You mean I can choose any one at all? Like anything?
The Litle Lady looked at my Scabby Beer Shelf.
We were in my garage. Affectionately known to me as my man cave. Not to be confused with the man cave I had in the attic which was really more of a manaconda milking station.
It was Lockdown, beer of the speciality kind was proving a bit harder to get than I would have preferred.
As a result, we stood here before the Scabby Beer Shelf.
It was a sorry looking thing. The result of many years of my own impulse beer buying and beer gifts given to me by relatives who drink Vodka with names like Kalashnikov or Glen's.
Almost every beer on the shelf looked shite. Most of them were probably out of date.
It was a sign of utter desperation even to approach it.
A dead mouse lay half decaying in a trap covered in splattery bits underneath the Scabby Beer Shelf.
Most likely it had blundered into the trap as it ran in terror from the beers it had found. Ah well, you can stay there as a warning to your wee bastard friends.
There was nothing else for it. My beer delivery had fallen through. PayPal having decided to review my payment for 72 hours for random reasons.
I was not best pleased.
Fucking PayPal.
To spite myself, I had decided that the Little Lady could choose me a beer from the Scabby Beer Shelf.
She looked at the shitty beers in awe. She had been delighted when I had asked her if she would choose me one to review on Beer Saturday.
Yeah, little lass. Choose whatever one you like.
It didn't really matter. They were all as shite as each other.
What was the harm in letting her choose?
Oh, Oh!! Look at this!
The Little Lady ignored the beers at the front and started tugging at something shit shaped tucked way behind them.
It was a musty old bottle and seemed quite reluctant to be parted from the back of the shelf.
Eventually, it came free and the Little Lady presented it to me. It looked like it had a drawing of a severed hand on it.
Viola. barrel-aged sour with cherries and blackcurrants.
Bleurgh. It looked fucking awful. How had she managed to pick the worst looking thing from the shelf?
Did I do good, Daddy?
She beamed at me as I turned the bottle over and over in my hand.
Naw, ya wee bastard. You chose the shittiest thing in the country and put it in my hand with a smile.
I thought bitterly.
Maybe we had just discovered her Super Power?
Well, little one, you are not the only one who has a Super Power.
Daddy Lie Mode - Engage.
Good call, lass! You made an awesome choice. I am gonna love this! Mmmm mmm!
You sure the mouse wasn't drunk with all those beers?
PayPal... maybe you should send some of those outdated beers to PayPal's HQ, but first, scratch the expiration date and put a new one 👿 with their bad service PayPal's employees are obviously drunk behind the wheel of PayPal
They are a bad bunch. They released my payment after almost 24 hours, of course by then it was too late to clear for my weekend delivery! Gits
Me: [internally] Pffft. [gets to end of sentence, out loud] wtf?! ...oh... O_O
Bahahahahahaa Little Lady is lucky she's so damn cute? XD
Hehe, WTF indeed!! ;O)
She is a little cutie. It spared her from certain death... this time...
Haha this is gonna be a beer Saturday for the ages! Can't wait to read about your experience with that thing.
I am clinging on to the slender shred of hope that maybe it might just be a good one dressed up as shit!
Hey, you never know! Stranger things have happened.
Cheers!
I hope PayPal should be hearing it now and reading this how fucked they are
I hardly use them as well. I was quite annoyed!!
What a coincidence, the neighbor Arundolf also chose the one in the back!
It's fate, that's what it is!!!
No, not really.
Sheer chance then!
No, not at all!
Aha! I have been out in the sun and not got round to this. I am loving the cyclical referencing!!
There was another one yesterday.
You may have to resort to brewing your own...
I have thought about doing that for a long time. This might be the year!!
I am liking that photo, you really look comfortable in that dress, i can see you have done that before heehee. Your little girl sounds handy to have around :)
It had been said that I could wear a sack with style !0)
I believe you, we may get a story about it one day LOL 💃
One day... maybe never! lol
Your probably wearing one now 😜
If I was I world be taking photos and posting them online for money!!
That Is very true missboom lol
I cannot wait
Lol. I am feart!!
Ugh, your plight has me feeling a bit of hoppy empathy for ya, and a bit of chagrin over the fact that I am sitting next to no less than five gallons of magnificent ale that we have brewed.
Maybe you should brew your own vintage and christen it PayPal Pilsner, an apertif for all those who feel completely hosed?
Also, good on you for being nice to your sweet Little, beer karma shall flow!
I take must get to the brewing! I did wine once and it was quite nice. I hear need to dig out the stuff!
Lucky you with the gallons, here's to beer karma! ;0D
Oh I so hope you brew!! Imagine the glorious blog posts of your exploits, not to mention the gallons of not inferior beer at your disposal, beer karma indeed!!
I would like to give it an exoticl bash!! This summer will be mine!! If I can get out and about. Lol!
If I had to deal with Pay Pal issues I'd drink shit beer to get me through it.
It's the only way!
On top of that I'm always interested in how you wrote your post maybe even more than the content. I can't tell if it's a short story based on your life or you if you add some flare into the pieces. I just can't help cracking up at lot of your writing.
Hehe, people often ask that. It's all based on things that actually happen. I just jazz it up in the telling and add in rude embellishments :0)
That’s awesome. I’ve kind of always wondered, but have not wanted to ask. They read like a good short story with a bit a in your faceness. I always look forward to seeing what shenanigans you are getting into. Cheers mate.
That's very kind of you to say! Ta very much!
As I read things by people in lockdown I feel lucky. I'm in one of the 9 states who had the good sense to tell the Nazis to bugger off. Things are going on as usual here we have 11 cases of the virus and no deaths in a county of 127,000. Here's to hoping this is over soon and you can get a decent bottle of beer!
That's good going. I hope it stays like that and you don't have to go through this nonsense!
I can't wait to actually go to a beer shop again!
Man. It sucks when PayPal is being PayDick. At least you got to lie to your kid though.
There is always a silver lining!! ;0D
I think that's the last time I use paydick!!
You'll be crawling back for more of that PayDick in no time.
The sad thing is, that's probably true. They normally make it quite easy on some sites
You could always try the dark web. I'm sure you'll find great deals on beers and be able to use crypto. Totally safe giving those people your home address as well.
That would not work for me, because you only find dark beer on the dark wed.
I was thinking: They should make a Pilsner web.
Haha!! Well played!! :0D
Haha, yeah. That sounds awesomely safe. All my bitcoins would be safu!!!
I know I can't think of anything that might go wrong. And I put some serious thought into this.
To me it was always Dickpal. Can't live with him... pass the beer nuts.
Deez nuts?
These nuts.
What a good dad you are :D
Let's hope she inherits your sense of style because you are rockin' that gown!!
God save Beer Saturday!!!
My only hope is that she inherits my wit and I think she is on the way on that score! :OD
The gown cracked me up!
But is it really a lie Boom? I like to call it sugar coating :)
Haha, yeah. I will go with that instead :0D
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Damn, they must be bad beers. Carling Black Label, 15 years out date.. rust included on top of the tin?
Not found one of them but there is certainly some rust to be found. And strangely some of them have seeped a little yet still seem to be intact
Hope you enjoy the shite beer...And you rekindle the good times in the manaconda milking station...Nothing else to do in lockdown after all.
Note: My comment is posted only 6 hours after your post went live...I'm so relevant. Lol.
You are so relevant you are almost real time!! Does that mean this is your morning? Madness?! I'm off to bed, night!
Yes, morning here...feels so good to be relevant. Haha!
Heh heh!!!
Good job! Unless she can read your mind, in which case, she is plotting what to do with you, Mwahhhahahahahaha!
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