# John Mace, did you get a promotion? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 27, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011 "2016-09-27T00:46:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/21 "2016-09-27T12:31:01Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “I gave up whiskey for weed in 1975. May be the only really smart thing I ever did.” > > - Willie Nelson \ ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/22 "2016-09-27T13:03:46Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Don the x and y axes, but we’ve gone full out z here. All my axes live in axis. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/23 "2016-09-27T13:18:54Z")
Are we in splitting finitives yet? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/24 "2016-09-27T14:53:58Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Are we in splitting finitives yet? I cannot tell a lie. I split and infinitive last week, and ended two sentences with prepositions. Will yous guys ever forgive us? ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/25 "2016-09-27T15:03:13Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I cannot tell a lie. I split and infinitive last week, and ended two sentences with prepositions. Will yous guys ever forgive us? Actually, it’s perfectly correct to end sentences with a preposition {[Cite](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/ending-sentences-with-prepositions)} … it’s something of a profession joke among teachers to say otherwise … cute eh? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/26 "2016-09-27T15:08:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I cannot tell a lie. I split and infinitive last week. . . The resulting explosion killed dozens. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/27 "2016-09-27T15:16:22Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Actually, it’s perfectly correct to end sentences with a preposition {[Cite](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/ending-sentences-with-prepositions)} … it’s something of a profession joke among teachers to say otherwise … cute eh? Really? I didn’t know that. Next you’re going to tell us that it’s OK to split infinitives… precious. We wants to, we needs to, we loves to split nasty infinitiveses, we do… precious! ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/28 "2016-09-27T15:38:21Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > And fun was had by all, you betcha. Your substance to potshot ratio is very low. Not 0, but low. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/29 "2016-09-27T16:18:23Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > The difference between 0 and 1 is 1. Cite? Regard’s, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/30 "2016-09-27T16:23:45Z")
It’s probably less than 1 for very large values of 0. Oh, and if anyone is taking requests: I’d like someone to make beer, but substitute weed for the hops. If you could make it an IPA, that’d be super. Thanks, -scabpicker ---
**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/31 "2016-09-27T17:07:16Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Oh, and if anyone is taking requests: I’d like someone to make beer, but substitute weed for the hops. If you could make it an IPA, that’d be super. > > Thanks, > -scabpicker Feh. You’ll just blow it out your nose. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/32 "2016-09-27T17:15:52Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Actually, it’s perfectly correct to end sentences with a preposition {[Cite](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/grammar/ending-sentences-with-prepositions)} … it’s something of a profession joke among teachers to say otherwise … cute eh? We are still feeling the effects of a bunch of pedantic idiots who thought you control language by copying other languages that have more cultural cachet. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/33 "2016-09-27T17:16:11Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Oh, and if anyone is taking requests: I’d like someone to make beer, but substitute weed for the hops. If you could make it an IPA, that’d be super. > Thanks, > -scabpicker [It has](https://amp.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/04/9-marijuana-beers-for-420.html)[been](http://herb.co/2016/01/26/marijuana-infused-craft-beer/) [done](http://www.westword.com/restaurants/colorado-brewery-will-debut-cbd-infused-sativa-ipa-at-great-american-beer-fest-7046348). I’ve had it and was not tremendously impressed. I do love me some [green dragon](http://www.foodbeast.com/news/weed-vodka-recipe/), though. (a thc tincture, although I use grain alcohol instead of vodka) ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/34 "2016-09-27T17:18:50Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I do love me some [green dragon](http://www.foodbeast.com/news/weed-vodka-recipe/), though. (a thc tincture, although I use grain alcohol instead of vodka) It looks like it should be called purple dragon. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/35 "2016-09-27T17:26:27Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > It looks like it should be called purple dragon. 😃 Cannabis is traditionally called “green” although some strains do have other colors present (Panama Red, Purple Urkel, etc). ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/36 "2016-09-27T18:13:45Z")
Red Dragon, Green Dragon, Blue Dragon were popular forms of blotter acid available when I was a lad. Never had any Purple Dragon, though. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/37 "2016-09-27T18:15:54Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Red Dragon, Green Dragon, Blue Dragon were popular forms of blotter acid available when I was a lad. Never had any Purple Dragon, though. Slacker. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/38 "2016-09-27T19:14:05Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > [It has](https://amp.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/04/9-marijuana-beers-for-420.html)[been](http://herb.co/2016/01/26/marijuana-infused-craft-beer/) [done](http://www.westword.com/restaurants/colorado-brewery-will-debut-cbd-infused-sativa-ipa-at-great-american-beer-fest-7046348). > > I’ve had it and was not tremendously impressed. > > I do love me some [green dragon](http://www.foodbeast.com/news/weed-vodka-recipe/), though. (a thc tincture, although I use grain alcohol instead of vodka) Ehh, the tinctures I’ve had haven’t been my idea of a refreshing beverage. It seems to always taste like I’m drinking lawn clippings (yes, probably an inexpert extraction). I’ve had what I ask for before and loved it mightily. But yeah, I might just blow it out my nose…I’ve been referred to as a comedian’s wet dream by people I consider dear friends. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/39 "2016-09-27T22:45:03Z")
I need to make Jalapeño Redneck Fudge\* again. \*the basic Velveeta recipe using their Mexican variety with a bit of shredded pepper jack thrown in. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011/40 "2016-09-27T22:50:51Z")
Trailer trash fondew! Dr. Pepper and some divinity candy and you got it going on! I would remind that most Texans are peckerwoods, who are related to rednecks, but far more culturally and intellectually advanced. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mace-did-you-get-a-promotion/767011.md?page=3)