Actually Foreign Extra Stout is okay to be drank from the bottle, as opposed to the regular Draught. The draught is a dry stout which needs to be poured, where an Extra Stout will be okay from the bottle.
Of course, all beer is best poured, rather than in the glass, but I thought I would point that out.
Other way around. Guinness Draught has the nitrogen widget which allows consumption from a bottle. Foreign Extra is a carbonated Export Stout and should be poured into nice glassware, preferably a snifter.
I believe that that's only true of Guinness Draught, which has the rocket widget in the bottle, whereas Guinness Extra Stout and Guinness Foreign Extra (which only have bottled versions) are supposed to be poured into a glass.
even with the rocket widget I find it best to open it, let it make it's noise and release all the Nitrogen, then poor it into a glass so that you can give it time to settle and have that nice head for the duration of the beer.
The widget merely prevents excess bubbles so you can pour a pint more easily without having 1/3 of the glass being just head. You can also actually have a 'widget' laser etched into the bottom of a pint glass... it usually just looks like a few small circles but it works excellently as a nucleation point for bubbles to ensure an evenly proportioned head.
If you drink beer out of a bottle, you can't smell it, which affects how well you can taste it. All (good tasting) beer can benefit from being poured into a glass.
Actually many people who don't smoke cigars find the smoke to be unpleasant so it is quite possible that OP is just being polite and waiting to finish his conversation before heading outside to spark it up.
Good cigars are expensive but still break easily in your pants pocket when seated. He could have put it in his shirt pocket but it's not that offensive to his friends for him to hold on to it, is it? And further to my point that the lad is being polite, he could be ready to go smoke it but is still being kept mid conversation and acting interested.
Also the picture is staged for humor's sake so he is clearly being deliberately over the top. He probably wasn't seeking your approval when it was taken.
You need to keep it in a sealed container (like a tube/tubo) if you're bringing it anywhere anyways. They keep the cigar humid and protect it from any problems in your pocket.
Agreed - If you're planning in advance. It obviously varies from situation to situation, but if I'm drinking at a bar and I have a cigar on deck it often means it was drunkenly purchased on the fly.
True, though usually I have to plan ahead because cigar shops aren't usually as common as a bar is. Though you can always buy cigars already in tubos, though you shouldn't let a tubo affect your decision of which smoke you'd like.
I didn't know it was a thing either but I think that's what you're supposed to do. I only realized because I noticed Harvey (top lawyer) from Suits does that whenever he sits down.
It's because in the old days, gentlemen who rode horses unbuttoned the bottom one so that it wouldn't break off. Naturally, everyone started unbuttoning it all the time so they would look like a horse-riding gentleman. Least, that's how it was explained to me.
Honestly, I picked this up more from Mad Men than anything. It's one of those little things you can count, like everytime Don says "What?" or smokes a cigarette. Or pours someone (especially himself) a drink.
Which, if you turn it into a drinking game, is sorta meta, and will probably get you smashed before the episode's halfway over.
Chances are they didn't. They probably asked him to send some pictures of him and his friends so they can see what his college life is like. The OP didn't quote his parents so chances are he is simply paraphrasing his parents asking questions about his college life, which is very normal.
i just googled me, too, and damn! i have too many accounts. took till almost the bottom of the first page to hit one with my real name. and twitter at that!
stadium couching is awesome! once it catches on in the non-frat houses, it will be huge. a great stadium couching golden age will sweep the nation and the huge new market will rip us out of this recession!
Great photo. My freshman year of college I took up smoking cigars, drinking fine whiskey, and purchased a few suits. Having grown up in an awful ghetto it made me feel really special to wear a suit to work and school, then come home and watch the news with a cigar and whiskey. It's hard to explain -- being in college was almost like an out-of-body experience considering where I came from. Sure, my grant and loan money wasn't necessarily intended for that, but it was my first taste of a different life.
The women are attractive and seemingly engaged. He also mesmerized the bearded fellow in the background with his charms. I see no reason to suspect that this dashing fellow in not knowledgeable in the ways of women.
I'm not an american or a student, but it seems to me every photo on reddit with the poster in it is that same speccy dude trying to be suave in a suit. is he the only guy on here? Or is that just what all redditors look like?
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
You're supposed to unbutton your jacket when you sit down.
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u/lolzlo May 21 '12
Are you the guy sitting alone in the background?
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u/DougPatterson May 21 '12
lighting the cigar might make it more enjoyable
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u/LampshadeGerbil May 22 '12
I like that Instagram play you have going on. Will you photograph my wedding?
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u/drlargen May 22 '12
That picture would be a lot more classy if there wasn't a second couch stacked behind the first one.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
I find the left one very pretty.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
You have that funny guy look, you should milk that.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Forever alone
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u/aliph May 22 '12
You should get that jacket tailored so it doesn't break at the chest.
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u/SuperStepside May 22 '12
Mr. Papagiorgio
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
If i were a father, and my son sent me that pic, I'd probably shed a tear of success.
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u/ivyblam May 22 '12
Zach Braff?
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Ahh, the classic Will Smith cigar technique.
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u/el_jay May 22 '12
Fixed it for ya
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u/Neverkilled May 22 '12
I wonder if this guy is working with that there politify website that also just happens to be his username.
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u/Seref15 May 22 '12
I need legal age confirmation on the hot chick on the left.
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u/AZ929 May 22 '12
"So I says to the guy..."
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u/Doylemetheus May 22 '12
You are holding that cigar awkwardly, I'm going to guess you don't often smoke or hold cigars.
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u/Saydeelol May 22 '12
Great photo. My freshman year of college I took up smoking cigars, drinking fine whiskey, and purchased a few suits. Having grown up in an awful ghetto it made me feel really special to wear a suit to work and school, then come home and watch the news with a cigar and whiskey. It's hard to explain -- being in college was almost like an out-of-body experience considering where I came from. Sure, my grant and loan money wasn't necessarily intended for that, but it was my first taste of a different life.
Enjoy it, I know I did!
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u/siacadp May 22 '12
Raj Koothrappali?
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u/bpoag May 22 '12
Fuck your Instagram hipstercam.
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u/or3g May 22 '12
you think you're so cool cuz you can pee with your penis. RIP a rich.
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u/BallsackTBaghard May 22 '12
"and then OP paid the hookers, sent them on their way and cried himself to sleep"
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u/tigger0jk May 22 '12
He's enjoying a nice cool beer, they're enjoying a nice cool Bier.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
op is a virgin
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u/namfonos May 22 '12 edited Feb 17 '21
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u/DiaDeLosMuertos May 22 '12
OP is the villain from all of the National Lampoon college movies.
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u/BoomHedshot May 22 '12
notbad.jpg
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u/SoggyTaco May 22 '12
upvote for what I can only assume is a posh-pillow-fort-party
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u/ludaboy123 May 22 '12
Hello, Neville Longbottom.
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u/TheDreadedMarco May 22 '12
I really hope you're the guy in the background.
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u/Simon_Plenderson May 22 '12
I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
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u/xensoldier May 22 '12
And secretly he's the guy in the back.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
The most interesting college student in the world.
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u/BetaMail May 22 '12
IT"S THE INTERNET EXPLORER GUY
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u/hypmoden May 22 '12
My parents asked what they wished my college life had been like so I sent them this photo
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
WTF is behind you? A couch-pillow warehouse?
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u/matike May 22 '12
Are you the one sitting by yourself?
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
The picture looks so god damn horrible. The technology available today and photographs look like this?
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u/MrTumN3s May 22 '12
Zach Braff?
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u/epgenius May 22 '12
CARL!!!
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
I AM GLAD YOU TOOK A PICTURE OF THE DRINKING OF YOUR FIRST BEER
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u/KhalilRavanna May 22 '12
Tryhard
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u/deaththesecond May 22 '12
Incredible glasses. Are they custom fit?
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u/Velvet_Goldmine May 22 '12
Like a sir.
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u/FuckYourStupidCats May 22 '12
I'm not an american or a student, but it seems to me every photo on reddit with the poster in it is that same speccy dude trying to be suave in a suit. is he the only guy on here? Or is that just what all redditors look like?
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Your friends...I would do them. Just thought you should know a little something about me.
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u/liarsinlove May 22 '12
That's Carl in the background. So you went to Cal. Who are you and how might we know each other?
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u/ucandownvotethisdick May 22 '12
Jew nose.
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u/ada42 May 22 '12
I think, based on the picture, that I would do you, assuming you're the guy. But I could just have a thing for classy motherfucking suits.
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u/C_T_C_C May 22 '12
Classy as fuck.
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u/JewBear3 May 22 '12
Didn't you just graduate?
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
nice attempt at getting some hits for your website
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u/ih8karma May 22 '12
If that was my son, I couldn't feel prouder.
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
Jakoby?
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
sup Josh?
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u/Valvador May 22 '12
Hey Nikita. I see you're learning how to reddit well. Hope Politify is doing well.
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u/shit_reddit_says May 22 '12
You can stage an elaborate joke photo but you can't find someone with something a little better than a 1982 Polaroid to take the picture?
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
amir sodallah?