Tales Of The Gurrier

Not much to say today other than to congratulate the Americans for finally getting the leader they deserve. Here’s to high hopes, great ideas and the return of curiosity and science to public discourse. Photo owned by Boris from Vienna (cc) It would also be remiss not to mark the consigning of G.W. to history’s [...]

Behold,  The Octomore. Made by Bruichladdich and laying claim to the title of’  ‘peatiest whiskey’ in the world, with a tongue numbing phenol count of 131ppm. From the tasting notes on whiskyfun.com: Mouth (neat): very, very unusual! The peat is extremely big, even at full strength, and you get almost the same flavours as when [...]

Dateline: 28th December 2008 Scene: A rental car proceeding East on the M27 somewhere outside of Southampton. The Gurrier is driving, The Gin Lady sits in the passenger seat. THE GURRIER: Let’s have some radio then. THE GIN LADY fiddles with the controls and the radio blasts to life. RADIO DJ: Welcome to ‘I LOVE [...]

More junk from the crazy shop. South African sweets today. MacTavish’s Butterscotch Sparkles. A poor man’s Werther’s Original, with an aftertaste redolent of a diesely tang no doubt from many months spent in a shipping container.

Ah duct tape, is there nothing you cannot do?

I found this in that weird little convenience store with all the odd candy bars. There’s no Simpsons logo anywhere and it seems to be brewed in Belgium. Where the hell are they getting all this weird crap from? No taste test yet, I’m building myself up for disappointment.

Irish Jam – ‘The Luck of The Irish,  just ran out’ (O_o) I keep spotting this in the crud section of the local video store and wondering if I could get Brian to watch it for a bet. From the film’s Wikipedia entry: Irish Jam is a 2006 comedy film starring Eddie Griffin. The plot [...]

Clear evidence of a witch infestation in the garden. Witches hibernate underground for the Winter and this Witchjelly or ‘Witchseed’ as it was once called bubbles to the surface. The only thing to do is burn and scourge the affected area and sow it with salt so nothing may ever again take root in the [...]