# Raising a pint to Stan Rogers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-a-pint-to-stan-rogers/76622>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 16, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-a-pint-to-stan-rogers/76622 "2001-08-16T20:44:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-a-pint-to-stan-rogers/76622/1 "2001-08-16T20:44:49Z")

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We haven’t drunk to him lately. Here you go, boyo!

Damn that airplane.

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-a-pint-to-stan-rogers/76622/2 "2001-08-16T21:34:57Z")

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“And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow  
With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go  
Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain  
And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.”

My fav.

Which to play first, _Between the Breaks…Live_, _Home in Halifax_, or _Fogarty’s Cove_? Decisions, decisions.

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**Author:** ![Swede\_Hollow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Swede\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swede_Hollow)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-a-pint-to-stan-rogers/76622/3 "2001-08-17T01:25:00Z")

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I always have to start and finish with Barrett’s Privateers. Excellent.

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**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raising-a-pint-to-stan-rogers/76622/4 "2001-08-17T01:46:51Z")

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{raises glass of root beer}

Here, here.

{draines glass with friends}