tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post5190058830554730430..comments2024-03-24T18:43:18.706-04:00Comments on Darwinfish 2: Maraschino Evilbluzdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-5101392169695104842012-01-25T18:08:14.343-05:002012-01-25T18:08:14.343-05:00Perhaps you’d like to share? I’m always looking f...Perhaps you’d like to share? I’m always looking for tips. I promise… your kids won’t look here. Your rep is safe.<br /><br />I’ve mentioned it before, but my Dad wanted to see it again… he used to smuggle brandy into Browns/Steelers games in Cleveland buy using “bar-noculars,” meaning hollowed out flasks that looked like binoculars. The lens caps screwed off and functioned as shot glasses. It never failed, no matter how stringently we were searched.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-47735045818790237992012-01-25T10:29:41.543-05:002012-01-25T10:29:41.543-05:00Good idea - it sounds like something a teenager wo...Good idea - it sounds like something a teenager would come up with - we used to sneak liquor in MANY imaginative ways back in the day.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684328990767140199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-88326257488787676372012-01-24T18:24:20.686-05:002012-01-24T18:24:20.686-05:00Thanks, Cher.
I just worry that I’m going to run ...Thanks, Cher.<br /><br />I just worry that I’m going to run out. I have to start rationing out my stories now or else my well is going to dry up. But is sure helps to have come from a family loaded with eccentrics!bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-12488232112007850412012-01-24T18:12:44.736-05:002012-01-24T18:12:44.736-05:00In a nutshell, that was my Grandpa.In a nutshell, that was my Grandpa.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-75684435231864640892012-01-24T10:42:26.983-05:002012-01-24T10:42:26.983-05:00What a great story, Bluz! Your Grandpa sounds like...What a great story, Bluz! Your Grandpa sounds like a treasure. I also love your story above about the "instant kegger"! You got a million stories, Bluz, that just keep us coming back for more. :)Cher Duncombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070334939399949702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-35065909822740713022012-01-24T10:42:09.762-05:002012-01-24T10:42:09.762-05:00Now that's creative. And funny!Now that's creative. And funny!The Guy's Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510543601654572968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-88736046161563412852012-01-23T19:31:18.101-05:002012-01-23T19:31:18.101-05:00Ain't that the truth? Grandpa was a real scam...Ain't that the truth? Grandpa was a real scamp.<br /><br />After I posted this story, my dad reminded me of a similar situation with my brother. <br /><br />When he was a freshman at OSU and living in the dorm, they weren't allowed to have alcohol in their rooms. The RAs would check every package they brought in, so sneaking beer in was challenging.<br /><br />What they did to get around this beer blockade was to get quarter-barrels (or "pony kegs"), box them up, and have them shipped to themselves via UPS. The RAs were not allowed to search the mail.<br /><br />Instant kegger. Then they'd take the empties out in the same box. No one thought to search the outgoing boxes.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-19312889110207124542012-01-23T19:12:19.429-05:002012-01-23T19:12:19.429-05:00Ah-ha! Now I see that your genius does not fall ...Ah-ha! Now I see that your genius does not fall far from the family tree.injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-91560360450596649092012-01-23T18:14:32.953-05:002012-01-23T18:14:32.953-05:00Agreed… stationed on those hellhole islands, few s...Agreed… stationed on those hellhole islands, few supplies, daily rounds of bombs dropping on their heads, those fellas deserved a good stiff drink once in awhile.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-91789203506907157062012-01-23T18:13:59.069-05:002012-01-23T18:13:59.069-05:00Oh yeah, the little liquored up cherry bombs must ...Oh yeah, the little liquored up cherry bombs must have been a big hit too. In fact, I may have to try that sometime.<br /><br />Yes, I’m so happy Blogger finally enabled individual comment replies. Unfortunately I now end up padding my comment totals, because I used to put multiple replies into one comment. So now when I want to evaluate how good my post is by the number of comments received, I have to remember to divide the number in half.<br /><br />I hate math.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-17178136463642536182012-01-23T18:13:31.586-05:002012-01-23T18:13:31.586-05:00Leave it to you to home in on the cherry-eating an...Leave it to you to home in on the cherry-eating angle. That was big for me too.<br /><br />When we were little kids, Grandpa would mix us “drinks” like the grownups had… only ours would just be ginger ale with some grenadine, but always with a maraschino cherry. He always had the cherries, which as you clearly remember, were just delicious. Sometimes we could con him into putting a couple extra ones in there. But he got even with our little asses by stealing spoonfuls of our ice cream after dinner.<br /><br /><i>“Hey, what’s the canary doing?”</i><br /><br />[Grandkid turns head as Grandpa nabs a spoon of butter pecan from our bowl.]<br /><br />He always said our ice cream tasted better than his.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-84670249697217399012012-01-23T12:22:25.304-05:002012-01-23T12:22:25.304-05:00What a great story. I love it! I can't even i...What a great story. I love it! I can't even imagine what those soldiers went through? Some spiked cherries is the least we could do. :)Scarletdreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08326934316823768670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-18050236765899389362012-01-23T12:11:43.166-05:002012-01-23T12:11:43.166-05:00HOLY CRAP! Did Blogger finally make it possible t...HOLY CRAP! Did Blogger finally make it possible to reply to comments? Uh-mazing!<br /><br />This story reminds me of the episode of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" where Charlie empties out jam jars in the middle of a supermarket in order to fill them with box wine so he could more easily shoplift the alcohol. Obviously I like your grandpa's version better, though, because you get the booze AND the boozy cherries out of it.ettiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02276280896770913705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-19436017165479856582012-01-23T07:09:40.991-05:002012-01-23T07:09:40.991-05:00Oh this is fantastic! How genius! I always loved t...Oh this is fantastic! How genius! I always loved to eat the cherries out of my step dad's manhattans. <br /><br />That's a proper way to support those troops!Cassiehttp://www.whosmydaddy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-79913834841035746152012-01-21T23:53:47.922-05:002012-01-21T23:53:47.922-05:00You're young... you still have plenty of time....You're young... you still have plenty of time. Don't sell yourself short!bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-63508543821498136962012-01-21T23:40:30.344-05:002012-01-21T23:40:30.344-05:00That, is brilliant. Hopefully I can do something t...That, is brilliant. Hopefully I can do something that hilarious and clever one day.DWeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052727489537771147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-20733932970270989132012-01-21T23:34:15.543-05:002012-01-21T23:34:15.543-05:00Where there's a will, there's a way, espec...Where there's a will, there's a way, especially when there's good hootch at stake.<br /><br />And if there was anyone that deserved a drink, it's those dudes stationed in that hellhole that was the Pacific theater in WWII.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-55149219380908864682012-01-21T23:32:37.388-05:002012-01-21T23:32:37.388-05:00Genetics are one thing... you still have to have t...Genetics are one thing... you still have to have the directions, don't you? I have no idea if I can do that trick, because I don't have the slightest idea how it's done.<br /><br />I have other stories that might relate my tongue to a cherry, but that's not for this venue.<br /><br />The Heathen Shirt commands silence?? Man, I'm going to have to wear mine to work!bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-28523012766811660282012-01-21T21:48:16.805-05:002012-01-21T21:48:16.805-05:00Now there's a man after my own heart! What a t...Now there's a man after my own heart! What a thoughtful and loving brother!<br /><br />I can tie a cherry stem into a knot in my mouth with my tongue. I found out recently that it's a genetic thing.<br /><br />My Heathen shirt was a big hit at the board meeting, and while I was speaking, no one dared to interrupt! Thanks again, Bluz!<br /><br />YEEHAHJudiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02778815502961000469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-19414998120629860952012-01-21T21:23:11.571-05:002012-01-21T21:23:11.571-05:00Now that is hilarious. I can't wait to share t...Now that is hilarious. I can't wait to share that story with Mark. Sounds like something there family would do.Jessica R.http://www.leelafish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-22570132202935274692012-01-21T17:20:15.772-05:002012-01-21T17:20:15.772-05:00I'm sure he was saluted with every pour. Most ...I'm sure he was saluted with every pour. Most popular guy in the platoon... "Saaaal-ute!"bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-85973126910607994352012-01-21T15:51:28.266-05:002012-01-21T15:51:28.266-05:00That was utterly brilliant! And what those men in ...That was utterly brilliant! And what those men in the Pacific theatre had to endure was horrific. I bet those guys loved your gramps for that one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01681799401614263953noreply@blogger.com