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venta ([personal profile] venta) wrote2003-12-05 02:24 pm

Important Scientific Research

OK, following a question which came up in the pub at lunchtime, your input is needed to solve an important query, So:


[Poll #215525]

Clarification: I'm asking about drinks you might order in a pub - [livejournal.com profile] pm215, you don't drink coffee in pubs, I've seen you not doing it :)

(If you want to play and you're a non-LJer, mail me.)

[identity profile] wimble.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
What was the question?

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
Not disclosing it yet - I'd hate to bias the survey :)

[identity profile] sheepthief.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 07:54 am (UTC)(link)
You hang out with a load of beardy real-ale drinkers who think Steve Ciarcia is God?

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Less of the beardy, if you don't mind :) And I had to google to find out who Steve Ciarcia was...

becherovka

Who ?

[identity profile] sheepthief.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 08:14 am (UTC)(link)
Call yourselves geeks, I dunno.

Becherovka is sort of Bacardi Spice, only *way* better. I can't recall if it's Czech or Slovak. Gah, want some now! I've never seen it in the UK but it must be availbale somewhere. I'm not even sure if it's a generic term like slivovica or borovica or if it's a trade name.

[identity profile] davefish.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 08:51 am (UTC)(link)
It's czech, and it's fantastic.
[livejournal.com profile] venta, I'll feed you some next time you come over to Cambridge.

[identity profile] sheepthief.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
At least I know now that I didn't dream it! =:-)

[identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com 2003-12-06 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
Can I have a try, too, please?

[identity profile] davefish.livejournal.com 2003-12-08 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Certainly. just come over some time.

[identity profile] davefish.livejournal.com 2003-12-19 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Argh, probably not until next year now. I am back to NI on Sunday.

Sorry

[identity profile] ghoti.livejournal.com 2003-12-19 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
have fun! and next year I shall come to your house and drink exotic beverages and watch Nicole Kidman be tied to a bed.

Love you

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 07:51 am (UTC)(link)
Eh ?

voratus -- Real ale

How the hell do you know, [livejournal.com profile] voratus? Where on earth in your neck of the woods sells such things ?

[identity profile] voratus.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Just 'cause they don't make it here, doesn't mean I can't get it. :p

Assumptions for my answers

[identity profile] beckyl.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
Considered whether admin at Tao fell into "Yes I work in the IT industry" and decided if anything, I worked for it rather than in.

And I answered 'Real ale' without considering really good whiskey, really good wine, or champagne. I presumed it was in a 'what you would drink at the pub' context.

Re: Assumptions for my answers

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2003-12-05 08:12 am (UTC)(link)
'what you would drink at the pub' context.

Yup, I was inspecific, but that was the sort of context I was asking about.

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[personal profile] pm215 2003-12-05 08:32 am (UTC)(link)

I drink coffee in pubs if I think the social situation is such that I can get away with it without looking too much like an idiot :-)

Otherwise, lemonade, random fruit juice, Archers-and-lemonade.

[identity profile] smorgasbord.livejournal.com 2003-12-06 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
When do we get to find out what the question was?

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2003-12-06 09:36 am (UTC)(link)
Er, I'll do some sums with the results and tell you in a little while.

It's really not that exciting, mind.

[identity profile] venta.livejournal.com 2003-12-06 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
There (http://www.livejournal.com/users/venta/65246.html#cutid1) you go.