tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post1694450288015746872..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Speaker To The SillyRoberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-59462716809156190992008-09-12T00:07:00.000-04:002008-09-12T00:07:00.000-04:00Worked once for one of the largest pension funds i...Worked once for one of the largest pension funds in the world. Co-worker was railing on Bush and big business. When I asked him who he thought he worked for, he went apoplectic. I was afraid he'd have a stroke, so I went off and had a Dr. Pepper. No Moxie in the machine, alas. OldeForceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-9721382741304448582008-09-11T19:24:00.000-04:002008-09-11T19:24:00.000-04:00Roberta: Yes it does, because I'm the Man.Roberta: Yes it does, because I'm the Man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-28422976070217694752008-09-11T14:04:00.000-04:002008-09-11T14:04:00.000-04:00hehehe... the SAD part is they actually believe th...hehehe... the SAD part is they actually believe that crap...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-41681599495790800292008-09-11T10:54:00.000-04:002008-09-11T10:54:00.000-04:00Ahh...Moxie! You're lucky to be have found a loca...Ahh...Moxie! You're lucky to be have found a location to purchase it at. Of course, I only I have to drive about 6 miles to go to Catawissa Bottling which is a major producer of Moxie (and their "Big Ben's Blue Birch Beer" is a local icon) which makes it available but it isn't even common in stores even around here and you have to take your own into the bar if you want to drink a "Mad Mailman" (Moxie and Jagermeister.)<BR/><BR/><A BORDER="0" ALT="Photobucket Image Hosting" HREF="http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j22/RevGreg/onetimeposts/moxie_label.jpg" REL="nofollow">Click for Pic</A><BR/><BR/>Above link is a piccy of a Moxie bottle I got at an auction...the bottler is "Dietz & Ricketts - Danville, Penna." which is the town I grew up in...I have since collected some other "Dietz & Ricketts" bottles and the later "Dietz & Sons" bottles but I have yet to find a way to accurately date the Moxie bottle...indications are that it is pre-1930. Damned bottle got me into collecting "local interest" bottles...like I needed another destination for my money!RevGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11627218929198779685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-81482805253607449812008-09-11T07:03:00.000-04:002008-09-11T07:03:00.000-04:00People like these are the reason wedgies were inve...People like these are the reason wedgies were invented.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the four pound sledge...Jay Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11085873775096542015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-11898250754556819442008-09-11T06:14:00.000-04:002008-09-11T06:14:00.000-04:00The Man: if you're not noticing them in the act, d...The Man: if you're not noticing them in the act, does it even count?<BR/><BR/>Joseph: yep. Silly humans!<BR/><BR/>Og: so <I>you're</I> the one does that? Do you know what that's doing to the wheels of my car? Sure, it's funny but sooooo messy.<BR/><BR/>Cowboy: Yup!<BR/><BR/>...Bob G for the win, with a fine example of ijits in action!Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-20431556367189707662008-09-11T00:22:00.000-04:002008-09-11T00:22:00.000-04:00When I catch who's been sticking it to me, they're...When I catch who's been sticking it to me, they're going to regret it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-8143042692198803572008-09-11T00:09:00.000-04:002008-09-11T00:09:00.000-04:00MMmmmm, Moxie! I've heard some folks say that Mox...MMmmmm, Moxie! I've heard some folks say that Moxie was medicine-flavored. Those ignorant folks didn't know that Moxie is so old that Medicine is Moxie-flavored!Cowboy Blobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880979084783592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-78468998768370048732008-09-10T23:20:00.000-04:002008-09-10T23:20:00.000-04:00Is "Speaker to the Silly" a reference to "Speaker ...Is "Speaker to the Silly" a reference to "Speaker to Animals" in Ringworld?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-90675590279199225452008-09-10T21:07:00.000-04:002008-09-10T21:07:00.000-04:00Good lord. Y'all are more patient than me. I tend ...Good lord. <BR/><BR/>Y'all are more patient than me. I tend to just hogtie them and leave them in the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-80209168512213012182008-09-10T18:55:00.000-04:002008-09-10T18:55:00.000-04:00"The Man"? Who is this "Man"? I have never actua..."The Man"? Who is this "Man"? I have never actually seen this person, nor heard him say anything, but certain types of folks seem to have a definite idea of who "The Man" is.<BR/><BR/>{Could it be...that he is related to the infamous "Sumdood"????}<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I always thought Moxie was a blogger. But I don't think she is carbonated. LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-62440242883660332642008-09-10T18:02:00.000-04:002008-09-10T18:02:00.000-04:00I get a laugh out of the people I see who drive al...I get a laugh out of the people I see who drive all the way from California to southern Utah to ride their bicycles in the canyons, and cause accidents in town from irresponsible biking, and then brag about how <I>green</I> they are, and <I>environmentally conscious</I>. I have no problem with bicycles or conscientious riders, just the idiots that one finds perched upon them sometimes.BobGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405172215849046373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-85315073277261949542008-09-10T15:18:00.000-04:002008-09-10T15:18:00.000-04:00Uhhhmmmm, Roberta, beer would be the oldest car...Uhhhmmmm,<BR/> Roberta, beer would be the oldest carbonated beverage still being produced. Not trying to take away from teh coolness factor of Moxie, which might be the oldest non-alcoholic, carbonated beverage still being produced.<BR/><BR/>(For those unaware, CO2 is a byproduct of yeast digestion, which is still used to carbonate some beers. Oh, and yes I too get confused about how fermentation can be labelled as NOT green due to the carbon release when it is just controlled rotting, well spoilage really.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-58092437129379237722008-09-10T07:29:00.000-04:002008-09-10T07:29:00.000-04:00Yeah! STICK it to the MAN!Wait a minnit. I am th...Yeah! STICK it to the MAN!<BR/><BR/>Wait a minnit. <B>I</B> am the Man. Stick it to me? Oh dear...<BR/><BR/>Do me a favor, Roberta. If you see them again, look at them askance for me. Not when they are noticing necessarily. A sideways suspicious glance that they don't notice? THAT'LL show em.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-34556916726086188642008-09-09T23:25:00.000-04:002008-09-09T23:25:00.000-04:00If you see them toting polystyrene boxes again, te...If you see them toting polystyrene boxes again, tell them that is very ungreen because it is made up of a bevy of petroleum-derived chemicals, many that pose health risks to humans and animals. That is just the tip of the green iceberg.<BR/><BR/>http://www.cawrecycles.org/issues/polystyrene_main<BR/><BR/>Then maybe they will leave you, go home, and flog themselves with rolled-up copies of "Sierra" and "Plenty" magazines they forgot to recycle.Somerledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027195332132735795noreply@blogger.com