An Excellent Test of Technical Skill!

[canray.livejournal.com]

And this time, noone beat me to the punch. ;-P

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20070505

Comments

First comment!

[curmudgn]

Yes, you get "first post" brag rights for this one. :)

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

Is the joke that techies drink soda or is it just the use of the word root?

Only two interpretations I can think of, both very lame.

[canray.livejournal.com]

The word root, in this case.

Honestly, do you know a Techie that doesn't drink? (Aside from those in Religions that prohibit alcohol, that is.).

And, even more honestly, all Techie jokes are lame. ;-P

[jahbulon.livejournal.com]

My egyptian muslim ex-coworker was a fucking drunk.

[canray.livejournal.com]

I've heard that Mead is OK, because it's made from Honey. IIRC, that is.

[canray.livejournal.com]

Icon Love!

[canray.livejournal.com]

I wish. :-(

[canray.livejournal.com]

Pretty much, ya.

Haven't even bothered to buy a deck, it'd just be a waste. :-(

[canray.livejournal.com]

And I've heard of Mormons from the US that could drink friends of mine under the table with beer.

(I'm Canadian. "Beer" in Canada is called "Malt Liquor" in the US.).

[jecook]

Both.

Although there are only Two True Root Beers: A&W (The original) and Barqs (for the 'there's blood in my caffeine-stream" effect).

[wibbble]

I stopped reading UF because the art is so poor and the jokes just aren't funny.

Clichés and mindless MS-bashing don't make for the funny.

[wibbble]

From your icon, I'd guess either Apple, MS, or a ying-yang factory?

[canray.livejournal.com]

MS always struck me as more Yin than Yang, but that's a different thing altogether. ;-P

[abstrak-tokatl.livejournal.com]

root beer?

all the sysadmins i know drink Coronas

[goose-entity.livejournal.com]

Corona? Good Lord... they must be pretty desperate to drink that horse pish!

[canray.livejournal.com]

You'd be amazed at what people will drink.

[goose-entity.livejournal.com]

Not really - the continuing success of Anheuser-Busch shows that people *will* swallow horse urine when properly marketed ;)

[canray.livejournal.com]

Yep!

I'm still trying to figure out why Molson brought Budweiser to Canada. :-S

[goose-entity.livejournal.com]

Money - after all, bottling horse urine doesn't cost a lot ;)

[abstrak-tokatl.livejournal.com]

start off light, then later.... the good sheyet.

[goose-entity.livejournal.com]

well, if it doesn't have Russian Imperial Stout in its name, I don't want to know about it ;)

[abstrak-tokatl.livejournal.com]

But Russian beer is sooo weak.

[canray.livejournal.com]

307 Ale. Best stuff there is.

So alcoholic that it warps time, and you're drunk an hour before you unscrew the cap!

[abstrak-tokatl.livejournal.com]

that still looks like Mario is fliping me off.

[canray.livejournal.com]

Nope, the hand in the wrong way.

Mario's throwing "The Horns"!

\m/ ROCKON!!! \m/

*Headbangs*

[abstrak-tokatl.livejournal.com]

yeah... i know...

[goose-entity.livejournal.com]

*cough*

Russian Imperial Stouts are not made in Russia... see http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/158/12013
for an especially fine example..!

[abstrak-tokatl.livejournal.com]

bah! it's a colorado brew'! even worse!

[goose-entity.livejournal.com]

piffle to you :-P