GrumpyPaul
Well-Known Member
[SIZE=10.5pt]Conversation probably goes like this[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: hey sweetheart - I think I might get involved in the AHB Swap Meet[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: What the hell is an AHB Swap Meet[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Well - you know how you hate beer and brewing and all thngs related to it...well its like 20 - 30 guy that do it get together. So I guess you could say its all the things you hate about brewing t the power of 30.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Oh great - and what is AHB.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: You know...that web site I am always on. The one that usually means I pay little or no attention to things you say.....[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Where is this "swap meet"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Yobs house[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Who or what is a "Yob"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Yob is the guy that runs HDA. he spells deals with a "z". He's the guy I buy my hops from. he luvs hops soooo much. he grows them, imports them, sells them and puts heaps of them in his beers. He's really generous too....every now an then he just gives stuff away. Once he gave away this really cool old fridge with a homer sticker on it.....but I missed out on that one.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Ok...I get it you have a man crush on this Yob guy who is essentially a dealer selling various amounts of weed in vacuum sealed bags[/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt].[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: yeah...Yobs really cool.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: So who goes to this swap meet.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Heaps of the guys from AHB.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: And you've met all these guys before?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Not really - one or two of them maybe. But basically this is the first time most of us have ever met. We just talk on line all the time. These guys are my mates[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: "Mates" you met online and have never really met huh? That sounds healthy - lucky your not a teenage girl (or boy) otherwise I would think you've been groomed by a bunch of dirty old men on the internet.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Nah these guys are cool.... there's Yob obviously.....he was kind enough to host. Did I tell you how great he is? Mardoo, idzy, MartinOC - hes the guy that dropped of those plastic buckets and cubes - remember him?....There’s Wolfman and Whiteferret and Brouhaha...heaps of the guys are going. Oh and don’t forget Cocko.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Cocko?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: yeah - he's a bit of an AHB mystery. Whenever he's mentioned there is always some mention of his questionable sexuality, I think there was some talk about him being gay...not that there’s anything wrong with that. He’s going to be wearing a skirt to the swap meeting and doing viewings of his manhood every hour on the hour. Apparently his left testicle is really shiny.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: that’s just sick....what else goes on?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: It’s so exciting we are all going to brew together. We are doing nearly 400litres in a jerry rigged system made up of bits and pieces that different guys bring along. Idzy is bringing his bits along 400litres of boiling wort balanced in a great big 44 gallon drum - a one stage this was all going to be balanced on a few old pallets.....but Yob is so clever - he has it all worked out.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: how long does it go for?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Well its on Saturday...but some of the guys are going on Friday night to help Yob get set up. The swap and brew will kick off early because there is so much to get done. Some guys will stay over at yobs and pitch their tents in his yard. That reminds me....I need to get a padlock for my tent. I'm scared Cocko might slip in (and slip it in) while I am asleep.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Oh for ***** sake....just go have you play date and Yob’s with your Idzy bitsy not so teeny brewing thingy. Just be careful and play with your own cocko if you have to.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: hey sweetheart - I think I might get involved in the AHB Swap Meet[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: What the hell is an AHB Swap Meet[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Well - you know how you hate beer and brewing and all thngs related to it...well its like 20 - 30 guy that do it get together. So I guess you could say its all the things you hate about brewing t the power of 30.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Oh great - and what is AHB.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: You know...that web site I am always on. The one that usually means I pay little or no attention to things you say.....[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Where is this "swap meet"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Yobs house[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Who or what is a "Yob"[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Yob is the guy that runs HDA. he spells deals with a "z". He's the guy I buy my hops from. he luvs hops soooo much. he grows them, imports them, sells them and puts heaps of them in his beers. He's really generous too....every now an then he just gives stuff away. Once he gave away this really cool old fridge with a homer sticker on it.....but I missed out on that one.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Ok...I get it you have a man crush on this Yob guy who is essentially a dealer selling various amounts of weed in vacuum sealed bags[/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt].[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: yeah...Yobs really cool.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: So who goes to this swap meet.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Heaps of the guys from AHB.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: And you've met all these guys before?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Not really - one or two of them maybe. But basically this is the first time most of us have ever met. We just talk on line all the time. These guys are my mates[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: "Mates" you met online and have never really met huh? That sounds healthy - lucky your not a teenage girl (or boy) otherwise I would think you've been groomed by a bunch of dirty old men on the internet.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Nah these guys are cool.... there's Yob obviously.....he was kind enough to host. Did I tell you how great he is? Mardoo, idzy, MartinOC - hes the guy that dropped of those plastic buckets and cubes - remember him?....There’s Wolfman and Whiteferret and Brouhaha...heaps of the guys are going. Oh and don’t forget Cocko.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Cocko?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: yeah - he's a bit of an AHB mystery. Whenever he's mentioned there is always some mention of his questionable sexuality, I think there was some talk about him being gay...not that there’s anything wrong with that. He’s going to be wearing a skirt to the swap meeting and doing viewings of his manhood every hour on the hour. Apparently his left testicle is really shiny.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: that’s just sick....what else goes on?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: It’s so exciting we are all going to brew together. We are doing nearly 400litres in a jerry rigged system made up of bits and pieces that different guys bring along. Idzy is bringing his bits along 400litres of boiling wort balanced in a great big 44 gallon drum - a one stage this was all going to be balanced on a few old pallets.....but Yob is so clever - he has it all worked out.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: how long does it go for?[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]Brewer: Well its on Saturday...but some of the guys are going on Friday night to help Yob get set up. The swap and brew will kick off early because there is so much to get done. Some guys will stay over at yobs and pitch their tents in his yard. That reminds me....I need to get a padlock for my tent. I'm scared Cocko might slip in (and slip it in) while I am asleep.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10.5pt]SWMBO: Oh for ***** sake....just go have you play date and Yob’s with your Idzy bitsy not so teeny brewing thingy. Just be careful and play with your own cocko if you have to.[/SIZE]
