keep the supplies of 7.62×39 rounds for the Kalashnikovs and RPGs flowing to continue their business in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Has to be more money than any fool Saudi construction company heir can guarantee; a bit less finite in amount. Wheee!

Me, cynical? Nnnaaaahhhh.

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:57:13 +0000

The stores you mentioned we don’t have here in this part of Virginia, except Costco. They’re one of those who I believe have world conquest as the core their business model.

We have Sam’s Clubs, too, which you probably have, since the Walton family/Walmart wants to conquer the world too, and I think Sam’s Club was Walmart’s big box warehouse response to Costco. Kinda like “We can do the same thing in Arkansas that those folks near Seattle (well, Redmond), Washington can do!”

By the way, I worked at a Best Buy warehouse that’s around here, and since I was aware it’s based in the Twin Cities area when I used to watch “Mystery Science Theater 3000″, which was also based there, I noticed the show’s production company was named “Best Brains”. I figured that wasn’t coincidental, and was happy that I got that particular joke.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:42:27 +0000

Doesn’t that make it hard to keep lit?

By: JohnB

JohnB — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:41:57 +0000

Tesco might have a heroin “aisle,” unless of course it has lately become an archipelago.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:46:24 +0000

I get you now. Just curious; Where do you live? I see “craic” as Irish, but the dry sense of humour is often an Australian trait. Maybe we get it from the Irish.

By: moe

moe — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:40:44 +0000

Ha ha, I share your shopping dread and hated buying shampoo in the US for exactly the same reason. I never lived in a communist country, but India was indeed a pretty closed economy through my childhood. Two kinds of cars, two brands of cheese, two state-run airlines, one state-run TV station, etc. Shopping took up little time, and there was plenty of time for other fun things

Thanks for the explanation about going Krogering!

By: PoodleGroomer

PoodleGroomer — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:56:26 +0000

It needs to be dry to get rid of the solvents. Remember Richard Pryor setting himself on fire?

By: griffinlady

griffinlady — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:57:12 +0000

hmmm….
Around Minnesota –
Cub Foods, Hyvee, Rainbow, Costco, Byerly’s (<-It apparently has carpeted floors).

A bit further south…

Winn Dixie, Piggly Wiggly
*insert regional grocery store names here*

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:14:32 +0000

Kroger is a grocery store chain like the other two I mentioned. I believe it is more regional than national- most of the stores are located in the Southern/Southeastern US. “Go Krogering” was an ad campaign they had, making their name into a verb, or a participle if you want to get technical.

I was saying something along the lines of this adds a dimension to grocery store shopping. A bit like, say, Tesco having a “Heroin” isle.
The joke was too regional. It didn’t travel well outside of my home area, obviously.
I tend to dread shopping. To me, it’s not very exciting. I joked with a friend one time, “I almost wish this were a communist country, since there’d be only one brand of toilet paper and not 14, so I don’t have to spend a half hour making up my mind.” My friend looked at me strangely, and I reassured him I was just joking.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:46:47 +0000

Well, I suppose it has to be dried – you probably couldn’t smoke it if it was damp.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:44:58 +0000

Well, it is sterile once you’ve formulated it and autoclaved it. Then it is no longer agar; the technical term for the molten solution after it comes out of the autoclave and before it is poured into petri dishes is “napalm”.

By: moe

moe — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:26:42 +0000

I’m from India. I’ve shopped at Safeway in the US (and Tesco too, once, in London). But I can’t tell whether Kroger is a store or an item you buy in a store! (Despite years of living in the US, there are many brands I don’t know since I’m generally an unenthusiastic shopper).

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:12:27 +0000

Where are you from? That would help me find an appropriate example.

By: moe

moe — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:50:09 +0000

any clues for those who don’t have safeway and tesco?

By: JohnB

JohnB — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:01:15 +0000

They feed the seaweed lots of Coors beer to give it a Rocky Mountain High.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:35:58 +0000

More of a real ale man, but I was thinking “dry, like my sense of humour” anyway.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:23:19 +0000

Better bring some gelatin!

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:19:23 +0000

You’re really desperate if you’re mountin’ dried seaweed!

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:10:05 +0000

“our”
Do we have a Dreadful Typo Hell Boogie Man running around? Dreadful Pun Hell Fairy needs to sit down and have a talk with him.

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:05:27 +0000

My bad. I succumbed to the standard horse hoof joke… No horsie hooves in gelatin but skin, bones, and connective tissue are, and horsie connective tissue in glue.

Moo cow bones, moo cow skin, and pig hides, however… most common ingredients. FC nailed it, and in a much more humorous manner. Me, being in my Bill Nye/Mr. Wizard mode, just couldn’t help myself. And instead of laughs, everybody, except us country kids, are gonna retch.

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:59:18 +0000

For those who don’t know what “Kroger” is, think Safeway, or Tesco.

By: UpTheYingYang

UpTheYingYang — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:57:03 +0000

Mountain Dried Seaweed? Good God how high are the tides there?

By: buckinarut

buckinarut — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:50:29 +0000

Horses sure as hell don’t. “NNeeeiiiigggghhhh! Leave are keratin alone!”

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:49:13 +0000

It’s better than boiled jelly in your bone!

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:45:50 +0000

Who wants dry craic? Much more fun with Guinness!

By: name

name — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:42:38 +0000

Who would want boiled bone in their jelly?

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:37:06 +0000

Not even that; you just have to know someone who is a biologist.

That said, agar-agar is a sterile gelatine powder, and is actually also used in cookery.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:35:20 +0000

You mean “second guess you and get it wrong 9 times out of 10 text”.

By: Seth

Seth — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:25:11 +0000

I’m guessing this is from Hawaii. ‘Crack seed’ means dried fruit. Never heard of it referred to as ‘dried crack,’ but I’m guessing that’s what it is. Boring old dried fruit, maybe with li-hing-mui powder on i t.

By: ScotchAndMoreScotch

ScotchAndMoreScotch — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:52:38 +0000

ONE place >< I kill you, predictive text.

By: ScotchAndMoreScotch

ScotchAndMoreScotch — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:51:47 +0000

One stop shopping, everything you need all in once place.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:36:11 +0000

Agar is indeed used for culturing bacteria, as anyone who has ever been in a biology lab will testify.

By: paws4thot

paws4thot — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:34:04 +0000

Okay, they’ve mis-spelt craic.

By: FC

FC — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:26:54 +0000

HAH! It’s mountain-dried seaweed, you douche!

By: FC

FC — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:26:26 +0000

gelatine alternative for people who don’t want to put boiled boned in their jelly.

By: Lazureus Falcone

Lazureus Falcone — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:22:42 +0000

Why is bacteria culture in with the sugar and dried-crack? At least those look the same.

By: mbah surip

mbah surip — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:50:04 +0000

agar-agar = jello

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:15:22 +0000

No dried crack for me. I moisturise!