We've all heard the phrase. It's slang that not everything is going as well as it could.
This got me to thinking.
If life's not all beer and skittles when things are going poorly.....well then conversely.....if things are going just perfect....then everything would be all beer and skittles, right?
Forget those other classic combinations like bacon and eggs, steak and cheese, green eggs and ham, rum and waffles (that one just me?). Clearly, beer and skittles are the epitome of complimentary dishes.
Well, let's try it out.
First, get yer beer of choice, and some skittles.
(http://paularickert.net/albums/userpics/beer_skittles.JPG)
Drink beer and eat (should be easy, right?).
Do I need to continue? Let's be clear here. I am an idiot. If I haven't made it abundantly clear that I don't know what the make the beast with two backs I'm doing, this should be a prime example.
Don't ever combine these two products. Normally, my stomach is some sort of food trap, a purgatory, if you will, where food goes to suffer and die. This particular combination eked untold years of revenge upon my being. Ever been punched in the stomach? It was like that, except perpetual. My innards were being tied in nots in an attempt to strangle me from the inside. The two items were clearly having some sort of altercation, and my stomach, the ever present bouncer, was trying to throw the unruly parties out.
Adding more beer and skittles, did not help.
Pictures were in theory, supposed to continue, but I feel there are already enough of me doubled over debating throwing up in existence. In short, I barely finished the beer, and collapsed in a heap groaning with stomach pains.
Somewhere around this point, Paula, with her exceptional timing, explained to me that the "skittles" in "beer and skittles" in no way refers to the candy. It's apparently a game known as "ninepines", some sort of precursor to bowling http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/230200.html. I'm apparently entertainment to her sadistic self.
The night ended with me passing out, life a rainbow blur of nastiness. Wee.
I imagine beer and skittles has the same effect as poprocks and coke
instant foam
Quote from: Mother on July 13, 2008, 10:37:18 AM
I imagine beer and skittles has the same effect as poprocks and coke
instant foam
Yes, in his stomach, hence the aftereffects.
Quote from: someguy on July 13, 2008, 10:16:32 AM
Do I need to continue? Let's be clear here. I am an idiot. If I haven't made it abundantly clear that I don't know what the make the beast with two backs I'm doing, this should be a prime example.
no comment :-X
Why would you go and make the beast with two backs up a good beer like that? Actually the only (good) use I've found for Skittles is to chuck them up in the air and watch the bats freak out when I was a kid at camp. In hind sight we could have used....I don't know.....a pebble or something, but as it turns out, bats will chase anything at all.
Quote from: Jarvicious on July 13, 2008, 10:50:21 AM
Why would you go and make the beast with two backs up a good beer like that?
Quote from: someguy on July 13, 2008, 10:16:32 AM
Do I need to continue? Let's be clear here. I am an idiot. If I haven't made it abundantly clear that I don't know what the make the beast with two backs I'm doing, this should be a prime example.
LMAO!!! From the first sentence I knew this couldn't end well. Thanks for taking one for the team Someguy. [laugh] Sorry about your self induced misfortune.
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
and she seemed to be such a nice girl, too... must be how she lured you in
That sounds like horrible ending....you need to cleanse your insides with 4 lemon jelly filled donuts and two liters of Sprite.
Sure the saying isn't new, but the idea of actually doing it in practice is just genius.
This was so funny... [clap] [laugh]
Quote from: RobJohn3 on July 13, 2008, 01:01:11 PM
That sounds like horrible ending....you need to cleanse your insides with 4 lemon jelly filled donuts and two liters of Sprite.
Then WRITE about it! HAR!
Next time skip the candy and get your beer at the bowling alley and play a few frames a 'skittles'
I think you find it more agreeable.
Meaning
'Beer and skittles' is shorthand for a life of indulgence spent in the pub.
Origin
Skittles, also known as Ninepins, which was the pre-cursor to ten-pin bowling, has been a popular English pub game since the 17th century. The pins are set up in a square pattern and players attempt to knock them down with a ball. It is still played but not so much as previously.
The phrase was referred to in Footman's History of the Parish Church of Chipping Lambourn (1894), which reprints a piece from 1634:
"William Gyde... for playing at skittolles on Sunday."
Citations of beer and skittles and variants appear in literature from the 19th century. For example, Dickens' Pickwick Papers,1837:
"It's a reg'lar holiday to them - all porter and skittles."
Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown's Schooldays, 1857:
"Life isn't all beer and skittles."
I think it was the choice of beer.
Umm.. try it again with an ale or a lager and maybe some of those new fancy skittles flavors....You can't really test the theory until you've gone through the whole rainbow, right?
Quote from: FatguyRacer on July 13, 2008, 01:26:27 PM
Next time skip the candy and get your beer at the bowling alley and play a few frames a 'skittles'
I think you find it more agreeable.
Meaning
'Beer and skittles' is shorthand for a life of indulgence spent in the pub.
Origin
Skittles, also known as Ninepins, which was the pre-cursor to ten-pin bowling, has been a popular English pub game since the 17th century. The pins are set up in a square pattern and players attempt to knock them down with a ball. It is still played but not so much as previously.
The phrase was referred to in Footman's History of the Parish Church of Chipping Lambourn (1894), which reprints a piece from 1634:
"William Gyde... for playing at skittolles on Sunday."
Citations of beer and skittles and variants appear in literature from the 19th century. For example, Dickens' Pickwick Papers,1837:
"It's a reg'lar holiday to them - all porter and skittles."
Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown's Schooldays, 1857:
"Life isn't all beer and skittles."
You do know that is a verbatim copy and paste of the info in the very link I posted in the original post?
though I feel somewhat more educated than when I clicked on this thread I can't say that I would have learned this info any other way. For that I send you some [bacon]
I've never heard the saying "beer and skittles", but considering how nasty Skittles are, I would even think of sullying a beer with such a thing. You sir, are... I want to say brave, but that's not right. Oh wait, you said it well yourself. [cheeky] Thanks for, uh, taking one for the team?
On the other hand, that Chocolate Stout is something I'd like to try some day. It's intriguing in that it sounds like something that has an equal chance of being delicious or awful.
Quote from: x136 on July 13, 2008, 08:27:02 PM
On the other hand, that Chocolate Stout is something I'd like to try some day. It's intriguing in that it sounds like something that has an equal chance of being delicious or awful.
The chocolate stout can only be described as one of the finest beers ever brewed. Seriously.
Quote from: someguy on July 13, 2008, 08:31:52 PM
The chocolate stout can only be described as one of the finest beers ever brewed. Seriously.
Good to hear. It combines two of my favorite food groups, but that doesn't always necessarily pan out...
When I drank I treasured the Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager. [drink]
Quote from: WannaDucBad on July 13, 2008, 08:51:48 PM
When I drank I treasured the Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager. [drink]
Did it go well with skittles?
The woman is already suggesting I try it again next week, except with a different beer.
I think she hates me.
Quote from: someguy on July 13, 2008, 08:52:46 PMThe woman is already suggesting I try it again next week, except with a different beer.
Perhaps she is applying the scientific method to your idiocy theory?
Or she refuses to believe that Skittlebrau, and thus The Simpsons, isn't real.
Quote from: x136 on July 13, 2008, 09:01:04 PM
Perhaps she is applying the scientific method to your idiocy theory?
Or she refuses to believe that Skittlebrau, and thus The Simpsons, isn't real.
I dunno, but hate is far more typical of the women who date me. I think it's the hate.
It might have something to do with the time she loaned me her new car and I got into an accident.
Or the time she came home and found one of the dogs reeking of beer.
Or half of the sink being mildly melted upon her return from a business trip.
The world may never know.
Quote from: someguy on July 13, 2008, 09:03:41 PM
I dunno, but hate is far more typical of the women who date me. I think it's the hate.
It might have something to do with the time she loaned me her new car and I got into an accident.
Or the time she came home and found one of the dogs reeking of beer.
Or half of the sink being mildly melted upon her return from a business trip.
The world may never know.
Truly, one of the world's greatest remaining mysteries.
At least you haven't set her on fire.
Yet.
I'll send you the remnants of the Chocolate/Bacon bar IZ left behind if that may be useful for research.
Quote from: someguy on July 13, 2008, 08:52:46 PM
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I think she hates me.
Just because she enjoys entertainment at your expense doesn't mean she hates you. ;D
And.. um.. dude.. you pranged her new car?
Quote from: Speeddog on July 13, 2008, 09:16:28 PM
And.. um.. dude.. you pranged her new car?
It was a total accident, he was rear-ended. I told him I was just happy he wasn't on the bike at the time. [thumbsup]
Quote from: x136 on July 13, 2008, 09:07:53 PM
At least you haven't set her on fire.
Yet.
It was close though! [cheeky]
Quote from: msincredible on July 13, 2008, 10:18:39 PM
It was close though! [cheeky]
It's only a matter of time, you know. ;) Keep stockpiling those extinguishers!
dave... you are too funny [laugh]
beer and skittles [roll]
Quote from: someguy on July 13, 2008, 08:31:52 PM
The chocolate stout can only be described as one of the finest beers ever brewed. Seriously.
we're talking about rogue, right?
???
Quote from: someguy on July 13, 2008, 05:35:29 PM
You do know that is a verbatim copy and paste of the info in the very link I posted in the original post?
Probably not, since I dont read past the first sentance on any post.. The rest is like a Peanuts cartoon. Wah waha wah wahha.
I'm funny that way. [laugh] [cheeky]
Quote from: msincredible on July 13, 2008, 10:17:58 PM
It was a total accident, he was rear-ended. I told him I was just happy he wasn't on the bike at the time. [thumbsup]
if that's what you told him, what were you actually thinking?
and i really like skittles. i also really like beer.
however, i have tried candy or other form of sweets with beer. it never worked out in my favor.
Quote from: teddy037.2 on July 14, 2008, 03:52:00 AM
we're talking about rogue, right?
???
Nope. Young's Double Chocolate Stout.
Its like a Guinness and chocolate ice cream float.
Ask me how I know. ;D
Rogue makes an excellent Chocolate Stout as well that goes great with vanilla ice cream.
The only thing skittles are good for are when you eat magic mushrooms they make them taste so much better
Drop a couple skittles into a bottle of light beer, and be near a sink or outdoors. I learned this in high school - you are a late bloomer ;D
mitt
Quote from: Obsessed? on July 14, 2008, 04:55:12 PM
Nope. Young's Double Chocolate Stout.
Its like a Guinness and chocolate ice cream float.
Ask me how I know. ;D
I've had young's. I just think rogue's is better... ;)
I have also done the ice cream beer float. mmm mmmmm! [drink] [drink] [drink]
Quote from: teddy037.2 on July 14, 2008, 06:53:44 PM
I've had young's. I just think rogue's is better... ;)
I have also done the ice cream beer float. mmm mmmmm! [drink] [drink] [drink]
Local bar here has Young's on tap. I love it. The Rouge is also tasty, but never had it on tap. Young's is draughted with nitrogen like Guiness. I think it makes a big difference.
We used to float guiness on everything but the owner of the bar decided try floating Young's. Turns out, Young's floated on Blue Moon is make the beast with two backsing awesome.
However, I wouldn't recommend Guiness floated on Bourbon. [laugh] :-X
Quote from: Jobu on July 15, 2008, 02:25:39 AM
Local bar here has Young's on tap. I love it. The Rouge is also tasty, but never had it on tap. Young's is draughted with nitrogen like Guiness. I think it makes a big difference.
We used to float guiness on everything but the owner of the bar decided try floating Young's. Turns out, Young's floated on Blue Moon is make the beast with two backsing awesome.
However, I wouldn't recommend Guiness floated on Bourbon. [laugh] :-X
Ugghhh, don't remind me about that. [puke]
Another good choco stout to add to the list is the Bison. Tasty.
Quote from: Jobu on July 15, 2008, 02:25:39 AM
The Rouge is also tasty...
You eat makeup? ???
Quote from: someguy on July 15, 2008, 10:13:26 PM
You've never eaten Mary Kay?
Yeah, but what does that have to do with makeup?
:P