Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/08/2006 11:46 PM EST

The only free sample I got today was a Jesus-themed pamphlet from a hobo in the subway station. I'm slightly jealous.

Chestnuts roasted by Lizzy @ 03/08/2006 11:55 PM EST

Wow, the cans are even customized. I wonder how many other places had Mountain Dew parties today.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/09/2006 12:05 AM EST

Is the idea of this revision to taste more like regular Mountain Dew? That's what these usually seem to be. Just to be sure we get this out of the way and are able to move on, I'll acknowledge for the board as a whole "Homer Simpson vs. the City of New York" and all the Mountain Dew/bad taste connections thereof implied. Now that that's done, I'm sorely confused as to why anyone would make an authentic-tasting diet version of Mountain Dew. Diet makes me think that it's intended for people who at least think that it won't ruin their bodies utterly, while the term "Mountain Dew" strongly contradicts this.

Chestnuts roasted by Tougi @ 03/09/2006 12:06 AM EST

Also, children are starving. How much did this cost?

Chestnuts roasted by Tougi @ 03/09/2006 12:07 AM EST

I just noticed that I have the "Tuned Up Taste" Diet Mountain Dew in my room and had one today. I tasted NO difference in flavor. To me, it's like when Mr. Pibb all of a sudden became Mr. Pibb Xtra and had no difference in taste either. Doesn't matter cause I love Diet Mountain Dew (along with Diet Dr. Pepper).

Also, I bought a 20oz soda bottle of something called Vault today. Haven't tried it yet. Wonder if it tastes liked Mountain Dew's MDX energy soda, which also tasted the same as regular MD. Also didn't give me energy.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/09/2006 12:15 AM EST

Mountain Dew is the best soda in the history of mankind. As for diet Mt. Dew? Never tried it either.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 03/09/2006 01:22 AM EST

Remember: the Dew-swillers take it to the EXTREME!!! Nothin's more intense than SLAMMIN' A DEW!!! If you don't got Dew, you're NOTHING!!

It's been an effective marketing campaign for over a decade now to bill Mountain Dew as "screaming outrageous." I say effective because when one thinks about it, "Mountain Dew" is the sissiest-sounding name of any soft drink out there.

Though it might be more effective to actually advertise that Mountain Dew is a contraceptive. There are teens that still believe that, and we have a lenient ad regulations board....

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 03/09/2006 01:26 AM EST

Matt you're great; you build me up with all the greatness of floats, snowboarders, and race cars, then the REVIEW....bleh. I give you mad props. You tell it as it really is.

Chestnuts roasted by super_dex @ 03/09/2006 02:14 AM EST

A Diet Mountain Dew? How Dew they do it? Okay, that was terrible.

I used to get excited about the new variations of drinks, but they often disappoint me. They either taste like medicine or they just make me want to drink the original. But, throwing a party for a drink should make it a little more enjoyable.

Chestnuts roasted by Dr. Acula @ 03/09/2006 05:30 AM EST

Does anyone else remember Mt Dew Sport from the early early 90's? It was only around for a year or two. I think they were trying to jump on the Gatorade bandwagon. It seemed like a mix between Gatorade lemon and MD. I drank alot of it. It was in the vending machine at my elementary school.
Completely unrelated, my son is at work with me today (pinkeye-sitting in the stock room with a bean bag and Monsters Inc.) I just found him with a empty bottle of sprinkles that was left over from Christmas. When he looked at me and knew he was caught, he just said "Sprinkles!!!!!"

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/09/2006 08:02 AM EST

Wow- All I saw on the way to work was a garbage can that had blown into the street...damn winter.

I'm very jealous, Matt.

Oh well, at least I get to do this at school today while my students work on a webquest!

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/09/2006 08:31 AM EST

A party in the name of soda rules, but Diet is always icky. What's the point really. If the original soda is going to kill me someday, i'm far past that point... so bring it on.

Chestnuts roasted by Mattman @ 03/09/2006 08:47 AM EST

Did you know Mountain Dew was a name for moonshine? Pretty awesome looking party. They should have another one for Pitch Black III with a haunted house and spooky monsters handing out the soda, NOT red-head kids that think it's really cool to sit in the dark. It's weird to think about places that are still cold out. In Texas it's like 88 degrees these days, but the way people in New York are dressed, it still seems like it's all Christmassy.

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 03/09/2006 08:59 AM EST

The only thing I want to know is what role this plays in the current cola war between Diet Coke and Diet cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper. Could it be that Diet mountain dew is announcing it's intentions to join the soda makers' battlefield?...Judging from the gnarly snowboarders, I would say a big fat yes to that.

Chestnuts roasted by TC Falcon @ 03/09/2006 09:14 AM EST

Diet Mt Dew was was of the few diet sodas I could stomach. I hope they didn't fuck it up too badly.

Chestnuts roasted by ZiZak @ 03/09/2006 09:20 AM EST

"Also, children are starving. How much did this cost?"
That's one of the first things I thought too. I think it's a sure sign of getting old and [shudder] responsible.

Clearly I don't understand the power of Times Square. If I had a company, blowing that kind of dough on a promotional party that wouldn't be seen or heard of by anyone except the people who passed through the area (unless, of course, one of them had a digital camera and a popular website) wouldn't seem like a wise way to spend the money. Still, all things considered, I want one of those mylar balloons (a lot more than I want the soda, by the way.)

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 03/09/2006 09:27 AM EST

I thought I wanted to live out my days in Iowa, but now I know Times Square's where it's at.

Chestnuts roasted by Shii @ 03/09/2006 09:57 AM EST

You walked right into a TV commercial. I like to think that as soon as you reached the crowd, you started moshing along with everyone else, and that Lauren Hill was singing or something.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 03/09/2006 10:17 AM EST

I simply detest all Mountain Dew sodas.

I'll stick with Crab Juice, thank you very much.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 03/09/2006 10:17 AM EST

I think it's just a new marketing campaign like I said above. I didn't taste any difference in flavor.

I love MD, especially the Code Reds (Livewire I can live without).

Anyone tried Vault? What's it like? MDX-like?

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/09/2006 10:37 AM EST

The grocery stores around here are giving away 4 packs for free. All you gotta pay for is tax and deposit.

My little brother is a soda-hound so he's stocked up with enough diet dew to bathe in it daily.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 03/09/2006 11:07 AM EST

EXTREME MEGA-AMPED DIET SPORT GIANT APE JUICE! IN YOUR FACE!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 03/09/2006 11:58 AM EST

Q: Why is mountain dew yellow?

A: Bears.

I walk nearly a mile to work, and all I get to see are severely flattened squirrels and Texans who have no idea how they're supposed to react to somebody walking down the side of the street. That's it, I'm moving someplace that has something approaching a pedestrian culture. Also something approaching culture. Also something approaching a winter season. Also smarter squirrels.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/09/2006 12:14 PM EST

Jessica Marie--that may be one of the funniest things I've seen all day

I've never had a Diet Soda I didn't like. Diet MD is passable.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 03/09/2006 12:24 PM EST

Whoa. I won't be going to work until later, but I'll bet there won't be anything like that going on at the Acme unless the computers are still down and the customers started rioting.

I'm not overly fond of diet soda...unless it's free or 4 cans for 50 cents at the Acme (grocery store). You'll stomach just about anything for that price.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 03/09/2006 12:46 PM EST

Hey Matt,
I got a free sample of the Mountain Dew yesterday too! I commute from Long Island into Penn and there they were hawking them on everyone who came out of the station. I hate Mountain Dew, dont' drink it and the idea of a diet one disgusts me...but I picked up a free can...and later on the way BACK to Penn after work, I got a free can of Monster energy drink. Must've been canned samples day in NYC...

Chestnuts roasted by Melissa Y. @ 03/09/2006 12:55 PM EST

I heard that Mountain Dew is different in Canada compared to the USA. One country's Mountain Dew is like, 12% caffeine, and the other's is caffeine free...but I can't remember which is which.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/09/2006 01:00 PM EST

I have never been a Mountain Dew (or Mello Yello) fan. Can't get past the color, not to mention the vague citrusy taste. For some reason when I think of those two sodas, I think of Chernobyl. BTW, Matt, just read your Kamala article. According to local legend, the Undertaker graduated from my high school (WAY before I did, of course). Not sure how true that is, cos he's from TX and I'm from Mobile, AL. It's a Catholic high school, so that might explain a lot, if it's true.

Chestnuts roasted by violetdied @ 03/09/2006 01:36 PM EST

I would just like to add HOORAY FOR EASTER! cos my friend just gave me my first PEEPS of the season--purple chicks. Yum. I like to bite their heads off.

Chestnuts roasted by violetdied @ 03/09/2006 01:39 PM EST

Jedoc I totally hear you on the pedestrian thing. Whenever I walk here as means of getting somewhere, someone ALWAYS stops and asks if I'm okay and if I need a ride. Cause the idea of walking on purpose is absurd I guess. It's usually middle aged soccer moms, they worry alot.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/09/2006 02:55 PM EST

Diet Dew is close to the same level that Diet Dr Pepper is on. I like it.

Chestnuts roasted by Fox @ 03/09/2006 02:59 PM EST

Matt sees this as a chance to write a good blog article, I see it as more effin' tourists assing up my morning commute.

Diet Dew tastes even worse warm. I guess that's why they gave me a free 6 of it in front of the train station. It is, however, still a better give away that Fisherman's Friend.

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 03/09/2006 04:14 PM EST

Just about any drink that's marketed as X-TREME doesn't appeal to me taste-wise, and Mountain Dew is no exception. Even the non-diet MD has always tasted artificial to me.

Chestnuts roasted by Skroob @ 03/09/2006 04:15 PM EST

JLAJRC

The "Vault" soda is nothing more than renamed "Surge". Loved the stuff when it was being made. I chalk it up to it going away because everyone liked it. (Well everyone I knew)

Anybody else notice that companies put out really good "New" items, get people to love them only to have them disappear never to be seen again?

Chestnuts roasted by Wenthral @ 03/09/2006 04:39 PM EST

Vault is pretty delicious, similar to surge, only a little less sugary. Diet Vault is crisp and refreshing.

Quite possibly my new favorite soda. And Vault and Vodka is a damn fine drink.

Chestnuts roasted by Bob @ 03/09/2006 05:13 PM EST

They gave away Diet MD outside of my university's student center yesterday. No snowboarders or anything cool like that, but there was a big MD truck and a middle aged lady with a bright green "Do the Dew" sweatshirt on. The only other MD person there appeared to be her highschool aged daughter. Nothing says extreme soda like a mother-daughter team in matching green sweatshirts.

I didn't get any b/c I don't like soda, but the mother-daughter pair get brownie points for me for taking 'no' as an answer and not forcing their goods on me.

Chestnuts roasted by Karen @ 03/09/2006 05:20 PM EST

Wenthral: I've noticed that too, ESPECIALLY in the candy aisle lately. Reeses Caramel PB Cups, Strawberry and milkshake flavored Kit-Kats, PB Take 5, lots of new gums, etc.

Most of them do say "Limited Edition" but I find some of them good enough to stick around.

BTW, you just know someone is going to put one of those MD cans on EBay claiming its a "Limited Edition New York style can." Make alot of money too. Ever been to an antique shop that sells out-of-date food/drinks because it has something like Star Wars on it? Heck, a few times I've run into Superman Peanut Butter and Bread packages from the 70s.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/09/2006 05:23 PM EST

Free Mountain Dew?! 11! Lucky oh I want to be yooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuu

Chestnuts roasted by Reid @ 03/09/2006 05:35 PM EST

Grrr... someone stole the case of Diet Mountain Dew out of my car the other day. I got one of those 12-packs of 12oz bottles for work. I took 3 in on Saturday and Monday when I reached over to my passenger seat to grab a few more, the case was GONE. I looked all over for it. The weird thing was all my CDs and everything were still sitting in my car. But my Diet Mt Dew was gone. ;.;

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/09/2006 06:34 PM EST

You know, I get those "go back and get X object" urges all the time when I'm going out. Sadly, I never listen to them and I always end up regretting it. You'd think I'd learn after so many times...

Yeah, I have nothing to say about Mountian Dew.

Chestnuts roasted by TE-Ryan @ 03/09/2006 06:54 PM EST

As someone who actually did like the old Diet Mountain Dew, nay LOVED the old DMD to the point that an intervention was looming, I have to say this new stuff tastes terrible. Why change it? Why not introduce it as a new product like Mountain Dew Zero or Mountain Dew Leprechaun Pee? Nuh uh...I'm not having it. I say Screw The Dew!

Chestnuts roasted by Jeremy @ 03/09/2006 09:08 PM EST

Bob:

Vault and vodka, huh?
If it's Polish Vodka, would one call it a "Pole Vault"?

Dibs on the copywright!

Chestnuts roasted by Thorzuul @ 03/09/2006 09:10 PM EST

A can of Mountain Dew? You'll rot your teeth out, Ralphie!

Chestnuts roasted by Matt(#2?) @ 03/09/2006 10:27 PM EST

OMG, doodz, has anywon herd thut Madballs are back? Yah, I no!! & Garbage Pail Kidz iz on DVDA!! WOWZ!!

hmmm....*wink*

kingklash, where can I gets me some o dat Giant Amped Ape Juice?!?!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/10/2006 12:02 AM EST

"I say effective because when one thinks about it, "Mountain Dew" is the sissiest-sounding name of any soft drink out there."

Sissier than Sprite? I bet all the cool kids wouldn't be drinking it if it was called Pixie Cola or Fairy Pop or Elf Urine. Well, maybe that last one.

Chestnuts roasted by WelshRabbit @ 03/10/2006 12:43 AM EST

I wish I could have an eternal bottle of chilled/icy Mountain Dew. It really is the nectar of the Gods.

Someone mentioned Peeps. I bought 3 tiny plushie Peeps today. A Lavendar for me, a pink for my niece, and blue for my nephew. I was going to buy the microbead one, but ... I really hate that silky material they use.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/10/2006 12:49 AM EST

I actually really like Mountain Dew out of a can best, followed by fountain, and then plastic bottle.

Coke: glass bottle, then can, fountain, and plastic.

anyone else rate their soda enjoyment while taking into consideration the container? or is that just my OCD talking?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/10/2006 12:59 AM EST

I seem to like my Dew best out of the plastic bottle. Next would be a can. I think the plastic somehow makes it taste more fresh. Though, out of a can it always tastes colder, then again, if you freeze it till it starts to get slushie, in a bottle ... pure heaven.

I haven't had a fountain drink in ages, so I dunno about that one. Besides, I just read an article on how utterly disgusting ice is, in some food establishments.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/10/2006 01:34 AM EST

Seen a commercial last night for a new soda, Coca Cola Blak...anybody here of it? Is it like Pepsi Kona?

Chestnuts roasted by Jackie @ 03/10/2006 05:38 AM EST

The weird thing was all my CDs and everything were still sitting in my car. But my Diet Mt Dew was gone. ;.;

ha.. that sounds like another commercial

i always thought mountain dew tasted like alien piss.. i can only imagine what the diet version would taste like

Chestnuts roasted by doc bong @ 03/10/2006 07:06 AM EST

I'd like to give the golden noogie award to kidneyboy for actually saying what all of the regulars have been thinking. Except you forgot one thing...

OMG LOL!!!1 Matt i likez the same things as u! u r crazy punk. I bet we be best friends! EMAIL ME i luv u!!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/10/2006 07:40 AM EST

hlp hlp, smbdy stl th ntrnt's vwls.

By the way, happy Middle Name Pride Day! Yes, in a world full of Jack Smiths and Jane Does, your middle name is what sets you apart from the pack. Your parents chose it with care, though it would be seldom used, and odds are it honors some obscure relative you never met. So today, March 10th, sign papers and emails with your full, glorious monicker. Strike up conversations with random people on the topic. And let your middle name have the spotlight, for once.

My middle name is Bartholomew, and I don't care who knows it.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/10/2006 08:31 AM EST

for some reason, all through college, mountain dew was my cure for hangovers. i needed a seperate cure for the heartburn from chugging it though.

Chestnuts roasted by bitchpants @ 03/10/2006 09:03 AM EST

kidney I hear you on the pickiness with how you drink your soda. Maybe pickiness is the wrong word. But, I'm not going to think of a different word.
Coke is my favorite soda of all time, but I cannot stomach it out of a can. But I love Mountain Dew out of a can, and don't I love it in a bottle. I'd say my favorite is fountain, for all sodas.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/10/2006 09:52 AM EST

When I do theatre work, I pretty much live off of Dew. I've said before that it would be more efficient to hook up a MD IV, but that probably wouldn't be healthy. Twas the saddest day o' me life when the school where I do a lot of said work switched over to Coke. So I started bringing my own. The last time, I downed a case of Mountain Dew in roughly 10 hours. Speaking of unhealthy...

Oh, and my middle name took absolutely no thought. I am a Jr. And my wife has no middle name. Drat.

Chestnuts roasted by Rhino Thomas McSomething (Jr.) @ 03/10/2006 09:54 AM EST

Oh, and I prefer my Dew bottle-ized. (The vendies, not the 2 litre.)

Chestnuts roasted by Rhino etc. @ 03/10/2006 09:55 AM EST

I'm too lazy to go back and see who wrote the comment on people selling old cans of soda because they have something "special" on them like Star Wars, but I was just thinking the same thing. Matt, you could make your fortune on Ebay with that can. I hope you left the second one unopened.

My middle names are Leumilla Ortrune. Yeah, you see why I don't use them. Damn having Austrian parents that don't have to foresight to know that I'll be living in a country where no one can pronounce a foreign word.

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 03/10/2006 10:14 AM EST

I think regular posters should do their best not to rag on people excessively. Lord knows I've done my best to curb itchy typing fingers during the many (many) GYOB moments.
My middle name is Isabel...in 4th grade I got into it for some reason and started writing it on my assignments. One of the kids picked up on it and started teasing me with it, you know, "Squee is a bell!" Stupid, huh?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/10/2006 10:32 AM EST

Middle Name Pride Day? Ha! I like it... Anyone know when Talk Like a Pirate Day is?

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane Michelle @ 03/10/2006 11:49 AM EST

Talk Like Pirate Day is September 19.

My middle names are Matti Jussi. They're Finnish for "Matthew John". I used to use the English names up until about halfway through high school, when I decided to embrace my heritage rather than hide it because it sounds silly to North American ears.

Chestnuts roasted by TE-Ryan @ 03/10/2006 12:33 PM EST

When VH1 does the inevitable I Love Toys rehash/update, probably suffixed Replay or Do-Over, they need to get Matt to do it. Matt, and head guys from sites like I-Mockery, RetroCrush, and the like, the special few who take it upon themselves to properly obsess over the toys and trends of the past. And, with each proper maven of palythings, a few of us posters who also feel that VH1 needs to get a better class of nobodies to make lame-ass comments.

My middle name is Murrow, and I'm also a III.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 03/10/2006 01:00 PM EST

When drinking from cans, I prefer Coke to Pepsi, but it's just the other way around when it's coming from a fountain. Mountain Dew from a fountain starts to taste cough-syruppy if you drink very much of it, I much prefer a can or bottle.

I don't know where my middle name came from, but when I first tried to type "middle," my finger slipped and it came out "jiddle," which I think is in interesting non-word.

Chestnuts roasted by ZiZak Louis @ 03/10/2006 01:01 PM EST

Playthings

I need Mountain Dew.

Chestnuts roasted by Kingklash @ 03/10/2006 01:02 PM EST

I too am a mountain Dew fan, but my husband calls it "Panther Piss". Just try swigging on of these down while the one you love stands in the background saying, "you're not drinking Panther Piss are you?" bastard.

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 03/10/2006 01:13 PM EST

If you click on my name you will find the funniest t-shirt of the day.

My middle name is Marie, after my great grandma.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 03/10/2006 01:20 PM EST

My entire town is without heat or hot water today! The gas main that runs into town burst and most schools and business are closed. My dad's awesome pizza shop is one of the only restaurants open. How could a whole city be supplied with gas from just one pipe?

Oh and the Sam Goody music store in the mall I work at is going out of business, and right now you can get all candy for like 80% off, and I bought a box full of candy bars and I intend to buy the rest tomorrow! Come on fatness!

Chestnuts roasted by Tommy @ 03/10/2006 02:04 PM EST

Thanks TE-Ryan! BTW, how would you pronounce your real names?

hehe, "jiddle" reminds me of something Snoop Dog would've come up with.

Tommy, a friend of mine said that the Sam Goody and Suncoast are going out of business where he lives, too! He is in Conn. I really hope this isn't a huge chain reaction, because if I lose my Suncoast I think I will die. :'(

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane Michelle @ 03/10/2006 02:25 PM EST

I'm suddenly reminded of that Dungeons & Dragons sketch by the Dead Alewives, along with its sequel. There was one character who was obsessed with Mountain Dew. Makes sense, cuz considering the length of gaming sessions, you gotta be awake. In honor of this, my friends and I would always drink Mountain Dew during our D&D sessions. And even though I don't really miss playing for 8 hours straight (some of my friends were obsessed), I still miss my college friends and the traditions that we had.

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 03/10/2006 02:44 PM EST

My friends and I never made it more than an hour or two playing pen'n'paper RPGs. This may be due to the fact that the guy who insisted on always being the DM never did come up with very elaborate, complex, or detailed campaigns.

Fo' jiddle.

Chestnuts roasted by ZiZak Louis @ 03/10/2006 03:18 PM EST

That block party looks like it was thrown together by the cast of THE APPRENTICE. It would not surpise me. After the crappy Gilette Fusion ad's, and other awful ad campaigns I have to sit through in order to see what moron is getting fired.

Chestnuts roasted by Xenophobe @ 03/10/2006 04:40 PM EST

Drink INCA KOLA

Chestnuts roasted by Xenophobe @ 03/10/2006 04:41 PM EST

Mara: I was the one mentioning selling old cans/foods. You can make alot of money doing that.

My middle name is simply Ryan.

The container itself doesn't effect my enjoyment of soda, but temperature definately does. I love drinking Cherry-flavored sodas and Mr Pibb from fountains since they always seem to taste colder than ones from my fridge.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/10/2006 04:46 PM EST

Mountain Dew always reminded me of a radioactive urine sample- Cool to look at, but I wouldn't drink it.

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 03/10/2006 07:59 PM EST

hey squee, I'm sorry, but....still.

I don't like how people have to say that they are the first to hear something is back, or out...or tell Matt that he should write an article on a certain subject...

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/10/2006 08:43 PM EST

I just don't like a pile-on, kidney, and I also feel like it's important to be nice to newbies, if only out of respect for Matt.
We all have plenty of topics and posters that irritate the shit out of us. It's really hard to resist the snarkiness and nobody can be perfect but I think people should try to go the extra mile.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/10/2006 11:32 PM EST

Matt: I was listening to WrestleCrap Radio today and RD Reynolds mentioned that you talked to him about a ToyCrap book. I think you guys should do it.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/11/2006 12:09 AM EST

fine, let's all make peace and harmony...

Sorry to anyone whom I managed to offend, and sorry to anyone who thought that I could say what they were thinking.

I'm an asshole, and I hope everyone hates me as much as I hate myself.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/11/2006 12:12 AM EST

My middle name is Marie. Pretty standard. Victoria Marie Whitby. Kind of British sounding, actually. I really like my name, but I think Mystie suits better online.

Has anyone seen the Spring Oreos yet? This year they've filled them with piss-yellow creme.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/11/2006 12:13 AM EST

I've seen way too many upbeat internet communities reduced to miserable hell because everyone attacked anyone who made a comment they didn't personally approve of. One comment really isn't harmful, but it can snowball.

All soda to me tastes best in glass bottles, especially root beer and cream soda. Cans are in second place because they make things taste so deliciously cold and crisp. Plastic bottles are third and fountain is a shameful fourth, since fountain drinks always taste watered down to me even before the ice melts.

My middle name is Lynn. It's a standard issue middle name for girls whose parents really don't want to think of a middle name, but in my case, my grandfather had a sister named Evelyn, and named my mother Eve Lynn after her. Then I guess my mom was too lazy to think of a middle name so she gave me the same one as hers.

Interestingly, my grandmother insisted for years that she didn't have a middle name. Shortly before she died she admitted her middle name was Fin, making her Christelle Fin. I can completely understand why she pretended not to have a middle name.

Chestnuts roasted by jazzy @ 03/11/2006 01:17 AM EST

Anything free is good in my eyes....i need to go to sleep

Chestnuts roasted by Mike the Great @ 03/11/2006 01:53 AM EST

I found Sprite in 12oz. plastic bottles today. Teeny tiny ones.

I'm drinking Coke right now...out of a can!

Anyone like Ray Milland? The Lost Weekend is a classic, also X: the man with the X-Ray Eyes. And one I got today out of the Wal-Mart bargain bim: Frogs. It has Joan van Ark in it, cool. Can't wait to watch it tmrw.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/11/2006 02:14 AM EST

And it is very important that you eat anyone you see being mean to frogs.
~r.b. fairchild

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/11/2006 08:02 AM EST

Oh, and lest I forget, happy Worship of Tools Day. So hurrah Kevin Federline!

Oh, wait. I might have read that wrong. Um...hurrah crecent wrench!

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/11/2006 08:08 AM EST

Hm. I probably shouldn't fan the fire buuutt... there is a big difference between poking fun and being an asshole. Joking about how we've had like 12 comments in the past 2 weeks about Madballs coming back is poking fun. Directly naming people and telling them they're stupid fucks is flaming.

I don't know if any one else has noticed, but a few of the Madball comments have actually been deleted. What does that tell you? And I've seen Matt himself joke about a n00b or two from time to time when they type insane messages in all caps and what have you.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/11/2006 09:36 AM EST

Yay tools! I have an 18" Crescent Wrench mounted above my television. I call it my Motivational Tool. I think I shall go worship it.

Chestnuts roasted by Rhino @ 03/11/2006 09:57 AM EST

Never tired Diet Mountain Dew. I hate all diet sodas, except for anything with Splenda in it (Like Diet Rite). Also, most diet sodas contain aspartamime which is actually a neurotoxin and a carcinogen. Just warning ya.

Chestnuts roasted by TOM @ 03/11/2006 12:23 PM EST

My middle name is Alan, after my father. I think my first-borns name will be Alyosius(love that name just relized I don't know how to spell it had to look it up)

xoxo Al

Chestnuts roasted by Mrjayberry @ 03/11/2006 01:21 PM EST

If I ever father kids, and if there are twins, I think I'll name them Nathaniel and Superfly, or Cheech and Chong if they're boys.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 03/11/2006 02:17 PM EST

Oh no kingklash, if you name them after C & C they won't get along when they grow up!
Sorry, but I've seen a lot more mean comments deleted than anything else. I've HAD mean comments of my own that I've just regretted right away because they harsh up the joint, which is why I was making some gentle suggestions. Notice I didn't accuse anyone of flaming or anything like that.
We all have peeves, as I said. I personally don't like it when people take it upon themselves to speak for me, especially when they're being jerks about it. But we have our own forums to grind axes and I suggest again that this isn't the place for it. And with that, I'm done.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/11/2006 02:31 PM EST

My middle name is just a standard Elizabeth, which is fine with me, cos my first and last names are hard to pronounce and butchered on a daily basis. As far as the worship of tools go I'll have to pass on that. Being a girl, I don't really own/understand/use tools, unless you count nail clippers. I do have a lovely knife I'm quite fond of, maybe that counts.

Chestnuts roasted by violetdied @ 03/11/2006 02:49 PM EST

I'm not telling my middle name, but see, it is def. not "Sweet Trav" from Overboard, but it might be the name Annie thought he was...

I worship my tool everyday, not just when The Man tells me too.

Peace?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 03/11/2006 02:54 PM EST

The computer is a tool, and it brings me the X, so it is worthy of some worship.

huh, huh, tool.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 03/11/2006 04:58 PM EST

My favorite tool is the screwdriver as it's the one I use the most. Installing computer parts and cracking open VCRs to dislodge jammed tapes and the likes.

Ugh, I can't remember who it was, but I remember someone on here is a huge Peeps fan so I have to share this! I was at Dollar General today because my camera eats batteries like no one's business. While I was there I found a Peeps Activity Book and a Bunnies Coloring book. You have to see the cover of the Peeps book, it's so amazingly cutetastic.

http://www.crowncombo.com/articles/2006/020_peeps/activitybook.jpg

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/11/2006 05:22 PM EST

I lived my entire life by my middle name cuz I was named after my uncle and at family functions it got confusing so they just started referring to me by my middle one and it stuck. now only people they use my first name is my doctors and even then it takes 2 or 3 times for me to realize they're are talking to me. Same thing used to happen when I was in school every first day of a new class or when we had a sub I even got acused of skipping schoolin 11th grade because we had a sub in my first period when she called my name I didn't respond so she marked me absent. I do have opne amusing anecdote about middle names that my fellow X-E regs will enjoy. The younger sister of one of my friends has the middle name Adora as in She-ra's "real" name because said friend who was 5 at the time was asked by his rents to give her a middle name. Since it was the hieght of the he-man/she-ra thing and he was obsessed wit the toys thats the first name that came to mind.

Chestnuts roasted by The Krypt Angel @ 03/11/2006 05:53 PM EST

"Drink Up, Throw Down"?

As much as I'm a fan of encouraging violent behavior, is it really a good idea to have a tagline that, with a simple transposition of words, can instill the image of vomiting?

"Drink Down, Throw Up"

Chestnuts roasted by Ubu Rex @ 03/13/2006 06:29 PM EST

The Ceasar Chicken Burrito at Taco Bell did not fill me up. I did not feel like Ceasar after consuming it.

It was tasty, but next time i'll get 2.

Chestnuts roasted by Xenophobe @ 03/15/2006 06:03 PM EST

Diet soda is utter shyte.

Chestnuts roasted by Rick Rude @ 03/19/2006 06:17 PM EST