Things That Are Overrated?
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Sam Adams
The Capital Grille
Napa Valley (as compared to vineyards in Arizona, Washington, Niagara/NOL/20 Bench, Sonoma and Central Cali.
Beluga and kahluga caviar as opposed to the cheaper osetra, sevruga, American white sturgeon and even hackleback, paddlefish and bowfin.
Pappy Van Winkle any year versus the cheaper B bourbons (Basil Hayden, Bulleit, Blantons, Bakers etc...)
Johnny Walker Blue versus the now gone John Walker Green or double black
Crown Royal versus Forty Creek products
PBR versus High Life for your cheap American rice/wheat adjunct "beers"
The Capital Grille
Napa Valley (as compared to vineyards in Arizona, Washington, Niagara/NOL/20 Bench, Sonoma and Central Cali.
Beluga and kahluga caviar as opposed to the cheaper osetra, sevruga, American white sturgeon and even hackleback, paddlefish and bowfin.
Pappy Van Winkle any year versus the cheaper B bourbons (Basil Hayden, Bulleit, Blantons, Bakers etc...)
Johnny Walker Blue versus the now gone John Walker Green or double black
Crown Royal versus Forty Creek products
PBR versus High Life for your cheap American rice/wheat adjunct "beers"
Who rated this as high? I am on them quite a bit and I have never heard anyone say : "I can't wait to join this conference call."
The Sopranos is overrated as a stand alone work. It's properly rated for historical significance.
Expensive hamburgers are overrated.
College Game Day is overrated
Expensive hamburgers are overrated.
College Game Day is overrated
The dopes that keep scheduleing them I guess.
But yeah...maybe this is more of a thiings I find annoying and overrated list.
Capital Grille: BINGO. Never ever had a good meal there for what the highly touted expectations were -
- Kiss - they've realistically got maybe 2 or 3 decent songs
- Lost - as a series, this one was not very good - I tried it, but it was dumb
- Kardashians - Only the one called Kendall is remotely attractive, and I think she's jailbait
- Gourmet Donuts - they're fun for a bite or two, but then they're just a big strawberry, peanut butter, bacon, caramel, and rice krispie-covered mess
- Attending NFL Games In Person - this may be the worst - ESPECIALLY if you were dumb enough to pay for tickets. The whole experience sucks. You pay crazy money for the tickets, then the parking, the the concessions, then you get a game experience that's dependent on where you're sitting, and more importantly, who's sitting next to you. You can't bring you're family because you may get attacked by some drunk idiot sitting next to you that's been downing beers for 10 hours. If not attacked, then you'll get to listen to everyone around you cursing the whole game and insulting anyone wearing a different colored shirt than they are. I wouldn't go to an NFL game if I were given free tickets that came with food/drink vouchers.
Agree on sex in the water. Tried it at 16 and even then, with the super hormone overdrive working, found it to be less fun than I'd thought it would be.
Agree on Napa - it was nice, but I expected to be transported to some magical place and it was just...nice.
I would add SEC football's advantage (better conference than others, but not by the margin they want us to believe).
Going to the movies - costs a bazillion dollars and with today's TV's you can have a better experience at home.
France - full of French people.
I still like going to the movies for big action movies where the huge screen and loud sound system makes it better - Like Mad Max or Mission Impossible. I wouldn't go to the movies for a comedy movie though - there's just no advantage to it any more.
If you think Pappy is overrated compared to Bulleit, you just lost all credibility. Blantons and Bookers, maybe but Bulleit is high octane horse piss
BMW's and Jags-Money pits!
Time travel-Don't want to repeat the past, & hate to think of what I will
look like in 20 years.
Spock's logic_Who thinks like that anyway?
Tim Tebow-An idol only in the eyes of the gator faithful. Everyone else snickers at him.
Christmas gift giving-Just wasting money on stuff that people really don't want anyway.
Lady Gaga & Lindsey Lohan.-A couple of bimbos who think they are sexy.
Donald Trump-The "going nowhere" man of current politics.
Skinny dipping-Not for me, that's for sure.
A football game at Benny Hill Stadium-Loud, boisterous, obnoxious
fans living in the past.
"Touchdown Jesus"-See above.
Your brother in law's investment advice- Just do the exact opposite and you will be fine.
The Heisman Trophy-Very seldom translates to success at the next level.
But one thing that isn't overrated is Las Vegas. If you have never been there, you
really need to put it on your bucket list.
Time travel-Don't want to repeat the past, & hate to think of what I will
look like in 20 years.
Spock's logic_Who thinks like that anyway?
Tim Tebow-An idol only in the eyes of the gator faithful. Everyone else snickers at him.
Christmas gift giving-Just wasting money on stuff that people really don't want anyway.
Lady Gaga & Lindsey Lohan.-A couple of bimbos who think they are sexy.
Donald Trump-The "going nowhere" man of current politics.
Skinny dipping-Not for me, that's for sure.
A football game at Benny Hill Stadium-Loud, boisterous, obnoxious
fans living in the past.
"Touchdown Jesus"-See above.
Your brother in law's investment advice- Just do the exact opposite and you will be fine.
The Heisman Trophy-Very seldom translates to success at the next level.
But one thing that isn't overrated is Las Vegas. If you have never been there, you
really need to put it on your bucket list.
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You're right. And I doubt it.
You're obviously a Packers homer, so nothing I can say will matter to you, but the reality is that all of the NFL stadiums are the same as it pertains to cost, inconvenience, public drunkenness, and the chance for indiscriminate violence. The only difference is that Lambeau seems as if it would offer all of that without all of the modern conveniences that have been included in stadiums built in the last 50 years.
I found this and thought it was funny/appropriate:
Nine Reasons Green Bay Packers Fans Are the Worst
9. Because They Love to Pretend Their Stadium Is Some Hallowed Ground of Football When It's Just an Outdated Toilet Hole Packers fans -- and to some extent the national media -- love to act like Lambeau Field is some sacred hallowed ground on par with Gettysburg or Graceland.
Lambeau has, for some reason, been lauded as sacred football ground based purely on the fact that it's an old stadium. It's small, it's cramped, and it sits in the middle of one of the coldest towns in winter. Yet Lambeau is constantly shoved down our throats as the greatest place on Earth for football to be played. Sure. If your idea of great is trying to watch a football game surrounded by drunk, overweight slovenly mongoloids while sitting on a frozen iron bar for a seat. It's the last remaining stadium in the NFL with bleachers. Bleachers! Your ass both becomes numb from the pain and gets frostbite. Double awesome! Lambeau Field is a toilet hole of a stadium that was built in the 1950s... and still looks like it. Yet Packers fans will insufferably keep referring to it as the Frozen Tundra, because they're morons.
http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/nine-reasons-green-bay-packers-fans-are-the-worst-6471214
I agree that the NFL experience is totally unpleasant, except in the places it is unremarkable and antiseptic.
JW Green is now back. They were going to use that juice for Japan and China only but with the economy slowing, they didnt need the volume there anymore so it's back in the states. Just ask where you buy your scotch and they can get it.
You need to upgrade your home theater it sounds like. You can get that surround sound experience without some teeny bopper talking to his friends or disrupting the movie.
I've got the surround sound at home, and I've also got the teeny bopper. It's easier to threaten strangers who might get on their phone during the movie than it is my own kid.
The NFL
The beach
Gourmet hamburger joints (great call whoever said that)
The beach
Gourmet hamburger joints (great call whoever said that)
That's great news! Green is my favorite JW by far. Although the "Spice Road" is pretty good as well when you can find it.
That is a funny read but no where near accurate. Lambeau has recently been renovated and is one of the most "modern" stadiums out there in terms of fan experience. I can also personally attest that their fans are nothing like most NFL fans. I have gone to games there with Bears fans and they have always been treated extremely well. I have seen way more drunken obnoxious people at FSU games than I have at Lambeau. In fact, I can't recall ever seeing anyone cause a scene at Lambeau. I do love the Packers but that aside, I think Lambeau is a bucket list stadium similar to Wrigley or Fenway
