05/03/2008: Pinemato Juice.
It would've been interesting if I never posted again, thus ending almost a decade of X-Entertainment on a story about how I ate the top off of a cracker. Then again, it might be even more interesting to never post again after this one: A story about tomato/pineapple juice.

During my thrift store hunting days, I amassed an incredible collection of vintage cookbooks. They amuse me to no end. The prevalent "richness" of the recipes, often combining five types of meat with four different cheeses, sometimes in the shape of a clown head or something, are only outclassed by long forgotten fad foods that virtually no one is interested in revisiting.
As a V8 aficionado, I'm particularly interested in the many strange ways that homemakers used to transform tomato juice into awesome mutant cocktails. I've never actually tried out these recipes for myself, but after spending the last few years reading and rereading the recipe above — a "Two-Tone Cocktail" that dares to combine tomato and pineapple juice — my interest finally piqued.

It took several frustrating attempts to create what you're looking at above, but I was ultimately successful in forging a cocktail that maintained a distinct separation of church and state, or in this case, tomato and pineapple. Note that there's no "buffer liquid" to help the juices stay on their side of the line; it's literally just pineapple juice with carefully-poured tomato juice on top.
While visually appealing, I was still faced with the conundrum of knowing that my Two-Tone Cocktail was comprised of equal parts pineapple juice and tomato juice. Hardly a tag team to rival the likes of Demolition or Strike Force. After some self-assurance that Betty Crocker wouldn't knowingly promote something inherently disgusting, I dived in and…liked it? Wow, I actually liked it! Through some minor miracle, the forbidden sector of the glass where the two juices combine into one alien flavor is negligible, and for the most part, it feels like you're drinking half a glass of tomato juice followed by half a glass of pineapple juice. Magic knows many forms.
I can't in good conscience recommend the Two-Tone Cocktail unless you've already gotten over your fear of tomato juice, but if it makes you feel any better, I used V8 instead, which at least features the psychosomatic advantage of being more than just "smashed tomatoes."
I apologize for my lack of participation on the site as of late, and in particular for limiting that participation to stories about crackers and foreign juice tricks. Workwise, these last few weeks have been pretty insane. Sooner or later, I'll be over the hump.
Happy SNT, if you're here.
Discussion Thread: 140 comments
looks very unappealing matt…

Posted by
pen @ 05/03/2008 8:47 PM EDT
First?
Man, that sounds gross. Looks cool though.

Posted by
Molly @ 05/03/2008 8:47 PM EDT
You could have had a…oh wait…

Posted by
rob @ 05/03/2008 8:48 PM EDT
They still sell juice in cans like that? Do you have one of those triangle cutters?

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/03/2008 8:50 PM EDT
Well folks I'm off to a bar somewhere! Time to get some free B-Day drinks! Hopefully I'll be coherent enough to post later on!
Looks like a popsicle.

Posted by
rusty @ 05/03/2008 8:54 PM EDT
Pineapple juice and V8 together? Doesn't sound appealing.
BTW, sixth! Or am I seventh or eighth?

Posted by
Astro Zombie @ 05/03/2008 8:55 PM EDT
I might try that, I thought the tomoato juice would've been on the bottom, being heavier and all.
Wait, is tomato juice heavier than pineapple juice?
Quick, someone get a scale.

Posted by
JoshC @ 05/03/2008 8:57 PM EDT
Your a brave man Matt, I don't know that I'd have had the nerve to try this one. It certainly looks interesting but I just can't imagine what the combined flavor is like. Maybe one of these days I'll be daring enough to give it a shot.
And because Guise suggested it…..

Posted by
Col. Dan Masterforce Fluffingtonly-Snowball, Jnr III @ 05/03/2008 9:03 PM EDT
Remember, it's V8. That's 7 more items of heavy.

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/03/2008 9:03 PM EDT
Hey Matt, could you provide for us a legible copy of the text that makes up the blog post it note thingy? And yes by "us" I mean myself and the inquisitive mouse in my pocket. "WTF is that blurry writing all about?" he says.

Posted by
Pig Malien @ 05/03/2008 9:04 PM EDT
I have V8 but alas, no pineapple juice.
Tonight I will be drinking Bacardi Zombie. I've never had it before, but I never pass up the chance to drink anything the color of Windex. Prolly gonna pop in that DVD of Sleepaway Camp 2 in a bit.

Posted by
Mystie @ 05/03/2008 9:07 PM EDT
Looks good; sounds gross.

Posted by
Rich @ 05/03/2008 9:10 PM EDT
Hey Mystie, Humour me for a moment.
Whats in a Zombie, I've always wondered but Im to lazy to find out.

Posted by
JoshC @ 05/03/2008 9:12 PM EDT
Dear god that drink looks horrifying. But then, I'm not a big fan of tomato anything, not even spaghetti sauce, so I'm biased. I'll mentally file away this recipe in case I ever swallow poison and need to induce vomiting.
Just to throw out some news, my graduation was today for my associate's degree! I got the degree last summer, but the ceremony wasn't until now since they only do it once a year. Community college graduations are insane. We had people graduating from four different semesters and five different campuses. Took half the damn day!

Posted by
jazzy @ 05/03/2008 9:16 PM EDT
Happy SNT!
I love old cookbooks, especially the illustrations and photographs. I also love tomatoes, and pineapple juice, but I don't think I could hang in with this drink. I think I'd rather layer some Jager and Barenjager if I felt like drinking stripes.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who scours thrift shops and yard sales for those vintage cookbooks. I've found some doozies, some going back to the late 1940s. My favorites are the International cookbooks. No cocktails, but they do have some interesting meat recipes, plus some of the planet's richest desserts. (Weight Watchers would have convulsions over the ingredients of the German-Viennese desserts alone, and don't get me started on the French desserts.)
That drink looks more appetizing than it sounds. Tomato cocktails were big in the 1950s when all of the new suburbanites were going over to each other's houses to meet the neighbors and get piss drunk. The reprint of the 1950 "Betty Crocker Cookbook" my mom gave me in college has many similar recipes in their appetizers section. Thankfully, ol' Betty had enough sense to not combine pineapple and tomato. The weirdest combination the book has is Tomato-Sauerkraut Juice.

Posted by
starwenn @ 05/03/2008 9:22 PM EDT
Whats in a Zombie, I've always wondered but Im to lazy to find out.
braaaaaaaaaainssss

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/03/2008 9:23 PM EDT
Yay for a new post! I was hoping for an Ironman review but I'll settle for a old recipe.
Hopefully you'll have something on Speed Racer when it comes out, I'm a fan of the old cartoons and can't wait for the movie.

Posted by
MikeyD @ 05/03/2008 9:24 PM EDT
Hey everyone! Someone else might have already done this, but Invader Norbert's blog post about his most -wanted Smash Bros. characters gave me an idea. Survey: name your most-wanted Smash Bros. character, no matter how obscure. Third-arty characters are welcome. My pick: Shaquile O'Neil (from Shaq Fu, Ready 2 Rumble 2 and various NBA games). I didn't say they had to be from GOOD games…

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 05/03/2008 9:29 PM EDT
I'd try that Matt. I probably wouldn't like it, but what the hey. Happy SNT YA'LL ! =D

Posted by
ULTRAMAN @ 05/03/2008 9:31 PM EDT
Misty-
Bubble Bobble is available on the VC now.

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 05/03/2008 9:34 PM EDT
The SSB characters I want are Birdo, Spider-Man, and Banjo-Kazooie. Matt, I chalenge u 2 SSBB. I'll give my code in a minute.

Posted by
C-Dogg @ 05/03/2008 9:35 PM EDT
C-Dogg-
can i go in on that game?

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 05/03/2008 9:36 PM EDT
forgot to say that looks gross. happy snt!

Posted by
Aaron [C-Dogg} @ 05/03/2008 9:37 PM EDT
Hoverboard, of course! i need to get my fc, though. give me yous 2 please. lol

Posted by
Aaron [C-Dogg] @ 05/03/2008 9:40 PM EDT
I can't really tell if that tomato juice is ruining that pineapple juice or the other way around. I don't really like either.
Woo! I just turned in my last term paper for the semester! Now to sleep for a week!

Posted by
Jedoc @ 05/03/2008 9:44 PM EDT
4296-3348-3245
Hope your ready to brawl!

Posted by
c-dogg @ 05/03/2008 9:47 PM EDT
My brawl code is 3007 8064 4339. Everyone is free to add me!

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 05/03/2008 9:52 PM EDT
Ugh, wish I could brawl, but preparing for a flight tomorrow.
Hope I at least get a blog post out of where I'm goin.

Posted by
Matt @ 05/03/2008 10:02 PM EDT
Right now I'm at an old time radio convention banquet dinner. I'm sitting across the table from the guy that sang the theme song to Three's Company. I'm trying to figure out how to ask Robert Easton to talk a picture with me, without seeming like I've been hitting the booze again. That bad joke is for any MSTies out there.
Congrats on graduating, jazzy! Cheers to Jedoc too for being done for the semester. I still have a final on Tuesday

Posted by
squee4242 @ 05/03/2008 10:05 PM EDT
SSBB character: Mariners Moose.

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/03/2008 10:06 PM EDT
Sadly, JoshC, I could not enlighten you past the contents being alcohol and juices. The bottle alludes to nothing.
Dude, I had such a wonky ass day. I went out to a picnic today with my friends and I was all like…
Mystie: HAI! I BROUGHT DEVILED EGGS!
Friend: HAI! I BROUGHT YOU A MAN!
Mystie: ….. ::rolls up newspaper:: Bad!
Seriously, the last time she tried to bring a guy along to set me up, he was like a dirty 18 year old anarchist. At least this one's older, but holy shit, I have enough guy problems right now as it is. *grump*

Posted by
Mystie @ 05/03/2008 10:09 PM EDT
Ahh, a good ol fashioned SNT! Good to see Hoverbored, Doho and Mystie again. Ahh let an evening of frivolity ensue! My last final is Monday, so then done with school! Forever! Unless I get a doctorate! Then shoot me!
Terror Claws "Mandy Reeves Style Name" Cole

Posted by
Terror Claws Cole @ 05/03/2008 10:17 PM EDT
sorry you can't brawl, matt. i hope your trip goes well. i live near seattle, so the moose is a great idea dohopoki. ha, that would be awesome!

Posted by
c-dogg @ 05/03/2008 10:25 PM EDT
Congratulations to Jazzy for graduating! I almost forgot.
C Dogg- Thanks for brawling with me! You gave me quite a run for my money.

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 05/03/2008 10:26 PM EDT
Hoverbored, it was an honor brawling with you. you were my first online, and you are really mean with Lucario! Thank you for brawling with me. And congrats, Jazzy, for graduating!

Posted by
C-Dogg @ 05/03/2008 10:31 PM EDT
That looks bad. I would probably look at the pineapple juice, then look at the tomato juice, then look at the pineapple juice then grab the pineapple juice and walk off with it. Sometimes I like to drink the tropical (which is coconut and pineapple) Dole brand smoothies. Also the strawberry and banana one too. When it is about halfway full I like to shake it to get a layer of foam on top everytime I am about to take a drink.

Posted by
Goob @ 05/03/2008 10:37 PM EDT
C-Dogg- During the last match, I was away from the TV and didn't realize the match had started. That's why I was just standing there for the first part of the match.

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 05/03/2008 10:38 PM EDT
Whoa, it's Saturday? I totally forgot.
Hey, congrats, Jazzy!
I just watched like 14 episodes of the first "season" of Sailor Moon subtitled and uncut. It feels weird because I've seen these episodes in English a bunch of times, so it's kinda nostalgic, but it also seems like a completely different series (which it practically is).

Posted by
Annette @ 05/03/2008 10:39 PM EDT
I wouldnt drink that if you paid me….. well ok maybe if you paid me…ill do almost anything for money…..almost anything….

Posted by
PRSense @ 05/03/2008 10:45 PM EDT
You'll never be over the hump. You keep thinking that if you finish this next project it will be smooth sailing but the powers that be have declared that we all must work at 100% capacity until the end.

Posted by
Ferg @ 05/03/2008 10:46 PM EDT
Just got in from the worst business trip in the history of business trips. But it was immediately forgotten when I saw this post. Thanks Matt, hope your trip goes smoother than mine.

Posted by
Bill @ 05/03/2008 10:48 PM EDT
We do the two-tone drinks with Arnie Palmers at work. That's all I have to add until I carefully read through the post. Happy SNT!

Posted by
kb @ 05/03/2008 10:49 PM EDT
Mozoltov Jazzy!
Ihave to pick up brawl, I've only played the GC version a handfull of times, against a 6 year old, and he kicked my ass.

Posted by
JoshC @ 05/03/2008 10:50 PM EDT
Dunno if its just a local thing, but theres a drink they serve at the local bar kinda like this called "dark side of the moon". Its Blue Moon beer on the bottom, and Guiness on the top. Some people like it, others say it tastes like marinated ass.

Posted by
Casey @ 05/03/2008 10:58 PM EDT
Well, if you were going to drink ass, marinating it would be for the better and not for the worse, right?

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/03/2008 11:00 PM EDT
Like uncle Oswald always says…. make sure you marinate that ass before eating it

Posted by
PRSense @ 05/03/2008 11:05 PM EDT
I always figured fresh ass would be best. "freshly squeezed!"

Posted by
Casey @ 05/03/2008 11:07 PM EDT
hoverbored - oh, thats why. i was wondering. and yet you still beat me lol.

Posted by
c-dogg @ 05/03/2008 11:08 PM EDT
C-Dogg- I got lucky with Lucario. I picked him more or less at random, but his aura power makes his attacks more powerful as he takes damage.

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 05/03/2008 11:14 PM EDT
PRSense, does your uncle Oswald have a show on Nick Jr.? Has a little dog that's partially a bun and a hangs out with a sun flower?

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/03/2008 11:14 PM EDT
no but he used to do a magic trick with a dog 3 golfballs and a somthing he called his magical worm of hardening until the aspca found out…… damn shame what happened to that dog…..

Posted by
PRSense @ 05/03/2008 11:21 PM EDT
I hope you have a good trip to wherever you're going, Matt.
Hey everyone! Someone else might have already done this, but Invader Norbert's blog post about his most -wanted Smash Bros. characters gave me an idea. Survey: name your most-wanted Smash Bros. character, no matter how obscure. Third-arty characters are welcome. My pick: Shaquile O'Neil (from Shaq Fu, Ready 2 Rumble 2 and various NBA games). I didn't say they had to be from GOOD games…
You already know who I wanted. And besides…Brawl came and went already. Now the new thing is Mario Kart Wii!
I played it at my frat bro's house last night…it's awesome. When you think they couldn't make Rainbow Road more insane, they did. They actually managed to do it. There is hardly anything funnier than watching someone play Mario Kart while hammered.
For those of you that Have Super Mario Galaxy, you can unlock Princess Rosalina by having a save of the game on the wii when you play MK…and I think you have to race 50 times too, but don't quote me on that.
And on topic…that is one weird-ass drink. I can think of a drink that my aformentioned Frat Bro DJ named the "Jupiter Thunder Dragon" which is a shot of Midori Melon, a shot of Hypnotiq, and the rest is Sierra Mist. Kinda good, and gets you buzzed.
The V8/pineapple drink would be cool by me, but is it really considered a cocktail without any alcohol? Theres no mention of it in Matts recipe.

Posted by
Casey @ 05/03/2008 11:33 PM EDT
I'd gladly try it.

Posted by
Brett @ 05/03/2008 11:35 PM EDT
hey thanks for the SNT! it makes me feel better knowing others are sitting at their computers on a saturday night too!
cool juice, but sounds uh, not great- if drank from a moose cup maybe it'd be better
have a good flight matt! what is your new goal in life now that you've eaten the top off a cracker? i'm still looking for a life goal myself.

Posted by
cb @ 05/03/2008 11:57 PM EDT
WHOO! SNT!
Anybody Else watch the Kentucky Derby today?
Matt, I got to say that drink looks like puke in a cup. Nicely sorted and organized puke, but puke none-the-less.

Posted by
Cameron T. @ 05/03/2008 11:58 PM EDT
No. Just… no.

Posted by
Ryane @ 05/04/2008 12:01 AM EDT
I didn't but I should have put a bet down because despite having no knowledge of horse racing prior to today and bare minimum as of today, I had the right choice.

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/04/2008 12:02 AM EDT
I tried to get Mario Kart today but my Walmart was out. I wasn't surprised.

Posted by
ULTRAMAN @ 05/04/2008 12:02 AM EDT
Well aren't we all posting messages.

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/04/2008 12:03 AM EDT
Yes, indeed we are.

Posted by
Mystie @ 05/04/2008 12:05 AM EDT
Oh yeah, I brought a guy to this SNT for you, Mystie.

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/04/2008 12:07 AM EDT
I Got Mario Kart for my nephew today. now hes running around the house challenging everyone to a race

Posted by
PRSense @ 05/04/2008 12:12 AM EDT
Man, you people with Mario Kart….Bah! Humbug!
(I can't afford it. Wii fit comes out this month, too.
).
I'm broke.

Posted by
Cameron T. @ 05/04/2008 12:17 AM EDT
Doho, tell him to get to the back of the line with all the others.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate my friend's efforts, but… *shakes head* Complications.

Posted by
Mystie @ 05/04/2008 12:24 AM EDT
The only thing missing from that drink was a blue liquid of some sort to have all of our primary colors.
Saw Iron Man today and it is GREAT. Stick around till after the credits for an extra cool scene.
Since I don't drink and haven't really been into video games in a long time but don't want to be left out of the SNT, I'll make a secondary survey. Since food is a popular subject lately around here, I got a question.
Does anyone remember the episode of "Seinfeld" where either Kramer or Elaine come up with a product called "Top of the Muffin To You." It was a bakery that just sold muffin tops since that was the most popular part (although I've always preferred the bottom.) Eggo even sells them now.
So my question is, if you could open a restaurant/diner/bakery/etc. that specialized in just one area that has never been done before (or maybe it has and is just not in your area) what would you do. Here are my ideas:
Appetizers and Side Dish Restaurant- This would just sell appetizers and side dishes. I often find these things more delicious than the actual "real" meal. Everything from fries/onion rings to macaroni/potato salad would be sold here.
Spudsy's- My mom used to say there used to be a baked potato place years back, but I would go further and just have everything potato related you can think of and whatever you like on them here.
Cheesy's- Anything related to cheese sold here.

Posted by
JLAJRC @ 05/04/2008 12:29 AM EDT
I saw Iron Man last night and enjoyed it. Although all I could think of was that Iron Man's suit==Samus Aran's power suit.
JLAJRC
I have always wanted to open a Millennium Falcon diner. It would basically be a full size replica of the Falcon. You would enter through the hatch just like in the movies. There would be only a few tables and maybe a counter. Food would be Hamburgers with an olive on the side. The place would be filled to the brim with Star Wars Crap.
Basically I just think it would be cool to eat whilst pretending you're on a spaceship.

Posted by
Cameron T. @ 05/04/2008 12:37 AM EDT
We've got Brawl, Kart and GTA4 at home. I'm passable at Brawl, horrible at the other two. GTA4 sure is pretty to look at though.
If I could, I'd open up a Sonic around here. The novelty factor alone would keep me in business for a couple years, I think.

Posted by
squee4242 @ 05/04/2008 12:52 AM EDT
I'd make a place that sold mixed drinks stirred with a video game! Nah, just kiddin, but I do like the idea of "Cheesy's" I'm a sucker for cheese for some reason.

Posted by
Casey @ 05/04/2008 12:55 AM EDT
On one hand, Metroid would be the perfect movie to break the video game movie stigma and usher in a new wave of good video game movies ala what X-men did for comic book movies. On the other hand, no one in hollywood has the balls to pull it off right.
Introducing, Samus Aran's space team of a 6 to 7 alien movie stereotypes!

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/04/2008 12:58 AM EDT
Cameron T. - Holy crap! Never thought of that. I would eat there every damn night!! But I'd always wanna sit at the checkerboard table… "let the wookie win!"

Posted by
Casey @ 05/04/2008 12:59 AM EDT
didn t mcdonalds have a mascot named mayor mccheese? we could ask if we could use him as the mascot for cheesy's

Posted by
PRSense @ 05/04/2008 1:10 AM EDT
Yeah, but I think he was impeached in a sex scandal.
(rabble rabble rabble)

Posted by
JoshC @ 05/04/2008 1:17 AM EDT
Pretty spiffy trick with the juices there. But take heart all you that tend to avoid tomato's in all forms but catsup. This exact same thing can be replicated with Diet coke and Mountain Dew.
Its best observed from a Mountain dew bottle. Drink half and than grab a Diet coke. Poor slowly into bottle and the mountain dew stays on the bottom and the diet coke is on top.
I think its the same magic that makes Diet coke float in a tub of ice water and regular Coke/Mt. Dew sinks to the bottom.
You could probably use diet pepsi also but Mt. Dew is the only Pepsi product I drink.

Posted by
Wenthral @ 05/04/2008 1:18 AM EDT
Mystie, Dohopoki, and everyone else who was curious:
RUM!?!?! DID SOMEBODY SAY "RUM"?!?!
According to my copy of The Official Harvard Student Agencies Bar-tending Course a Zombie consists of:
3/4 oz. Light Rum
3/4 oz. Dark Rum
1.5 oz. Jamaican Rum
2 oz. Pineapple Juice
1 oz. Lime Juice
1 oz. Orange Juice
It says you're supposed to shake and strain it into a highball glass over ice. Then (because there isn't quite enough rum yet) it seems you are supposed to float 1/2 oz. of 151-proof rum on top, and then garnish with a cherry or pineapple chunk.
Hmm… yep, speaking as a pirate… that'd probably be lethal. Yarr, bring me two doubles!
Anybody Else watch the Kentucky Derby today?
No, I was at Work. What I did hear though was some somewhat poetic justice in the horse that Hillary Clinton bet on to win finished in 2nd, which then broke both of its legs and was euthanized on the spot. Damn.
Does anyone remember the episode of "Seinfeld" where either Kramer or Elaine come up with a product called "Top of the Muffin To You." It was a bakery that just sold muffin tops since that was the most popular part (although I've always preferred the bottom.) Eggo even sells them now.
It was Elaine, and her idea inspired her old boss, Mr. Pitt, to open up the shop. And it's "Top of The Muffin To You!" (insert Elaine's delivery of the italics) At least someone appreciates the Stumps…maybe we can call you The Cleaner?
Appetizers and Side Dish Restaurant- This would just sell appetizers and side dishes. I often find these things more delicious than the actual "real" meal. Everything from fries/onion rings to macaroni/potato salad would be sold here.
That is brilliant…I may have to steal that. These would be especially popular around college campuses. I'm using that for my answer.
I've always wanted my own Wing joint. Hot wings everywhere, various contests between fraternities, etc. Sounds like good times.
I don't think I've commented in weeks/months. I moved to Kansas City recently, and I've just been too busy to do more than skim the blog posts. My plans got cancelled tonight though, and I'm sort of drunk and lonely. Not a good combo.
On Topic- That drink really sounds terrible. I can't stand tomato juice. Oddly, I do sort of like red beer (which is just beer mixed with tomato juice). On the other hand, I usually have to be hammered already to start drinking red beer.
Matt's started alluding to a "final post." While it wouldn't surprise me, I sure would be sad to see X-E come to an end. Even so, everyone changes over time, and it's only natural that his interests would evolve. Matt, I hope you go forever, but please stick it out at least until the 10 year mark.
BTW, work is never "done," and it never really gets any easier. Welcome to the real world. It's why I tell people in college that they should never, ever graduate.
Off topic- SSBB characters would have to be Megatron, Optimus Prime, KITT (or maybe Michael Knight), a Veritech fighter, Serpentor, He-Man, and Papa Smurf. Restaraunt concept is a place where every table has a classic arcade game or crane machine built into it. That or a movie theater that has a restaraunt built into it, and sells beer and liquor. They have one in Wichita, but I haven't heard of one around KC.

Posted by
spaz307 @ 05/04/2008 1:22 AM EDT
Did I say RUM? I think it's time for bed.

Posted by
dohopoki @ 05/04/2008 1:24 AM EDT
Darr, I almost forgot!
Happy Star Wars Day to ye all!
May the Fourth be with you!
Why is 5/4 Star Wars day?

Posted by
spaz307 @ 05/04/2008 1:25 AM EDT
Spaz:
Because it's May the fourth.
May the Fourth be with you. It's a pune.
spaz307, they just opened a theatre like that about 30 minutes away from me. I'm itching to check that place out. It sounds amazing.

Posted by
Annette @ 05/04/2008 1:31 AM EDT
Captain Wii, I slapped myself on the forehead when I saw the explanation. Stupid me.
Annette, I agree those places sound fun. I'd especially like to get tanked with the right crowd and the right awful movie. Pretty much any horror flick is ripe for drunken yelling. "Don't go in there!" "Virgins live longer you fool!" "No, he's not really dead, dagnabbit!"

Posted by
spaz307 @ 05/04/2008 1:38 AM EDT
I like this secondary survey so much that I'll make up five:
1. Stir-fry buffet: Walk along the bar, pick your ingredients, and we stir-fry it.
2. Dishes: All food is baked into the shape of forks and plates and things. Everything is edible, like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. This is, of course, a terrible idea.
3. Faces: If it can't be arranged to look smiley, you won't find it here.
4. Bizarro-Dishes: Everything comes in a hollowed-out fruit. Fruit salad served in an empty watermelon. Orange juice in an orange, like a Tropicana commercial. Pizza in a coconut shell. It would be the best pizza in a cup ever!
5. A cheap vegan place: Apparently a restaurant can't be both.

Posted by
Tougi @ 05/04/2008 1:40 AM EDT
Tougi: Is there anyone in our general age group who didn't grow up firmly believing that they could pop a straw in an orange and drink away?

Posted by
Matt @ 05/04/2008 1:43 AM EDT
I posted this at the tail end of the previous topic, and don't want the joy to be lost. So here it is again.
After eighteen long years, the Gremlins finally return. In a British TV commercial, but I'll take what I can get.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hNB1RzDm8k

Posted by
Mars @ 05/04/2008 1:59 AM EDT
Matt it's so nice to hear from ya again. ! =) I hope ta God that ya keep the site goin untill I leave this mortal world. I REALLY DO love it that much ! Your work is truely appreciated by us.

Posted by
ULTRAMAN @ 05/04/2008 2:05 AM EDT
I can't believe I forgot to mention this, but I went to see Iron Man yesterday too. I'm not going to spoil anything, so I'll just say I liked it.

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 05/04/2008 2:05 AM EDT
I just watched the Gremlins ad. AWESOME ! I LOVE the Gremlins !

Posted by
ULTRAMAN @ 05/04/2008 2:08 AM EDT
hoverbored - sorry i didnt see the comment till late. yeah, random or not, your still good. but i can either be really good or bad with ganondorf, so i sucked that round, also. wow, you hung in there. we had great matches. now to get mario kart wii…

Posted by
c-dogg @ 05/04/2008 2:11 AM EDT
man… i was going to see iron man today, but i didn't have money. i got all 4 slurpee cups, though. yesturday i saw suessical the musical at my school. it was good. im tired, so i'm going to bed. night! oh, i forgot to mention, but my laptop fried and now i surf via wii. lol

Posted by
c-dogg @ 05/04/2008 2:21 AM EDT
That drink is like an old Reese's ad…
"You got pineapple in my tomato!"
"You got tomato in my pineapple!"
Let's hope Reese's Pinemato Cups are a long, long way away.
Did anyone else who saw Iron Man this weekend stick around for the scene after the credits? Samuel L Jackson goodness!
As for Smash Brothers, gimme Little Mac from Punch-Out and Pitfall Harry.

Posted by
Yelnick McWawa @ 05/04/2008 2:35 AM EDT
Heck yes, I saw the Samuel L. Jackson thing! I smell a sequel!

Posted by
Hoverbored @ 05/04/2008 2:46 AM EDT
Not just sequel, but spinoff…
**SPOILER ALERT**
With Samuel L as Nick Fury, I want a scene in a S.H.I.E.L.D. movie where HYDRA hijacks a plane just to hear SLJ say he's gonna get those &*#$@# snakes on that plane!

Posted by
Yelnick McWawa @ 05/04/2008 3:04 AM EDT
Wow, that looks both disgusting and horrid at the same time. Also, don't talk about never updating again… Scares me, I don't know what I would do without this site, however rare it is you update.

Posted by
The Dude @ 05/04/2008 3:09 AM EDT
Hey HOVERBORED and YELNICK MCWAWA…. Yeah, there will be a sequel for Iron Man, however Fury won't be in it…. He will however be in the Avengers movie thats being planned…. Word has it Robert Downey Jr and Ed Norton are already on board to reprise their roles in it. But the flick doesnt even have a script yet.

Posted by
The Dude @ 05/04/2008 3:13 AM EDT
I must say that this is the only website I actually watch for updates. Keep up the good work Matt, we all look forward to your articles, and we understand that you are a busy guy. We will patiently wait for your updates…whenever you have time to post them

Posted by
big john @ 05/04/2008 3:28 AM EDT
Wow, cool looking drink! I love V8 and pineapple juice is just about the best thing on earth, but I still can't imagine how this would taste.
It's 3 AM, I wasted a Saturday inside with a horrible hangover. But the night was alright, I watched Blank Check after a nice bong session and now I'm going to go to bed with Homeward Bound on.
G'nite.

Posted by
nork @ 05/04/2008 4:00 AM EDT
Mario Kart for Wii came out on my birthday.. and I got a guitar instead.
A left handed acoustic that I love very much.. but somehow I feel like I failed a bit. Mario Kart would have been awesome. The Drunken Princess needs to live again.
Perhaps after she's doused some rum in that bastard child of V8 and pineapple that Matt's made. Lots of rum. Or vodka.

Posted by
Cat the Vampire Slayer @ 05/04/2008 4:02 AM EDT
We'll always be faithful fans of yours to the end of time Matt. I just can't wait for Halloween this year. 2008 has been a sucky year for me. I always hate Jan though August anyway.

Posted by
Joe @ 05/04/2008 4:24 AM EDT
Hey Cat the Vampire Slayer, I'm a left handed guitarist too.

Posted by
Joe @ 05/04/2008 4:27 AM EDT
C'mon man, I wasn't lookin at is neck .

Posted by
ULTRAMAN @ 05/04/2008 5:02 AM EDT
If only you knew the power of the darkside !

Posted by
ULTRAMAN @ 05/04/2008 5:06 AM EDT
Ommg…how..in hell…I wake up groggy and find this random JFK half dollar laying on the kitchen table…I got all my teef so it ain't the tooth fairy…hubby don't know how it got there either.
I'm guessing when he got out of work at 3 am he bought ciggarettes and a cashier gave him the half dollar instead of a quarter for change…and being dead tired from work hubby did'nt realize and thought it was a quarter too.
Sorry I missed SNT…I went to bed at like 11:30 and I swear I did'nt see an update even at 10pm…well also, Matt said that he was gonna post TODAY and I did'nt bother thinking that he may have made an SNT instead.
I'm sure its all in Jest that Matt is going to make his final post soon. There is way too much in this bizzare world of ours that needs blogging.

Posted by
mandy_dazed and confused_Reeves @ 05/04/2008 8:21 AM EDT
Regarding Iron Man sequels: I read on Wikipedia that the actors have already signed on for two sequels and that it was always planned to be a trilogy. They said the next film will probably arrive in 2010.

Posted by
Cameron T. @ 05/04/2008 8:45 AM EDT
How about a horror-themed restaurant where all of the servers are dressed as horror characters?
Also, I kinda wish that DC Comics/Warner Brothers would implement the comics "Planet Krypton" where the servers dress as superheroes. After all, Marvel has (or had, I'm not sure) a couple of restaurants that has Marvel comics memorabilia in there.
How about a restaurant where everyone gets a toy, no matter what you order?
Might as well open an X-E restaurant while were at it? We all dress up as cartoon/tv/movie characters.
How about a chili restauranr since it seems everyone in the world has their own variation of it?
Carnival/Fair foods restaurant- Anything eaten at a carnival/fair sold here.

Posted by
JLAJRC @ 05/04/2008 9:49 AM EDT
Captain Will That is so lame! I LOVE IT!

Posted by
Goob @ 05/04/2008 11:29 AM EDT
How about a chili restauranr since it seems everyone in the world has their own variation of it?
If you watch that "Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives" show on Food Network, there's actually quite a few places devoted to Chili
I've always wanted a White Castle installed in my house. If I ever become rich and live in a huge mansion…you'll see a White Castle in my ep of Cribs.
Invader Nornert I LOVE White Castle ! =D If I had enough moolah i'd do the same thing .

Posted by
ULTRAMAN @ 05/04/2008 2:34 PM EDT
i always thought i could drink the juice right from an orange with a straw- tried it several times with varied results.
it almost works if you really mush the orange around first. almost.

Posted by
cb @ 05/04/2008 2:34 PM EDT
Unfornately almost only counts in horseshoes and something else. I forget what the other thing it counts in is. lol. And yeah , i've tried it too.

Posted by
ULTRAMAN @ 05/04/2008 2:36 PM EDT
My computer sucks or something like that. I don't really have any knowledge of computer terms beyond "bandwidth" and "RAM cache" to describe what magic is actually happening, but suffice to say, it makes pictures shuffle. Sometimes it's annoying, like when it tiles a cat picture right the fuck over a website so I can't read anything. Other times, it's just confusing.
http://s30.photobucket.com/albums/c328/DouglasBrown/?action=...
I only figured out that it was not intended when I found the actual picture down in the Mist article. Then I realized how much better the article was improved with the little Pokemon there.

Posted by
Douglas @ 05/04/2008 3:36 PM EDT
ULTRAMAN:
hand grenades.

Posted by
JoshC @ 05/04/2008 4:31 PM EDT
JLAJRC, in New York, there is a restaurant called jekyll and hyde's club where all the servers are monsters. it is a great place to eat

Posted by
vwarb @ 05/04/2008 5:12 PM EDT
JoshC THATS the other thing I was thinking of. Thanks.

Posted by
ULTRAMAN @ 05/04/2008 5:45 PM EDT
we should start an IRC chat room! I forget how to do this exactly….someone know? I suggest this only because I go to an awesome nintendo and video game chat on irchighway.net and the fact taht if you have flash cart or R4 for your ds, you can download an awesome IRC chat client.

Posted by
mandy_Reeves @ 05/04/2008 7:09 PM EDT
Just got from watching Ironman. I must say I was very entertained! Robert Downey Jr. did a great job playing that sarcastic asshole Tony Stark. Being an origin movie there wasn't too much action but that didn't make the movie boring at all. When there was action it was pretty fucking sweet! Go out and see it…..NOW!
Sorry to double post but mandy_reeves is absolutely right! I've always wanted a 24/7 chat center for X-E. It would be the shit in so many ways!

Posted by
phunqsauce @ 05/04/2008 7:16 PM EDT
Well, been a while since I posted.
I shot for my dream, and failed miserably.
All that's left is to die. Bye.
Douglas, it sounds like you have some kind of weird spyware/adware thing.

Posted by
Annette @ 05/04/2008 9:55 PM EDT
Hey I dunno if I told you all about the vanilla yogurt creme hershey kisses….they are really good.
Also…Mcdonalds has officially ripped of Chic-fil-A with the new southern chicken sandwich…its even got the butter and pickle too! It is not as good though…chic-fil-A has a ribbed and thicker pickle slice, and bun is yummier.

Posted by
mandy_Reeves @ 05/04/2008 10:47 PM EDT
Here's a joke since I'm bored…. A man walks into a bar, he meets a beautiful woman and buys her a drink. They hit it off and the man asks her if she wants to go back to his place. She says ok but he warns her that he wants to do something kinky. She gets turned on and says oh yea ok that's fine by me. So they go back to his place and have normal missionary position sex. When they are done she says hey you know that was great and all but I thought you said you wanted to do something kinky? The man says yea I did I shit in your purse.

Posted by
PRSense @ 05/04/2008 11:07 PM EDT
To the Good Guy:
My goal is to not jut make next Christmas, but to the tenth one after that at least.
I may have made a few mistakes in my life, but by God I'm not going down without a fight.
So here's to the holidays, and the will of man to keep trying, even when it seems hopeless.

Posted by
Tougi @ 05/04/2008 11:27 PM EDT
To Tougi:
We all have to grow up sometime.
You are one cryptic guy, but I wish you the best of luck, whatever that may mean to you.

Posted by
Tougi @ 05/04/2008 11:51 PM EDT
I'm too dumb to be cryptic. I just got tired of fighting and trying when all I seem to get is shit.
Point is, I'm not long for this world, so I'm saying bye. Bye.
Mandy_Reeves There are two free sites we could have a chat room on. I have experience with both of them. We could have an X-E chat room for free. We can make it registered only or put in a name as a guest without a password.
Chatzy.com is just a regular chat room format, you can use IRC chat commands like /me in it. You can see the history too to a point. So you can catch up a little so if you came in in the middle of a conversation you can read up on it. And have a name and password but change your name people see before you go in.
Userplane.com I like this one better, has the choice of making a chat room that is registered user only or come in as a guest. The thing I really like is you can put up a picture so when someone clicks on it it has a profile AND you have a mike and cam feature! BUT you can only click on three people and hear and watch them. Or just hear or just watch of course. I hear there is a piece of software that is from a third party that makes it a lot more people but I don't know anything about that.
Those are the only two I know of, I bet you could google for some more of those cheap little chat rooms that you just type in a login name and then go. I know there are some you can copy and paste the embed code onto your webpage. That would be great for the bottom of this page.

Posted by
Goob @ 05/05/2008 12:41 AM EDT
anyone see Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay? I haven't seen the first movie, and my friend says this one wasn't as good–still, I enjoyed it!
actually, I shouldn't be here, I should be studying for my last college final ever. crash and burn, yes! and good riddance.

Posted by
venison @ 05/05/2008 12:59 AM EDT
THANK GOD YOU POSTED!!!! Really, you keep me just mentally unbalanced enough to get work done, but not so much that I actually care.
THANKS!

Posted by
Katarhol @ 05/05/2008 1:03 AM EDT
Nice, have you had a chance to see the Gallery of Regrettable Food, and the hot perk ups for after 10:00 PM?
Hey The Good Guy , are you ok ? You sound like your bummed out.

Posted by
ULTRAMAN @ 05/05/2008 2:15 AM EDT
Sorry for the double post but thank you Mars, now I want Gremlins 3, Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a favorite of mine!
*****It was Elaine, and her idea inspired her old boss, Mr. Pitt, to open up the shop. And it's "Top of The Muffin To You!" (insert Elaine's delivery of the italics) At least someone appreciates the Stumps…maybe we can call you The Cleaner?*****
Actually, it was Mr. Lippman, her boss at 'Pendant Publishing'.

Posted by
Wade @ 05/05/2008 9:16 AM EDT
Ah yes, that was the one. I figured I got the name wrong. Wrong boss, I guess.
Work sux today… how's it going for you guys?

Posted by
PRSense @ 05/05/2008 5:59 PM EDT
I've been to Jeckyl & Hyde's in NYC. I loved our experience, the servers are fantastic and always in character. I just wished it was fully decorated. Very fun place, though.

Posted by
Vampy @ 05/07/2008 1:03 AM EDT
Yahooooo, its sounds good to me..

Posted by
Music @ 05/11/2008 2:44 AM EDT
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