# Pride vs Beer **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781 "2008-07-17T01:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/21 "2008-07-17T15:07:24Z")
[QUOTE=Half Man Half Wit] I’d be the proud owner of seven beer now. [/QUOTE] Until the next time you had to wee. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/22 "2008-07-17T15:12:16Z")
[QUOTE=Yeticus Rex] Heh…If it was me…you would have found seven empty bottles next to the 5 crushed ones. I view the refrigerator as an unnecessary step. _Awashed in prideful shame_…or was it shameful pride? [/QUOTE] Right. If you need the refrigerator, you’re not drinking them fast enough. - **Santo** , who’s been known to play video games with an uninsulated six pack next to his chair. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/23 "2008-07-17T15:13:19Z")
[QUOTE=Weirddave] a half smashed 12 pack of Corona [/QUOTE] Wait, I thought this story was about beer. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/24 "2008-07-17T15:24:55Z")
[QUOTE=Half Man Half Wit] I’d be the proud owner of seven beer now. [/QUOTE] You never own beer. You only rent it. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/25 "2008-07-17T16:13:17Z")
Our office is adjacent to a company that does promotional work for Bacardi and other stuff. Last week I took some scrap out to our shared dumpster, and there was a box in there with an unopened bottle of Vidal ice wine in it. (Value on the shelf – ~$45.) I left it there. Mostly because I wasn’t about to head back into the office with a bottle of wine I took out of a freaking dumpster – but I have to admit that I did hesitate. (Only long enough to consider that even if it _was_ in good condition when it was placed there, it was likely heated to more than thirty degrees for a couple of hours at least.) I would still like to know why it was there. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/26 "2008-07-17T16:22:00Z")
You may feel a slight sting, that’s pride fuckin’ wit ya. Fuck pride! Pride only hurts, it never helps. Fight through that shit. ‘Cause a year from now, when you’re kickin’ it in the Caribbean you’re gonna say, “Hampshire was right.” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/27 "2008-07-17T16:27:38Z")
[QUOTE=ThirdCultureKid] Dude, how does **Free Beer** hurt your Pride? [/QUOTE] It might not be the best thing to name your Band. **_PETE’S PUB PRESENTS_ FREE BEER 9 AND 11 PM $1.00 DRAFTS!** 😕 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/28 "2008-07-17T16:55:38Z")
[QUOTE=dogbutler] Beer\>Corona\>pride. [/QUOTE] No, sorry, it’s Beer\>Pride\>Corona. I’m not dumpster-diving for Corona. Or Coors. Gimme a decent brand, though… ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/29 "2008-07-17T17:10:17Z")
_“Ginger, I bought you some beer, honey.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/30 "2008-07-17T17:20:58Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] What is this “pride” you speak of? Is it perhaps a brand of gin, or maybe a type of steak? This thinking makes me thirsty-could you pass me a cold brew? [/QUOTE] [Have some of this.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Goldenpride.jpg) Just a warning - it’s a barley wine with 8.9% alcohol. That’s some considerable pride. ---
**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/31 "2008-07-17T19:13:02Z")
Find a hose, spray it off, drink it down. ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/32 "2008-07-17T19:45:59Z")
Way back when I drank a lot of beer, I would have been satisfied to swab the bottles in passing with a slightly used tissue before sharing them with my friends. And my friends wouldn’t have minded. Beer whips pride like a rented mule. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/33 "2008-07-17T19:49:52Z")
Dumpster diving is great. Free stuff! What’s not to like? I should clarify that, though - I prefer stuff left _beside_ the dumpster, not in it, but if it’s on top and in good shape, it’s mine, baby. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/34 "2008-07-17T22:49:47Z")
Unless we’re talkin’ Schmidt’s or Coor’s Light or somethin’, ain’t no such thing as pride. Ya done right! ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/35 "2008-07-17T23:43:24Z")
[QUOTE=norinew] Unless we’re talkin’ Schmidt’s or Coor’s Light or somethin’, ain’t no such thing as pride. Ya done right! [/QUOTE] Man, after a night of packign books and moving boxes thereof, I’d swig down old Colt .45 Wouldn’t pay for it, wouldn’t even go out of my way for it, but if God puts free beer in front of you, you drink it. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/36 "2008-07-18T02:06:52Z")
[QUOTE=Boozahol Squid, P.I.] Man, after a night of packign books and moving boxes thereof, I’d swig down old Colt .45 Wouldn’t pay for it, wouldn’t even go out of my way for it, but if God puts free beer in front of you, you drink it. [/QUOTE] _Great_ username/post combo. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/37 "2008-07-18T05:23:41Z")
Back when I was a teenager, the restuarant I worked at was right next to a Revco (now CVS.) We dumpster-dived in that thing religiously. They threw out all sorts of cool shit almost every day. So, the answer is, I would have absolutely no problem taking the beer. I would only have a problem with it being Corona. Mexican beer isn’t at the top of my list in the first place, but if I’m gonna drink one it’s gonna be Dos XX, Modelo Especial, or Tecate in a pinch. If Corona is the only beer around I’ll have water. Can’t stand that junk. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/38 "2008-07-18T11:27:09Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Moto] [Have some of this.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Goldenpride.jpg) Just a warning - it’s a barley wine with 8.9% alcohol. That’s some considerable pride. [/QUOTE] That was my thought on reading the thread title - “Pride vs Beer? In London, Pride _is_ beer!” Normal London Pride is a standard real ale, 4.5% I believe, and pretty decent stuff when kept well. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/39 "2008-07-18T15:49:00Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] Back when I was a teenager, the restuarant I worked at was right next to a Revco (now CVS.) We dumpster-dived in that thing religiously.\ [/QUOTE] Heh - that brings up quite the mind-picture for me, with robes and hymnals and chanting and stuff. Now, _that’s_ a church I can get behind! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781/40 "2008-07-18T16:28:22Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] _“Ginger, I bought you some beer, honey.”_ [/QUOTE] Nuh uh. He goes to that same store to buy me $50 Canadian Ice Wines. Which I don’t share with him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pride-vs-beer/456781.md?page=3)