Originally Posted by Burning Down

Your mother agrees wholeheartedly.

Originally Posted by Engine

I assume you're not bad at Math. That beer is making you fat. Check the facts and go with a beer that costs more but is about 6.5% and 150 calories instead of 4.2% and about 100 calories per 12 ounces. Drink less of them, get just as drunk and don't get as fat.

Or take Janszoon's advice and drink Jim Beam and also drink a lot of water which boosts your metabolism. It's easier to drink a lot of water when your belly is not full of beer. Respect your elders and stop needlessly gaining weight.

Originally Posted by Janszoon

You drink your own semen?

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Had a fair amount of this last night and am somewhat the worse for wear today as a result.

Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

overproof? Never seen that description. Rum and Cokes are always great while the parties going and dreadful the following day.

Originally Posted by Janszoon

Really? It just means it's over 50% alcohol by volume—in the case of the Wray & Nephew I was drinking it's 63% ABV.

Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I guess i've always bought stuff that was marked with the alcohol volume. I usually don't stray from Bacardi when it comes to rum.

Originally Posted by Janszoon

It's still marked with the ABV. "Overproof" is just the type of rum it is, like "spiced", "gold" or "white", which is why it's written on the label like that.