Reply to: Bobs and chilled water

[greenlake]

I thought you were a contractor - why aren't you drinking Dom Pérignon?

Only Moët at my clientco....

[d000hg]

Not that cold.

If you drink things at 1 degree Celsius you can't taste it. Ales and stouts are beer and they are drunk at warmer temperatures.

Only tulip beer is drunk very cold as the taste is foul.

Ales are designed to be drunk at warmer temperatures. Lagers are not... even fancy craft lagers taste nasty (to me anyway) at room temperature whereas I'll happily drink real ale at room temperature. Similarly I would generally not like warm white wine or warm champagne... the whole taste profile varies massively at temperature.

Ice-cold lager is intended to be refreshing and only delicately flavoured. Not liking beer that cold because it doesn't taste of much is just your taste. The fact it's not very nice when it's warm is secondary.

I can certainly taste lager at that sort of temperature.

[Bunk]

Not that cold.

If you drink things at 1 degree Celsius you can't taste it. Ales and stouts are beer and they are drunk at warmer temperatures.

Only tulip beer is drunk very cold as the taste is foul.

Maybe they should freeze ale then

[SueEllen]

It's supposed to be drunk cold. You might as well say a cup of tea is tulip because it only tastes nice when it's hot.

Not that cold.

If you drink things at 1 degree Celsius you can't taste it. Ales and stouts are beer and they are drunk at warmer temperatures.

Only tulip beer is drunk very cold as the taste is foul.

[d000hg]

Oddly they don't like their tulip beer that temperature it has to be cold. Probably so they can't taste how tulip it truly is.

It's supposed to be drunk cold. You might as well say a cup of tea is tulip because it only tastes nice when it's hot.

[woohoo]

might be an urban myth but doesn't warm water hydrate you faster.

[vetran]

I think it's more of how you phrased the question rather than what you asked that he has a problem with.....

Well its elicited the response that its also common with Australians and South Africans so its not Bobdom but being from a warm country that is the most likely cause.

[tractor]

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I thought you were a contractor - why aren't you drinking Dom Pérignon?

Everyone thinks he is, but now we know it's chilled water in a DP bottle

[mudskipper]

I thought you were a contractor - why aren't you drinking Dom Pérignon?

[SueEllen]

But I didn't watch the water dispenser all day. So yes, if you insist, I'd concede there may be Bobs who would venture to drink the chilled water, and "white boys" who would go for the luke warm water.

I think it's more of how you phrased the question rather than what you asked that he has a problem with.....

[OwlHoot]

If it was a queue of white boys he wouldn't have given it a second thought. ..

If it was a queue of "white boys" (why not girls too BTW?) waiting for the luke warm water, and another queue of "white boys" waiting for the chilled water then there would be nothing to comment about would there, you utter muppet

It seemed comment worthy that all the Bobs I saw preferred the luke warm water, and everyone else went for the chilled.

But I didn't watch the water dispenser all day. So yes, if you insist, I'd concede there may be Bobs who would venture to drink the chilled water, and "white boys" who would go for the luke warm water.

[SueEllen]

because he watched then asked?

Shame he doesn't work with more nationalities who weren't brought up in Europe. Otherwise he would see some Aussies and Saffers drinking room temperature water.

I did have to explain to one Aussie why in the UK it's not generally safe to drink from the hot tap. He was mixing his cold water with hot water to get it to the right temperature to drink. Oddly they don't like their tulip beer that temperature it has to be cold. Probably so they can't taste how tulip it truly is.

[vetran]

Yes but everyone knows that white men can't queue jump.

Too much touchiness round here,

But seriously, I want to know how he knew all the bobs were waiting for the warm slurp?

because he watched then asked?

[tractor]

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If it was a queue of white boys he wouldn't have given it a second thought.

Verdana font etc? Are you in debug or something?

Yes but everyone knows that white men can't queue jump.

Too much touchiness round here,

But seriously, I want to know how he knew all the bobs were waiting for the warm slurp?

[Project Monkey]

OH was making observation and asking a question - I couldn't see any problem with that.

Now, being verdana font prejudiced does show a level of thickness because my browser shows it as that by default...

If it was a queue of white boys he wouldn't have given it a second thought.

Verdana font etc? Are you in debug or something?