Some people prefer Scotch on the rocks, but because of global warming they'll have to drink this Antarctic stuff neat.

Whiskey is the best booze out there. I hope they are successful.

What a fantastic idea for publicity. Somebody deserves a fat paycheck and a case of Scotch.

Grumpy's right. If they are successful I'll throw down on a bottle.

This is an incredible glimps into the past, vern is just trying to make this political - no one would ever drink a good scotch on the rocks - the water from the ice is unacceptable. Neat is the only way to go if it's any good at tall.

#1 | Posted by vernon at 2010-02-05 06:32 PM | Reply | Flag: Sense of humor as bad as wife is ugly

#4 | Posted by mOntecOre at 2010-02-05 06:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

not ugly, just toothless....

"Neat is the only way to go if it's any good at tall."

Posted by _HP_ at 2010-02-05 09:08 PM | Reply

True for any whiskey.

When I was at Motorola I worked with a fellow who was from Scotland.

He was quite brilliant, really.

I recall mentioning Glenlivet and he just became incensed, "I DON' DRIN' COOKIN' WHISKEY !!" he said.

If they are successful in making the original blend it should be called Shackleton Scotch and definitive method of consumption is neat.

Neat is the only way to go if it's any good at tall.

This man knows how to appreciate his whiskey.

At least, I'm assuming he's a man. Don't know many women who like whiskey, much less know how to drink it. Wait, did I say "drink"? No... "savor" is the word I'm looking for.

There is a God!!

Going underwater in chilly seas to recover an ancient barrel of whiskey?

...Seriously one of the best Whiskey ads. EVAR.

12 | Posted by dethspud at 2010-02-06 03:35 AM

Hi Tater,

I normally wouldn't have bothered to check out some commercial but glad I did this time.

You're right. Best whiskey ad EVAR! Or at least of all the ones I've seen. Thanks!

You're right. Best whiskey ad EVAR! Or at least of all the ones I've seen. Thanks!

NP! Glad ya liked it. ^_^

Here some fun whisky/whiskey factoids.

At one time, all whisky was spelled without the "e", as "whisky". In around 1870, the reputation of Scottish whisky was very poor as Scottish distilleries flooded the market with cheaper spirits produced using the Coffey still. The Irish and American distilleries adopted the spelling "whiskey", with the extra "e", to distinguish their higher quality product. Today, the spelling whisky (plural whiskies) is generally used for whiskies distilled in Scotland, Wales, Canada, and Japan, while whiskey is used for the spirits distilled in Ireland and America. Even though a 1968 directive of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms specifies "whisky" as the official US spelling, it allows labeling as "whiskey" in deference to tradition and most U.S. producers still use the historical spelling. Exceptions such as Early Times, Maker's Mark, and George Dickel are usually indicative of a Scottish heritage.[6]

The origin of the term comes from the Scottish pronounciation of the latin term "aqua vitae".

Over time, the pronunciation changed from "whishkeyba" (an approximation of how the Irish term sounds) to "whisky".

The "Water of Life", literally.

This is an incredible glimps into the past, vern is just trying to make this political - no one would ever drink a good scotch on the rocks - the water from the ice is unacceptable. Neat is the only way to go if it's any good at tall.

#6 | Posted by _HP_ at 2010-02-05 09:08 PM | Reply | Flag:

Of course I was trying to make it political!

I ain't much of a Scotch fan, but of course I'd never put it in ice.

Personally, I prefer bourbon. My favorite is Maker's Mark. Here in Taiwan I can sit on my balcony at night with good bourbon, fresh strong black coffee and a Cuban cigar.

About a year ago I read a book about this expedition, "The ENdurance" by Caroline Alexander. It is an excellent book. It's amazing how this party endured (Endurance was the name of their ship) without losing a life. The story ends telling the tale of how four men set out in a lifeboat over the open seas to a whaling outpost island 800 miles away -- and found it!

Amazing story, but no scotch is mentioned. LOL

Amazing story, but no scotch is mentioned. LOL

#16 | Posted by goatman at 2010-02-06 06:59 AM | Reply | Flag:

Well, Shackelton was Irish.

Do you REALLY need to mention that they took a lot of whiskey?

Brandy when it's handy, Beer when it is near, Liquor is quicker, and wine is always fine!
Red Foxx

This is a story that makes you feel all warm inside.

Personally, I prefer bourbon. My favorite is Maker's Mark. Here in Taiwan I can sit on my balcony at night with good bourbon, fresh strong black coffee and a Cuban cigar...
#15 | Posted by vernon

Well, it's not actually a "balcony," per se. More like an extra-large washboard laid horiztonally atop a pair of bricks I lifted from a portside construction yard and created all by my very lonesome at the back of my hooch.

As for the "bourbon," I call it "Maker's Mark" because the abandoned Sumo wrestlerette panties I'd used for years as sleeping gear definitely exhibited a maker's mark, if you know what I mean (heh heh *hick*) when I soaked them in the "Mint Julep" I'd created from Golden Water Turtle Oolong tea mixed with absinthe, Skoal chewing tobacco, Tronolane Anesthetic Hemorrhoid Cream, and loco weed.

As for the rest, the coffee was, indeed, black. The "Cuban" cigar was a Kuban ceegar. And it was night. I think. Although I haven't removed the 3-D glasses since I liberated them from 美麗華大直影城, where I also watched "Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs."

I'm really in the clover. Making big bucks. Got plenty of wives on the bulk-purchase, lay-away plan, and more rug rats than I can sell or lease out in a month of Sundays.k Speaking of which, praise Jeebus!

So, don't worry about me, Ma. This is the best I've done since you helped buy me out of that mix-up in Pascagoola. (Seriously, he swore he was 18.)

Pfffft!

~Vermin

Global warming would indeed explain the two and a half feet of snow I am shoveling. MANBEARPIG should be shoveling it too.

I drink my Balvenie DoubleWood on teh rocks, but my ice is made from Brita filtered water :)

Global warming would indeed explain the two and a half feet of snow I am shoveling.

If temperatures rise 1 degree but remain below freezing... guess what? It's still going to snow, you fucking dumbass.

#19 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2010-02-06 11:16 AM | Reply | Flag: IT'S ALMOST NOOON' HE SAYS WITH THE SHAKES

Quack Sarvis showing class - like shit in a glass.

Years ago when I was still developing film a friend gave me some negatives from a trip to Antarctica his father had taken in the 50's. Some of the pictures were what was apparently Shackelton's shack and the stores and crates still stacked on the shelves inside. I made some 11" x 17" prints for him of the best shots. I kept one for a long time and eventually sold it on Ebay for a tidy sum. I remember they had a lot of crates and some were liquor. I thought it odd that they would have brought so much booze with them at the time. Apparently they did manage to preserve the shack from tourists. What an awesome discovery.