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attofishpi wrote:

Obvious Leo wrote:I rather like the idea of an intelligent designer with a noodly appendage....

Me too, or like an upside down broken leg of Italy suggesting now and finally by all short-sighted atheists, a decree that the Vatican can go fuck themselves with all their nonsense.

Yes, lets give them the Wellington boot!

..and further analysis...seems the The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster could actually be the answer to the universe (42) if it is located in Wellington the anti-location of the Vatican:-

Rome is the Capital, Historical and Geographical center of Italy, Lat. 42 deg. N.
Coordinates: 41°54′N
Wellington is the Capital, Historical and geographical center of New Zealand, Lat. 42 deg. S.
Coordinates: 41°17′20″S

Of course the Vatican gets the knee, the beast for the atheist church (the calf).

Dilemma:

My partner has promised to buy me a pasta maker for Xmas. Can anyone tell me what are the appropriate rituals for the use of this device, and what is the religious meaning and significance of making pasta, rather than just shoving down my cake-hole?

You have to lock it away in a cupboard for two nights. If it breaks out and makes a speech, you can keep eating it, week after week. Washed down with wine, of course.

Skip wrote:You have to lock it away in a cupboard for two nights. If it breaks out and makes a speech, you can keep eating it, week after week. Washed down with wine, of course.

What?? You can't eat a pasta-maker!!

OK. Get it consecrated, make the pasta, and eat that.
Just don't forget the wine.







*sigh!* what would they do without me?

Hobbes. I suggest that you contact the high priests of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for proper initiation into the arcane rituals of this cult. However new religions usually tend to be offshoots of old ones so my guess is that the pasta generated by your new toy can be transubstantiated into the flesh of a mysterious vermicellic Messiah who appeared in our midst to sacrifice himself for our misdeeds. You and your partner should be able to see in the New Year with a Bacchanalian orgy of ritualised cannibalism but I would strongly advise you not to wash down your gory feast with Kiwi beer. Their cat's piss is uniformly undrinkable and I would suggest a Barossa Valley red instead.

Obvious Leo wrote:Hobbes. I suggest that you contact the high priests of the Flying Spaghetti Monster for proper initiation into the arcane rituals of this cult. However new religions usually tend to be offshoots of old ones so my guess is that the pasta generated by your new toy can be transubstantiated into the flesh of a mysterious vermicellic Messiah who appeared in our midst to sacrifice himself for our misdeeds. You and your partner should be able to see in the New Year with a Bacchanalian orgy of ritualised cannibalism but I would strongly advise you not to wash down your gory feast with Kiwi beer. Their cat's piss is uniformly undrinkable and I would suggest a Barossa Valley red instead.

Why would I insult the great FSM with any beer when I can get a good bottle of Barolo or Nero D'avola??

What is Barossa Valley?

Hobbes' Choice wrote:What is Barossa Valley?

A South Australian wine-growing region which in my view produces the best moderately-priced red wines in the world. Although I confess to some bias in this respect this is a view shared by many international experts on the subject.

Obvious Leo wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:What is Barossa Valley?

A South Australian wine-growing region which in my view produces the best moderately-priced red wines in the world. Although I confess to some bias in this respect this is a view shared by many international experts on the subject.

I've never liked Australian wine. It's either shite, or does not travel well.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

Obvious Leo wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:What is Barossa Valley?

A South Australian wine-growing region which in my view produces the best moderately-priced red wines in the world. Although I confess to some bias in this respect this is a view shared by many international experts on the subject.

I've never liked Australian wine. It's either shite, or does not travel well.

PS. I have enjoyed a few bottles of Wolf Blass come to think of it; Shiraz I think.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:I've never liked Australian wine. It's either shite, or does not travel well.

I'm not sure that the best of the SA vintages manage to find their way into the EU, which I understand was regarded as something of a dumping ground for wine surpluses for quite a few years because of a considerable currency advantage. As you probably know wine tastes are driven more by fashion than they are by quality and quaffing Aussie wines became very trendy in the US after the release of Crocodile Dundee. It's rather amusing that an absurdly stereotypical cultural export finished up making millionaires out of many battling peasant vintners but the wines themselves are nevertheless mostly of very good quality in their price range.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:PS. I have enjoyed a few bottles of Wolf Blass come to think of it; Shiraz I think.

Wolf Blass is possibly one of the biggest Barossa winemakers but most of their stuff could politely be described as tailoring to the "budget" market. You'd need to spend about half as much again for the better SA reds.

Hobbes' Choice wrote:Dilemma:

My partner has promised to buy me a pasta maker for Xmas. Can anyone tell me what are the appropriate rituals for the use of this device, and what is the religious meaning and significance of making pasta, rather than just shoving down my cake-hole?

I bought my sister a pasta maker last Christmas, she loves it. She's agnostic so i think she only looks at the pasta.

I live not far from the Barossa Valley, last time i was there i picked up a bottle of Jacob's Creek Double Barrel Shiraz, a really nice drop, its aging process is completed in ex Scotch Whiskey barrels. I think you're in the UK, with the current exchange rate you could probably pick a bottle up for about fifty p.
Of all the wineries i visited that day, Wolf Blass had by far the least enjoyable wines in my opinion, though their port was worth the visit.

attofishpi wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:Dilemma:

My partner has promised to buy me a pasta maker for Xmas. Can anyone tell me what are the appropriate rituals for the use of this device, and what is the religious meaning and significance of making pasta, rather than just shoving down my cake-hole?

I bought my sister a pasta maker last Christmas, she loves it. She's agnostic so i think she only looks at the pasta.

I live not far from the Barossa Valley, last time i was there i picked up a bottle of Jacob's Creek Double Barrel Shiraz, a really nice drop, its aging process is completed in ex Scotch Whiskey barrels. I think you're in the UK, with the current exchange rate you could probably pick a bottle up for about fifty p.
Of all the wineries i visited that day, Wolf Blass had by far the least enjoyable wines in my opinion, though their port was worth the visit.

Yellow Label is £9.99 The exchange rate is not relevant. Prices are set at the maximum the market can take

Hobbes' Choice wrote:

attofishpi wrote:

Hobbes' Choice wrote:Dilemma:

My partner has promised to buy me a pasta maker for Xmas. Can anyone tell me what are the appropriate rituals for the use of this device, and what is the religious meaning and significance of making pasta, rather than just shoving down my cake-hole?

I bought my sister a pasta maker last Christmas, she loves it. She's agnostic so i think she only looks at the pasta.

I live not far from the Barossa Valley, last time i was there i picked up a bottle of Jacob's Creek Double Barrel Shiraz, a really nice drop, its aging process is completed in ex Scotch Whiskey barrels. I think you're in the UK, with the current exchange rate you could probably pick a bottle up for about fifty p.
Of all the wineries i visited that day, Wolf Blass had by far the least enjoyable wines in my opinion, though their port was worth the visit.

Yellow Label is £9.99 The exchange rate is not relevant. Prices are set at the maximum the market can take

Ok, so because im not an atheist i get a boring dork reply...btw, you can often buy Barossa wine cheaper at Sainsburys than at the cellar door.

attofishpi wrote: you can often buy Barossa wine cheaper at Sainsburys than at the cellar door.

It's normally cheaper in New Zealand too, as are the CUB beers.