NBS BIF #12 Sign Up Thread

Thanks. I’m thinking more about my target. I like almost everything.

I’ve been meaning to update that for a little over 6 years... Perhaps now is the the time!

 

Perhaps.

Maybe.

Possibly.

Perhaps.

 

Excellent!!!

 

I guess you just did... Jim?

 

Miss you, man.

 

You all should have seen my eyes when I read this.I knew I wanted to try Three Floyds RIS but thought they had shut down operations so I would be out of luck for a while and if their RIS is Dark Lord I had thought it was released one day a year to selected ticket holders.
So either I misremember something or you are an absolute magician. Or both.
Anyway, it was funny for a second while all this went through my mind.

 

Okay, as @FBarber pointed out a couple days ago, I have been far more fortunate in receiving beer lately from LIFs than the average person. One was late in the previous NBS_BIF and then again in this one just recently. So not only is it my turn to keep this one going, but it's also my turn to keep #11 going (Just in this new, updated NBS_BIF forum thread)
So while sitting at Gravel Bottom with three of my friends I brought up the subject of how to run this and got many ideas. All but one were immediately discarded (I hadn't had *that* much beer yet!)
We talked about basing it on sports, but other than individual games I couldn't come up with anything definite. Politics was shut down before it got started. Round and round we went until finally we had sufficient beer to prompt a decision.

Part one (Or LIF from NBS BIF 11) Which team, of any sport, professional or amateur, has the best mascot and/or logo and why.

Part two (Or LIF for NBS BIF 12) Deb is one of the people sitting with me last night and an internationally known artist in oil painting with a primary focus on water. Beautiful work. Anyway, what I want you to tell me - how tall is Deb?

The answers will be gathered through Thursday, Friday I will make the call. Of course, if someone accurately tells me how tall Deb is, that one will stop immediately.

Photos for part one are not required, but are encouraged.

Right. Go!

 

Floyds is still operational - as a matter of fact, they’re so operational, they just released their first “official” hazy IPA, Barbarian. The brew pub is closed until further notice, but they have a very functional curbside service - you don’t even have to get out of your vehicle. They probably have 15 beers available for pick up, including BA Behemoth, their BA barleywine.

They did cancel Dark Lord Day, which is usually held in May, but they did a release of vintage Dark Lord bottles in July where you could purchase 4 or 5 bottles (3 or 4 of the base plus one vintage variant). They did this online and it sold out in 8 minutes.

I snagged one of the 4-packs and I have some leftovers from 2019 (I went to DLD with a childhood buddy who is also a beer nerd in 2018 and 2019), so as I said, I am rife with Dark Lord. We can work something out if you want to dance with him.

 

Nope, *that* one was pretty much a given. :-)

 

5'11"

 

5'5"

 

Montgomery Biscuits:

https://biscuitsbaseball.milbstore.com/collections/all-caps/products/monty-trawler

 

KINGSLEY, Partick Thistle

Deb is 5’3” tall

 

Uh, nope.

Nope

Nope

And nope.

While I'm sure there are persons named Deb that have those specified heights, they are not the Deb I am referring to. :-)

 

Duly noted. Dang, and he probably already has my address.

 

Best mascot you ask? Well, the correct answer must be Youppi! A brief case:

Youppi has reached the pinnacle of the mascot game in two of the four major professional sports leagues in North America. The Bo Jackson of the mascot world if you will. Moreover, he was once courted by the CFLs Montreal Allouettes, but turned the gig down.

He is a Hall of Famer (Mascot Hall of Fame). He is one of three mascots whose likeness is on display at the Baseball Hall of Fame. He doesn’t smell nearly as bad as one might think, particularly in the dead of summer. He gives great hugs (or so my wife tells me...).

His skill with respect to the intimidation of an opponent is so finely honed, that he became the first mascot to be thrown out of a Major League Baseball game.



Bill Lee invokes his name in the Ken Burns documentary. (Sadly, I can’t seem to find the clip).

In the storied history of the Montreal Canadiens, he is the only individual to have the privilege of wearing the exclamation point.

Also, @FBarber , he has some choice pantomimes for your friend Gritty!



I could of course go on, but I don’t think that is necessary.

185.42cm.