Sunday morning beer commercial
Category: Weirdness
Posted on: December 16, 2007 10:37 AM, by PZ Myers
Mornings are caffeine time, but this ad does tempt me.
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You know... I've always missed the beginning and have only seen the end to that commercial.
Unfortunately, if the folks at Corona were at all serious about sales, they'd come and shovel my sidewalks so I can get out of the house and go to the liquor store to buy their wonderful product.
Posted by: Dan | December 16, 2007 10:46 AM
Why should this add tempt you PZ? It is not like you have any beach-ape like instincts, do you?
Posted by: Lago | December 16, 2007 10:55 AM
Jebus! I wouldn't buy that beer. That goddam commercial is also promoting Young Earth Creationism. Screw them!
Posted by: Richard Harris | December 16, 2007 11:02 AM
Don't worry have a homebrew! It has to be noon somewhere...
Posted by: Dave Puskala | December 16, 2007 11:06 AM
Ironically, I tried my first Corona just yesterday. It has an interesting flavor - sort of spicy. Well, apparently, I'll have to try a few more to see if I really like it.
Posted by: Nebularry | December 16, 2007 11:13 AM
Out my window, the winter winds blow
And I love it, in case you don't know.
Take your tropical beach;
Keep it way out of reach--
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
Posted by: Cuttlefish, OM | December 16, 2007 11:14 AM
Sorry to disappoint you, Larry, but that's not irony. Also, Corona is nasty piss-water.
Posted by: David | December 16, 2007 11:17 AM
Don't worry, Dave, I still have a few bottles of your homebrew here. I'll open another one tonight -- I know it's better than Corona.
I didn't see this ad as advocating young earth creationism -- it's more like a proper appreciation of the power of geology and biology to change the landscape.
Posted by: PZ Myers | December 16, 2007 11:24 AM
Oh c'mon, am I the only one geeky enough to recognize instant terraformation? This isn't geology, or creationism, its the Genesis Project from "Star Trek, the Wrath of Kahn"!
Those beer drinkers have to get off of their lazy bums and go looking for a guy with pointy ears. He should be around there somewhere.
Posted by: Calladus | December 16, 2007 12:32 PM
Yeah, PZ, but just look at how fast they have it going! So, 6 000 years at that pace should just about get us from the day of Creation to now. I'd be suspect of their agenda. Where's it brewed - Kansas, Florida, Texas?
Posted by: Richard Harris | December 16, 2007 12:35 PM
But if it's young earth creationism, who are the god and goddess at the end? Not that old fart Jehovah...
Posted by: bill r | December 16, 2007 12:36 PM
Any brewer who bottles beer in clear glass either doesn't know beer chemistry or doesn't care about the quality of their product.
Beer in clear glass + exposure to light = skunky flavor
Posted by: chezjake | December 16, 2007 1:33 PM
Plus, the need for a slice of lime in beer is inversely proportional to the beer quality.
http://beeradvocate.com/articles/272
Posted by: amstrad | December 16, 2007 1:46 PM
This is beer? Looks like lemonade. ~:-|
That proves it then.
In case you're interested, comment 6 hints at something.
Posted by: David Marjanović, OM | December 16, 2007 1:54 PM
Aww, don't be hard on the good
Professor- Google says all they
have for liquor stores in Morris
is the Muni. Though I wouldn't be
surprised if they carried Brau
Brothers beer- they have a really
nice Scotch Ale.
Posted by: andy | December 16, 2007 2:00 PM
Just as I thought. Anyplace is a good place to enjoy a fine brew. (One of man's oldest and most successful creations.)
Of course, one is advised to wait for the ambient temperature to fall to a suitable level . . .
I am enjoying the current beer at a temperature of seventy six degrees. Pity I'm not on a beach. It's snowing beyond the window. Fine with me and this beer.
Salute, and happy days.
Off topic, but I must tell you of the Dead Cowboy Toast. So called because it was told to me by a cowboy who has since died.
"The fleecy clouds may kiss the sky.
The rose may kiss the butterfly.
The deep red wine may kiss the glass,
And you, my friends," (dramatic pause)
"Fare well."
Gets 'em every time.
E Pluribus Unum
Posted by: Crudely Wrott | December 16, 2007 2:05 PM
Calladus #9: If that's Genesis, what happens to the protomatter in the beer?
Posted by: Keith Douglas | December 16, 2007 2:07 PM
And here I was expecting for the beer to come flowing out of that volcano. Bummer.
Posted by: sawtooth | December 16, 2007 2:41 PM
@18: My thoughts exactly! It should have been a beer volcano. May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage.
Posted by: Anthony Jeffries | December 16, 2007 3:22 PM
Of course, if you'll notice, it would seem that neither of the people have consumed any of the stuff. They just set the full bottles there for the ambiance. Really not surprising, either. Corona. Blech! "Mexican" Budweiser.
However, as such things go, it's a nice ad.
Posted by: William Gulvin | December 16, 2007 3:24 PM
Of course, anthropically speaking, it's amazing the complex series of events that was required to give these two people a suitable environ to drink their beer.
Posted by: J. G. Cox | December 16, 2007 6:12 PM
Corona is for the gabachos. There are much finer Mexican beers, many of which are also appropriate for the beach...
Posted by: Charles Soto | December 16, 2007 7:41 PM
And, in keeping with E Pluribus Unum's toast, here's another one I've used from time to time:
Here's to you and here's to me
And never may we disagree
But if by chance we ever do
Then here's to me...and to Hell with you!
Hasn't quite got the twist of E's, but it's useful at the proper event....
Posted by: Rich F | December 16, 2007 7:54 PM
It's a "macro micro brew".
But I'm partial to Bohemia and Negra Modelo myself. Bohemia constantly wins or places in the top 3 in international competitions driving the Germans and Belgians crazy.
Posted by: mayhempix | December 16, 2007 9:26 PM
Rich F,
The way I always say it is
"Here's to you and here's to me
the best of friends we'll always be.
But if, by chance, we disagree,
Then fuck you, here's to me."
A little saltier, but my four year old loves it.
Posted by: autumn | December 17, 2007 1:08 AM
Hmm, I prefer the Guinness take on it...come to think of it, I prefer the Guinness, too!
Posted by: BruceJ | December 17, 2007 3:00 PM