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Mike Carey wrote:

"Karon, what was the brand of teabag that you mentioned on this forum during a recent hot debate on food-related vices and addictions? I know it was a famous name, and that they're not usually associated with teabags, but apart from that I'm blanking.

I could try and dress this up as a Lucifer-related topic with some double-talk about the brand of tea he drinks and how thickly he spreads his marmite, but basically this isn't a Lucifer thing. It's a teabag thing.

Although having said that, I'd see him as drinking very strong Chinese tea without milk - like maybe pu ar beeng (or however you spell that). And he'd only drink it scalding hot because that's when it's most fragrant."

We do get some mind-bogglingly unexpected topics on this board, don't we? But any chance to praise the delights of Marmite is okay with me. :) As for strong Chinese tea, I like Gunpowder. Smells and tastes exactly as you'd expect. "

mostly harmless wrote:

"There is something awfully wrong about using the word ""Delight"" and ""Marmite"" in the same sentence.

""Disgust"", ""Atrocity"" or ""Bioglogical Weapon"" on the other hand would fit quite well...

M. "

I think it was a pottery firm Karen referred to: either Doulton or Wedegewood. Presumably they have something packaged under license to put in their fine china tea services, quite a nice idea."

Papercut Fun wrote:

"I have it on good authority that the Morningstar exclusively drinks Tang orange drink. In fact I'm relatively sure somebody sold his soul to the big guy to make that sugar crap so popular.

Cripes, they got a contract with Nasa and everything."

Surely he wouldn't have gone for such a deal if it involved him having to drink that muck himself, though?"

Mr. Gage wrote:

"Sorry, I can be of no help in finding the answer. Though I vaguely remember the discussion. One of my favorite things about this board is the way the thread titles are so frequently of no help at all when it comes time to look something up after the fact. Those searching for Tang-related witticisms in the days to come may or may not remember the teabag thread is where they happened. It's beautiful chaos.

Mmmmm.... Tang."

Karon Flage wrote:

"Wedgwood Earl Grey - the most fragrant Earl Grey I have even found. Wonderful stuff. I know Marcia said she has never seen it in any stores in the UK and thought I had lost my mind until she found it at duty-free at the airport.

Lucifer doesn't drink Tang, he used to employ it as a torture device, much like marmite."

Karon, I beg your pardon for mispelling your name. Very bad manners.
The condiment related thread was ""It's Out!"", and originally had to do with the TP collection, before it was steered into wilder and woolier territory.
As for the horned one's taste in beverages, I'd better withdraw my earlier assertions. Surely he's been consistently portrayed as a ""finest wines known to humanity"" type rather than a tea drinker?"

Mike Carey wrote:

"Oh yeah - he surely does love his booze. Wine is something I'd spend a lot of money on if I had a lot of money, so I'm obviously indulging a vicarious vice here. It's something I have to watch, though: if every time we see Lucifer he's got a glass in his hand, people will start to think he's got a problem he's not talking about. I'm not keen on having a storyline where he checks into a clinic to dry out.

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Old Scratch wrote:

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Originally posted by Karon Flage:
Lucifer doesn't drink Tang, he used to employ it as a torture device, much like marmite.

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What about Red Bull?

As for Earl Grey... Mmmmmmmm.

-- Scratch


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Karon Flage wrote:

Red Bull as something to drink or as a torture device?

Papercut Fun wrote:

"I've tried Red Bull (I think). It's some kind of hyper sugar drink isn't it? A friend of mine smuggled (well, not smuggled...brought) some back to Canada from a trip to London. It was delicious and packed a real kick. For the North American equivalvent, think ""Jolt cola on crack"".

San Diego bound pupils should start bribing the headmaster to pack a few cans in his suitcase.

Marmite, Tang and Red Bull. Breakfast of champions."

Isn't there some American energy drink that's still more potent, even than Red Bull? I can't remember the name I was given (this is hearsay, and the beverage in question may be an urban legend of some sort), but supposedly it's blue, contains a frightening amount of caffiene, and has chillis in it, among other things.
I'm not sure anyone has a reason to be drinking these damn things anyway. Not unless they're an athelete, a dimwit in expensive sportswear who wants to be mistaken for an athlete, or an underaged disco bunny who can't score amphetamines.
As for the horned one's drinking problem, might I humbly suggest there is a potential story there? I can't see the bugger meekly acceding to the twelve step programme. Anyway, a wine glass matches his taste for formal evening wear, doesn't it?"

Greg McElhatton wrote:

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Originally posted by D. McDonagh:
Isn't there some American energy drink that's still more potent, even than Red Bull? I can't remember the name I was given (this is hearsay, and the beverage in question may be an urban legend of some sort), but supposedly it's blue, contains a frightening amount of caffiene, and has chillis in it, among other things.

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Windex?

I have a sick fascination with Tang. Wouldn't buy it to save my life, but if it's available I'll drink it. I think it's that amazing artificial taste that lets you know that Tang was sent up with the astronauts because it is not of this world.

(They were trying to give it a lift home, y'see.)

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Mike Carey wrote:

"<They were trying to give it a lift home, y'see.>

So the whole US space programme was set up in order to repatriate Tang?

Well, nobody can say it wasn't a noble goal.
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Karon Flage wrote:

"If you make the Tang with vodka or Barcardi 151 instead of water, it totally masks that oddly artificial taste.

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Heathen wrote:

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Originally posted by Mike Carey:
Oh yeah - he surely does love his booze. ... if every time we see Lucifer he's got a glass in his hand, people will start to think he's got a problem he's not talking about.

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I'll keep an eye on him in my professional capacity, and will send a leaflet on controlled drinking if it gets too much.



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Papercut Fun wrote:

"I'm pretty sure he designed those leaflets. They are pure evil. Imagine, a piece of paper that suggests booze can be bad?!?! Cruel joke.

Of course following that logic, I suppose that means God designed 12-step programs. Leave it to the guy upstairs to take a bad idea and wrap a structure around it."

Mike Carey wrote:

I heard somewhere - and I'd kind of like to believe - that there's a 12-step programme for people who've grown too dependent on 12-step programmes.

My name is Brian and I'm addicted to 12-step programmes. I haven't read a self-help book for five days now.

Mr. Gage wrote:

"Hi, Brian."

Yesterday I almost lapsed. I went to a community centre and there were groups for alcoholics, drug users and sex obsessives, and hung around outside. But I stayed strong and managed to stop myself from going in. I just pressed my face against the window and watched people taking part.

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I've gone just a few steps but I'm already lost. (Lucifer 15)"

That sig seems strangely appropriate all of a sudden! :)

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I've gone just a few steps but I'm already lost. (Lucifer 15)"

Morphie wrote:

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Originally posted by D. McDonagh:
Isn't there some American energy drink that's still more potent, even than Red Bull? I can't remember the name I was given (this is hearsay, and the beverage in question may be an urban legend of some sort), but supposedly it's blue, contains a frightening amount of caffiene, and has chillis in it, among other things.
I'm not sure anyone has a reason to be drinking these damn things anyway. Not unless they're an athelete, a dimwit in expensive sportswear who wants to be mistaken for an athlete, or an underaged disco bunny who can't score amphetamines.
As for the horned one's drinking problem, might I humbly suggest there [b]is a potential story there? I can't see the bugger meekly acceding to the twelve step programme. Anyway, a wine glass matches his taste for formal evening wear, doesn't it?[/B]

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There nothing as strong as a thing exportet from Austria (Red Bull is an Austrian drink)

Just think of Arnie ""I´ll be back"" Schwarzenegger... many Bodybuilders in Hollywood, but only one Arnie

Just wait when we export ""Mostly Harmless""...


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TerriblySorry wrote:

"As it happens I'm on a 12-step programme. The aim is to stop me (or anyone else for that matter) suggesting that Kevin Costner should play the lead role in film adaptations of Vertigo/Wildstorm titles.

It's been over a week now since I last made such a suggestion, but then I can't find a thread here, there or anyway asking for such suggestions anyway. And boy have I looked :)

So I don't suppose I'm cured. Not by a long chalk. And what IS a long chalk anyway?"

Karon Flage wrote:

"hmm, we always used not by a long shot so I can't help you with the chalk thing."

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So I don't suppose I'm cured. Not by a long chalk. And what IS a long chalk anyway?

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Longer than a short chalk."

Old Scratch wrote:

"Only on the Lucifer board would a thread entitled ""Teabags"" reach two pages in length.

I love this board.

-- Scratch

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- John LeCarre, ""The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"""

Lord_Savaunt wrote:

" Well Now I have to say this is some highly amusing stuff that y'all are talking about here.

On the subject of Lucifer and what sort of bevearge he'd drink the answer is obviously OK Soda! Think about it, exsquisite taste, bizarre art work for the cans and bottles, a very obscure soda that was only avaible to mortals for a limited time, it all fits his profile.

If that doesn't convince you then let me point out that my good friend (and wacky conspiracy theorist erudite) from Oregon named Tye once said this upon first looking at a can of delicious OK Soda!:

""Dude this had to have been made by some kind of a cult or something.""

I tell it has to be the devils drink of choice. By the way does anyone else even remember that drink or am I alone on this one?"

TerriblySorry wrote:

"If I remember correctly, Kevin Costner used to endorse it - but only in Japan."

If we're attributing the success of viler than usual soft drinks to malefic influence, then surely Sunny Delight is his handiwork as well."

Papercut Fun wrote:

Agreed. Sunny Delight is pretty much what tang would be if tang added the water for you and charged an extra $3 a package.

Mike Carey wrote:

Sunny Delight scares me. I've never encountered that texture in anything that's meant to be edible before.

Old Scratch wrote:

"Oh yah?

What about ""Rivets"", a soft drink with REAL RUST in it!

Brought to you by: Scotland! Leave it to the Scots, eh?

Now... I don't know how authentic or popular this ""drink"" is, or even if they're still making it... but there were barrels of the stuff at a Scottish festival I attended a few years back.

Being of Scottish descent myself, I just had to buy one and drink it. I felt morally obligated.

Well, let me tell you... it was... AWFUL.

But I felt so much closer to my ancestors, it was worth it. And the EMT who came with the ambulance... she was real pretty, so that was nice too.

Okay, no. There was no ambulance involved, really. But it did actually have ""iron oxide"" in the ingredients list. I'm not kidding.

Can anyone verify that this substance still exists?

-- Scratch

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""We do disagreeable things so that ordinary people here and elsewhere can sleep safely in their beds at night. Is that too romantic? Of course, we occasionally do very wicked things.""
- John LeCarre, ""The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"""

Is this some sort of US repackaging of Irn Bru?

Old Scratch wrote:

"I got the impression that this stuff was imported. Maybe billing it as an authentic Scottish soft drink is the only way they can actually sell it.

-- Scratch

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""We do disagreeable things so that ordinary people here and elsewhere can sleep safely in their beds at night. Is that too romantic? Of course, we occasionally do very wicked things.""
- John LeCarre, ""The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"""

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Originally posted by Old Scratch:
I got the impression that this stuff was imported. Maybe billing it as an authentic Scottish soft drink is the only way they can actually sell it.
-- Scratch

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Well was it sort of reddish and fizzy? Did it taste almost, but not quite, like bubblegum?"

Old Scratch wrote:

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Originally posted by D. McDonagh:
Well was it sort of reddish and fizzy? Did it taste almost, but not quite, like bubblegum?

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No, it was a dirty-orange colour. I think it was meant to be fizzy, but did a rather half-hearted job of being so. Tasted like... well... like rust probably tastes, actually.

-- Scratch



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""We do disagreeable things so that ordinary people here and elsewhere can sleep safely in their beds at night. Is that too romantic? Of course, we occasionally do very wicked things.""
- John LeCarre, ""The Spy Who Came in from the Cold"""

Karon Flage wrote:

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Originally posted by D. McDonagh:
Well was it sort of reddish and fizzy? Did it taste almost, but not quite, like bubblegum?

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That is the soft drink called Big Red in the US. I believe it is a rule that all Southerns must have it in their childhood. I have very fond memories of drinking the stuff as a kid but the few times I've tried it as an adult, the sweetness level was deadly.

So, are carbonated drinks called soda, pop, soda pop, soft drinks or coke (used as a generic much like kleenix) where y'all are?

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