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Occasionally I take a look at the phrases people have used to find this site.
A lot are concerned with smoking such as “oldest person ever smoked”, “anti smoking propaganda” or “scientific antismoking scandal”. I find this somewhat heartening as there seems to be a body of people out there who are increasingly interested [and hopefully disillusioned] by all the anti-smoker crap out there.
Another topic that crops up frequently is the subject of Guinness. These are sometimes somewhat bizarre.
“why do darmen bang the guinness on the counter“
I wasn’t aware that darmen [barmen?] do bang Guinness on the counter any more than they bang other glasses. Maybe he should change his pub? Maybe he should just enjoy the pint and not worry about sound effects?
“shits from guinness“.
This is for some reason a popular one. I’m not quite sure what the thinking is here but a lot of people seem to worry about having a shit after a pint?
“i dont like guiness taste”
Another popular one. So what? Are they looking for a site frequented by people who don’t like Guinness? I don’t like a lot of drinks [any American beer is just plain gnat’s piss] but I don’t go searching for my non-preferences.
“irish pub drink and piss“
Maybe not directly Guinness related but a very strange one none the less. Are they concerned that pubs may serve pints of pee? Do they want to know if pubs serve drink and also have a toilet?
“urine boiling point”
Again, not a Guinness one [maybe apres Guinness?] but one that is remarkably common. Why do they want to know? Why don’t they just piss in a kettle and boil it up? I have never done that but I can imagine that other family members would have something to say?
And my favourite search which is not really associated with anything. Maybe it’s just sheer pride in the achievement that they want to brag about?
“i had sex with a donkey“
The urban legend is that drinking lots of the stuff gives you diarrhoea. At least more-so than normal drinking. See also Guinness farts, which have a bit more reality about them.
Load of crap! Mind you – Myself and five friends once had a camping holiday around Ireland in a tent. Our diet for the two weeks consisted of pints of Guinness, instant mash and baked beans. To put it very mildly the air in the tent was constantly ripe [and melodious].
You had five friends?
That was in the days when people liked me.
and now?
I've had sex with a donkey? Which one of us hasn't at some time woken up, looked across the bed and harboured similar thoughts?
Does banging the glass down get the famous stout fizz going in a less than perfectly kept and served pint?
Guinness and Murphy's are great in Ireland, and Guinness used to be good in Scotland when rumour had it that it came from Dublin with the other regions of UK served by London.
I studied electronics when the "hole" theory of conduction through a semiconductor was taught. The electrons don't travel evenly through the sc, but one at a time jump across a small gap, called a "hole". This the "hole" appeared to move against the flow of electrons.
The movement of the fizz in a Guinness seemed to demonstrate this.
The fizz appears to be going down in the glass but you know that each little bubble is slowly making its way to the top. It is the gaps between the bunches of bubbles that go down.
Now I only drink stout in Ireland, or from a rarely found bottle of the real, unfrozen, rarely seen, stuff outside your Isle.
In the rest of the world they seem to use chemistry to replicate the skills of a good cellarman and barman.