What else are you a snob about?

[Mark Pearce]

Just hold on there. For the sake of the many fine brewers in Britain, least we forget that the comparisons here are about different products. In Britain we make British beer, in the rest of Europe they make what we call lager and/or pilsner. The really poor lager you're likely to experience over here is, ten to one, Australian.

Nonsense.  Have you drunk much Belgian beer?  Saisons, Geuzes, IPAs, Trappists.  Not a lot of lagers, though.  Germany does produce a lot of lager.  But also Weissbiers.  And some of those lagers are very good.

[Phil McDade]

I agree though. Mark Buehrle and his 2hr  games are a wonderful thing.

Young lad, you've probably forgotten about Tom Browning from the Reds.

Check the link to my favorite box score of all time:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN198908030.shtml

August 3, 1989. The Reds scored 14 runs in the bottom of the first inning en route to an 18-2 win over the Dodgers.

The bottom of the first inning took 38 minutes. With Browning on the mound, the rest of the game only took 1 hour 38 minutes. Total time to play a game in which 20 runs were scored: 2 hours 16 minutes.

Mine is this one, which I had the pleasure of seeing from a box seat just behind the Cubs dugout:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN199707221.shtml

The best-pitched game I've ever seen; Maddux at his absolute best. Not close to being a no-hitter, not even a shutout. 76 total pitches, 63 for strikes. Cubs scored their lone run on a weak single through the middle, a stolen base that was a close call, and two groundouts. He threw four or fewer pitches to every single batter in the game save for one (5-pitch count). Two hours and 7 minutes total.

[Paul Gray]

Just hold on there. For the sake of the many fine brewers in Britain, least we forget that the comparisons here are about different products. In Britain we make British beer, in the rest of Europe they make what we call lager and/or pilsner. The really poor lager you're likely to experience over here is, ten to one, Australian.

Nonsense.  Have you drunk much Belgian beer?  Saisons, Geuzes, IPAs, Trappists.  Not a lot of lagers, though.  Germany does produce a lot of lager.  But also Weissbiers.  And some of those lagers are very good.

Mark,

You're right about some Belgian beer, but you order a beer in a bar in Europe and 99% of the time you'll get something far lighter in colour. And tell me I'm wrong about aussie lager.

[Mike_Young]

If we're getting serious here I gots to say Audi and Stickley.  But I love JK's post....just afraid to try it...

[Scott_Burroughs]

Joel beat me to it, but yes, speling and grammer.



And irony.



Oh, and the looks of the women I choose to talk to anywhere.  All my women friends at work are good-looking.  Or they might have nice legs, or arse, etc.  I may be a snob about it, but I do have some strange guilt about it....or paranoia that all the ugs at work have noticed.

[Paul Gray]

Joel beat me to it, but yes, speling and grammer.



And irony.

Nice. I'm assuming it was deliberate, anyway.

[Mark Pearce]

Paul,

No, entirely right on Aussie lager.  Better than that filth that Anheuser Busch, Michelob or Coors manufacture but filth, nonetheless.

[Scott_Burroughs]

Joel beat me to it, but yes, speling and grammer.



And irony.

Nice. I'm assuming it was deliberate, anyway.

According to Dan Kelly, good writing shouldn't need smileys.  I normally use them, because all the snobs/curmudgeons here take too many of these things at face value.

[Gib_Papazian]

Shivas,

You and I will be the only golfers stylish enough to wear authentic Vuarnet sunglasses at the tourney in August. The only concession to my dotage being that mine are prescription.

Tony,

I was taught by an accomplished cook many years ago to salt the water, but seeing as this has been debunked through hard science, please send me your address and I'll gather up all my cheapo stuff and send it off. I suppose the variety of salt is irrelevant on a diet of blood pudding and pig knuckles.

Richard,

You've proven my point, I am not Chinese enough to build my own Linux system.

One other newfound point of snobbery is attendance at professional golf tournaments. As a working journalist for years, inside the ropes and with "all access" passes, I got used to hobnobbing with players, caddies and my fellow wizards. Now, being a 5' 9" schmuck getting corralled like a farm animal by self-important douche bags who think they are USGA officials because they have a "Quiet Please" sign and a uniform uglier than our Ryder Cup get-ups, I'm done. The 2012 U.S. Open at my home club cured me forever. Maybe I'll go back to golf writing for money someday, but until then, I refuse to be herded like a sucker as part of what has become a vulgar, overblown, overcrowded, money grubbing exercise in USGA and PGA Tour avarice.      

    

[Bill Seitz]

Music...in my younger days had a girlfriend working at the ticket office and somehow miraculously ended up with first or second row seats to everyone I went to in the late 80's - early 90's. Hard to get excited to go sit in nosebleeds and don't have any connections.

The beer stuff has been covered, but as for music, I'd say it's hard to get excited about any show where I've actually been assigned a seat, or even have an actual seat to sit in.  In the 150 +/- shows I've been to in the last three years or so, I think two have actually had seats assigned.  

[Dale_McCallon]

I guess you could say I'm a book snob.  I'm not into high-brow literature per se, but all my books have to be hardback (maybe more OCD than snobbery) and I can't believe people waste there hard earned money on what always rests on the best sellers lists.

As far as food, I have no issues with chain restaurants or fast food.  A matter of fact, I'm not sure the Chick-Fil-A original sandwich isn't one of the worlds most perfect foods (and no that doesn't make me a homophobe). 

The one thing I will not eat in a chain restaurant is BBQ; the best is always found in hole in the wall places where you can see and smell the smoke.

[Jud_T]

In the 150 +/- shows I've been to in the last three years or so

I'm taking the over on this figure!    Now if you'd just listen to some indie stuff from before 1985...

[John Kavanaugh]

Monogamy.  I have no desire to lay with whores and have little respect for those who do.

[Howard Riefs]

I am also a sock snob, I get new socks for every trip I take.
Like, Sheehy, I am a dive bar snob, I have to find at least one on every trip I go on. The most recent was Tom's Loft at Okemo, wasted a lot of time wasted there.
I am also a bit of a shoe snob, I spend a lot of time on my feet and like to buy good shoes.

I have found that Adidas socks are the best.

Can't believe I've plunked down $20 for a pair of Kentwool golf socks.  A. Pair.

http://kentwoolsocks.com/

[Gib_Papazian]

I too am an insufferable snob about women. The adolescent fixation some of my 50+ peers have on 20-something girls makes me want to slap them. Any woman I'm more likely to buy an ice cream cone than a martini does not belong on the radar of my finely honed aesthetic sensibilities.

My hard cut-off to chat up a hottie is 40 - and even that is a bit marginal. Prior to that, they barely know which fork to use and - given that their views and opinions are shaped by Cosmo - are invariably not worth talking to.

A well educated, leggy broad about who has been around the block a few times is the ticket. The rest are a waste of time.

And no young Asians. I've seen enough of my friends get entangled with these faux-subservient tarantulas to know that it never ends well. Their "love" is a fraudulent game to trap the male ego and if I wanted a "small h" hooker, she'd be a smokin' white chick.

But I am married to The Redhead, so there will be none of that shit unless I want to wake up with a shiv in my chest.    

    

[Rick Shefchik]

Fruit.

There is nothing more disappointing than a bad piece of fruit.

[Terry Lavin]

Ready for the stage manager to pull out the hook on this spur ramp of lunacy...

[Doug Wright]

Service. Whether it's the guy at the counter of the local muny or the Safeway checkout girl, be courteous and professional. It's your job (just as it is mine to courteous to you).

[Scott_Burroughs]

Fruit.

There is nothing more disappointing than a bad piece of fruit.

That's Gib's fault.

 

[Tim Pitner]

Authenticity/simplicity.  I like craft beer, but I don't always appreciate some seasonal, barely drinkable, pumpkin ale or an experiment in determining how hoppy a beer can be.  Sometimes there's nothing better than a cold Singha to go with your spicy Thai dish or a cold Bohemia to go with your tacos.  I like red wine, but don't need some ridiculously overpriced Californian cabarnet when a much cheaper Argentinean malbec, Spanish garnacha or Italian Sangiovese will do nicely.  Similarly, I like good food, but am not particularly interested in molecular gastronomy, overly fussy service or snooty, white tablecloth places.  Just give me some fresh, honest food.  I appreciate an intelligently written book, but get turned off by masturbatory, literary gymnastics.  I like what's usually referred to as "alternative rock" music, but am frustrated when bands make the mistake of being so alternative, they forget to rock.  Etc.

[Gib_Papazian]

Brian,

I plead the dreaded "Truth Defense."

One our posters - who I hear from thrice weekly - used to sing the praises of the aforementioned Bangkok Cockbangers.

I'm far too much of a snob to partake in carnal exploration with trafficed humans.

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Scotty,

I don't ship bad fruit. However, I know that sometimes even the Armenian has ugly children in the fields and on the trees. There is a lid for every pot - you just have to make sure to avoid sending your homely daughters to snobs like us.

[John Kirk]

Mexican Food -  I always try to find the best places in town.  Good tamales, chile rellenos and chili verde are hard to find.  Here in Portland there are only a few good places.  Down in Cathedral City, where I'm headed today, there's a place that gets everything on their small menu exactly right.

Popular Music - I'm not an overt snob when it comes to music; however, I've been studying what I want to learn for a long time, especially the last four years.

I will make this snobby comment about it.  It is a given here on Golf Club Atlas that one must understand the importance of the Golden Age architects, and that the twenty year period (1915-1935) of course development is arguably the strongest period for creative design in architecture.  Like Tillinghast, Ross, and Mackenzie, I don't see how one can gain perspective on music without knowing something about Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis.  Bob Wills and Hank Williams.  James Brown and Frank Sinatra.  Popular music is old, and all the big ideas and changes happened a long time ago.

Not snobby about everything.  A gourmand, not a gourmet.  Change golf clubs once in a blue moon.  Like voluptuous, smart women, and I've got a real nice one at home with me.

[Mac Plumart]

Service.

[Alex Miller]

Service.

Yes! And equally courtesy or just general behavior toward those in the service industry. There really is no reason not to treat everyone with respect, and yet it happens all the time for no reason.

Also, like John, Mexican Food.

[Mac Plumart]

equally courtesy or just general behavior toward those in the service industry. There really is no reason not to treat everyone with respect

I support those thoughts as well.  I'd even go as far to say that I'm a snob about that too.