How long was the scotch aged?…you savages!!!!
In honor of my search for a Sidecar.
As nice of a person as I am, I do have some snobbish traits. I do have certain things I don’t eat, but I’ve never been one of those, “My food was in the same room as something I won’t eat people.” My snob traits aren’t highly visible but I am willing to express them…freely.
I refuse to drink tap water. I feel no shame. I know the water is different in various cities and states but I only experiment with sex. Plus, I was witness to a demonstration for water filters and the quickness with which you absorb bullshit. Spring water for me kids.
I refuse to drink Folgers, Sanka or any other bullshit coffee. My coffee is ground daily. I prefer French Roast or Italian. I’ll make due with Espresso, but no garbage coffee. I also require cream not the powder shit.
I need a Guiness Stout. I may be in the minority but I consider Coronas mexican piss water (don’t get me started on those who put Grenadine in the shit…pussies). Heineken doesn’t do it for me anymore. The last non-stout I had was Harp and I think I faked myself out cause it’s made by the same people who make Guiness. B.T.W….don’t ever bring me malt liquor. ***Update**** I will drink Sam Adams…that shit is good. Cherry Wheat, Cream Stout or Summer Ale please.
I will only use Listerine. This is more mental. I like clean teeth and the burning sensation is like a placebo. If nothing is happening at least my mind is fooled.
I hate namebrand clothes and choose by fabric. I shun polyester with a passion, it doesn’t breathe. Rayon….kiss my ass. Linen, Silk, Cotton, Irish Linen, Raw Silk, Wool…natural fibers ya’ll. Synthetics can burn in hell.
I only write with a Bold, Black, Uni-ball Vision Elite pen (sometimes the caligraphy pen, but thats for special things). Until I buy something more expensive and refillable, anyway. I refuse all others and subsequently I often refuse to let anyone else use my pen. I will search for ten minutes for any other pen, while I hold mine in my hand, but I won’t let people hold it. So sorry, can’t help you.
Name brand food. The name brand whore in me works for food. The worst thing is when someone finishes off something of mine and replaces it with some store brand crap. Rite Aid brand spring water?!?! Curse you!
No Bootleg Movies. Someone is always suggesting a good bootleg guy and I retch like preppy stuff shirt. I want the DVD with the extras, ok. I want clear quality. Why would I pay half price for a low quality copy with no extras. This ain’t the early 90’s with bootleg music. I can even find that online before I buy it. I would never taint myself with such grainy distorted filth.
No fu-fu booze. Perhaps I am in the minority, but I don’t want any “new” hooch. Scotch, Vodka, Tequila, Gin, and other things that have been around will suffice. No glowing shit. No sugary-sweet shit. I want it to slide down my throat and spread it’s fiery wings in my chest.
Emcee snob. No your favorite rapper does not impress me. Yes, the whisper song sucks. No Biggie and Tupac are not the Greatest of All Time. If you know nothing of Melle Mel’s verse on Beat Street don’t start this conversation. If your favorite emcee is too hard to live than I’d like to kill him. If half of his album sounds like a cheesy B-movie with a bigger effects budget than a storyline…he/she sucks. Hip Hop is over 30 if none of the people you listen to sound like it than you don’t want to ride with me.
YEEAAHHH! My man! This one was definitely gem worthy. I feel as though I wrote it myself. Some of the things I can be snobbish about are:
I won’t use restaurant utensils until I’ve told the waiter or waitress to get me a glass of hot water (scalding of course) and I lay the utensils in it for several minutes. I picked that up from someone and now I can”t do without it. Go figure! Consequently, I won’t drink from tap water either. I gag when I see cats at the gym go to the public fountain one after the other. Whoa!
No coffee for this kid. I never developed a taste for it and it always tasted horrible the few times I tried it. Although, some of the scents that I’ve smelled from certain coffees smell great though.
I too hate namebrand clothing and will only wear whatever catches my eye. I had a terrible fashion sense growing up and I’ve only gotten slightly better –lol-
Want to laugh? I cannot write with a blue pen. EVER! Only black. Go figure man. I too do not like bootleg movies UNLESS someone lends me theirs and I’m digging it enough to wait for the “official” store version to come out so that I can buy it. I guess I’m sampling it but on bootlegs, you miss the extras, extended versions, alternate endings and everything else.
When I write my name, I ALWAYS put Jr. behind it and I implore folks to do the same. It sounds petty and maybe it is, but I’m just not feeling my name without the Jr. behind it and it MUST be on there for me to feel my name is legit.
I think Biggie’s in my top 10 emcee’s but not my first. And I’m not a Tupac fan. Neither of them are even in my top 5. I say that title goes to either Rakim Allah or KRS-One seeing as both of them left me with my mouth open when they would say something. Am I showing my age or what? And brother, I feel you on Melle Mel. Definitely one of the most slept on emcee’s of our generation: Beat Street is tight. Remember:
“Where the colors would swirl
And the boys and girls can grow in peace and harmony
And where murals stand on walls so grand
As far as the eyes are able to see, HUH!
I never knew art till I saw your face
And there’ll never be one to take your place
Cuz each and every time you touch a spraypaint can
Michaelangelo’s soul controls your hands
Then serenades of blue and red
And the beauty of the rainbow fills your head
Crescendo colors playin tunes
Man why oh why you’d have to die so soon?”
Young’ns don’t wanna ride in my car neither man. Not when I’ve got Funky 4, Treacherous 3 and TSki Valley playing from my Ipod like their songs just hit the airwaves yesterday! nuff said! -lol
Comment by Luke Cage — July 14, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
snobs!! lol
actually I’ve got issues with name brands in general but make an exception for 100 miles (remember tupac in above the rim?) basically cause i know the cats who run it and its not mainstream
regarding mcs first off biggie raps circles around pac, its not even close and secondly biggie isnt number 1.
oh and i’m a big literary snob
Comment by jdid — July 14, 2008 @ 6:29 pm
You are absolutely the BEST kinda snob! I love it. Rite Aid brand… *blank stare*
Comment by Wise — July 14, 2008 @ 9:24 pm
I am a witness to your pen snobbery (is that a word?). There have been times when the cashier will hand Amadeo a pen to sign the receipt and he whips out the felt tip. I shake my head and laugh folks.
I can be a snob when it comes to music and movies. Foreign films and more intellectual/artistic films suit my taste. Amadeo and I get into it over 40 Year old Virgin all the time because he loves it and I don’t see the appeal…at all. Also I hate most of the music played on the radio. My musical taste is pretty eclectic and most of what is on my Ipod you will never hear played on mainstream stations.
Comment by Vixen — July 14, 2008 @ 10:26 pm
I’m all about filtered water myself. City and/or well water, depnding on where you are in CT, can give you anything from miscarriages to bladder cancer.
Unfortunately, as I posted not too long ago, bottled water is just tap water in drag.
Comment by kofi — July 16, 2008 @ 7:00 pm
Wow…you make me feel like such a commoner! LOL! However, I feel JUST LIKE YOU GUYS when it comes to emcees. Biggie crushes Tupac any day of the week, and no…he’s not no. 1, but he could make my top 10. And Vixen…I do the same thing with my pen and cashiers. Kofi is right about the water too. I work in a lab that does water-testing, and learned in a class that a bottled water only has to have 10% spring water in it to be able to legally be called spring water. Most of what you drink in the bottle is tap water.
Comment by Mark Dub — July 17, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
Welcome to the club Mark Dub. You are a snob like the rest of us.
Comment by Vixen — July 17, 2008 @ 10:09 pm
Lol. I balk at the idea of bootlegging my favorite music: Erykah Badu, Coldplay, Lupe, The Marley Brothers, I will buy that shit, every single new album. The same with film and books, I will spend my money on them good books.
Oh and if you can try Blue Mountain Coffee. That is some great tasting ground coffee, from one snob to another.
Comment by Empath — July 21, 2008 @ 5:10 pm