Comments on: Pistols or Swords, Sweetpea?

By: SMJ

SMJ — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:49:27 +0000

Excellent.

Don’t forget the Kevlar vest.

By: Kbarton10

Kbarton10 — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:31:44 +0000

It appears unanimous for both adventures. I’ll spend the next week or so attempting to find some esoteric angling restriction – so’s I can claim I was, but can’t, on the Pikeminnow fillet… Either that or try the elementary school gambit, “You first” … Travelwriter is a sucker for wasabi covered anything – I’ll mention what he ate after he swallows..

I wonder what “properly prepared” really means.. ground underfoot, or broiled with a piquant Parsnip & Watermelon sauce?

Sounds like I’m going on a hike however.

By: fishhead

fishhead — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:49:20 +0000

Beware, even though this sounds like a tremendous character building experience, it also sounds like it may have overtones of the Blair Witch Hunt. You may want to take a video camera.

Really, when you think about it, as long as you don’t have to carry all that beer and there is lots of it, you should be just fine.

By: Smellslikefish

Smellslikefish — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:35:39 +0000

“only a pale-arsed “gabacho” would low-rate Mexican beer.”

You forgot to add “with good taste” after “gabacho”. Guilty as charged. And keep your eyes off my arse.

By: SMJ

SMJ — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:22:00 +0000

I’ve just raised both my hands. Getting some strange looks from the people here in the office, but I’m willing to make that sacrifice for this cause.

By: Yomama

Yomama — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:14:31 +0000

JOE from San Mateo has it exactly right, and only a pale-arsed “gabacho” would low-rate Mexican beer. A 17-mile stroll, enhanced with such masterful and popular brews as Tecate, Dos Equis, Corona, Pacifico, etc., would be just what’s needed for the readers of SINGLEBARBED – clearly a group of intellectuals always thirsting for enlightenment – and as for those dedicated and knowledgeable ladies in their common-sense shoes, they’d start to look like sirens and mermaids, (if not practical duty nurses), by journey’s end. Everyone in favor os SINGLEBARBED making this scientific safari, raise your hands !

By: SMJ

SMJ — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:22:19 +0000

A three day hike on the Little Stinking with a bunch of bureaucrats and academic types? I would never consider such an outing, which is why I think you should. You should also suggest that everyone subsist on only what they can catch. If you survive, you can write about your accomplishment, and I can enjoy the experience without having to endure all the toxins and sweating and suffering and other sundry unpleasantness. It’s a win-win. Just make sure you bring a cell phone and a GPS device. That will make it easier for the chopper to find you. I therefore TRIPLE-dog-dare you to do it.

I’ve yet to taste a beer I didn’t like, and that includes Pacifico (sans fruit), but I have pedestrian tastes. So I’ve been told.

By: TCWriter

TCWriter — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:57:15 +0000

Mmmm. Mercury-dill sauce. Hmmmm….

By: A. Wannabe Travelwriter

A. Wannabe Travelwriter — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:18:42 +0000

Mister S.B.
Sir, if you ain’t up to a 17 mile, three day stroll down your favorite haunt—that little ol’ ladies will be doing—don’t blame a fear of exposure to some tree-huggers (or a little Mercury).
And what’s a few more dead brain cells?
I’ve read that if you drink enough expensive single malt Scotch you may be immune to the ravages of toxic heavy metals. Or at least you won’t notice the affect.
And you weren’t dissing the Mini Winnie when you were crammed into the settee sipping yuppie desert wines.
As to brewery reviews by Smells – north of the border my brew of choice is a lot darker and hoppier, but on a warm Baja beach, watching the sun go down, gimme a Pacifico with lime and a fish taco. Mercury-free, hopefully.

By: Smellslikefish

Smellslikefish — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:26:22 +0000

I’m not sure whether you’re asking to be double-dog dared to eat some Pikeminnow or go on the death march. So, I hereby place the dare to eat the fish.

Personally, I’d be real wary of anyone inviting me to hike 17 miles for any reason. That’s sadistic enough, but when you follow the link to that blog post titled “Bullets and Beer”, the photo shows a bottle of some Mexican swill. I’m not saying I won’t drink what that country tries to pass off as beer, but this whole hike thing sounds like it’s leading up to one big disappointment. Top it all off with the description “Kind of like an aquatic version of the United Nations” and I’d run like hell in the opposite direction.

I don’t even know you, so it’d be just plain mean-spirited to dare you to go on that little adventure.

Stick with the known hazard: the mercury tainted Pikeminnow. Mmmmmmm.