CONFESS!!! What are you snobby/demanding about?

If I drink wine, it will be white, preferably Pinot Grigio or Pinot Gris, and it will be excellent.
If I drink scotch, it will either be single malt or, if it must be blended, Chivas Regal.
If I drink vodka, it will be Ketel One or equivalent.
My cigarettes are either Marlboro or Galoises.
If I play Monopoly, I WILL be the car.


On the other hand, I'll drink just about any beer or coffee.


So... how 'bout y'all?

but i could care less what piece I am in Monopoly...
Wine will be red (unless it is sparkling), a burgundy or a grenache.
No hard liquor please (makes me really mean)
My smokes are only Nat Sherman.

Would we get along in real life???

we may not agree on wine or cigarettes (hmph... Philistine ;) ), but we'd have plenty of areas in which we do agree -- politics, for example. Every DUer at least has that in common.

of my views don't agree with democrats. I don't agree at all with republicans though (I'm more on the libertarian/anarchist quadrant). I'm here mostly for a friendly, non abusive/ bush supporting time. But even though I don't agree with alot of people, I can still get along with them. :hi:

I tend to fall more in the social libertarian area myself -- lots of government regulation of business, but stay the hell out of private lives. Certainly, most DUers would disagree with me about gun rights and a few other issues.

I'm just saying that, for the most part, we can find common ground.

Plus, like I said, you can be the car :)

although well done is better. Also, open doors bother me. If there is a door open, chances are I will close it.

Need it practically raw, or it tastes appalling to me.

and it will be someplace that offers at least 2 vegan options (even if they are special orders) so that I don't get a plate of lettuce and tomato again.

CB

spaghetti sauce must be homemade
tequilla must be 1800 or better
only scottissue toilet paper
only 1st press olive oil

I'm like that with olive oil too -- if it's not first cold press, it's crap! :hi:

Eew.

in the Lounge for over an hour and hedges hasn't shown up? My entire worldview is crumbling. :crazy:

...except my women.

That's an odd combination...:crazy: But I loathe grocery-store cheese like Kraft, Sargento, etc. It must be gourmet, real cheese; the sharper the better. Like Montgomery Cheddar which is currently $28/lb.

And I can't stand cheap shoes. No fake Birkenstocks for me; they must be the real thing.

Name brand toilet paper, absolutely. Must be thick.

And real jewelry; not costume.

On the other hand, cheap beer and wine are fine by me.

...used to live where it got chilly...I would drive my mother insane trying to find me 'just the perfect coat' each Fall.

Now, I live where it is warm most of the year...and I wear hoodies.

But my shoes, I'd rather go barefoot then wear 'an uncute pair of shoes'.


Tikki

Cheese...I must admit, I am not a cheddar fan. I am into aged gouda (at least 4 years), or a Morbier.

Shoes - absolutely!
Jewels - why wear fake?
I don't do cheap beer or wine though - I am spoiled...the hubby is a wine salesman.

I'm not quite as picky about the cheese, although I prefer something that doesn't come in a cellophane package, but shoes, toilet paper and jewelry need to be the real deal (although some good costume stuff is okay, especially if it's artist-made like from a good art fair). Of course, the real deal at a discount price always works -- I buy most of my shoes at DSW. Purses are the same thing -- gotta be well made, real leather, no fake plastic stuff.

I hate beer, so it's not relevant, and I'm not much a wine drinker. I prefer cosmos (with Grey Goose) or other mixed drinks.

And my football? Must be played in the Big House, of course!

I always seem to destroy cheap shoes at an insane rate (if I even find ones comfortable enough to wear), but my expensive shoes seem to last forever. I love DSW. I found $200 Guess stilettos (for my mom's wedding) there for $50. I've been a fan ever since.

Yes, the best football is Michigan football. Everything else is a cheap imitation...

Even when we lose, the experience of the game is time well spent (well, maybe it's not the greatest experience, but there's nothing like a beautiful fall day at the Big House).

Do you go to the games? I've been going for years.

I have a balance disorder (I only have one inner ear) which makes navigating the stadium difficult (very few handrails). I am glued to the TV, though, and my family and I (all UM alumni) all call each other after TDs.

We will have to get together to tailgate or watch a game, though (I live in Ann Arbor). Progmom lives close to the stadium; I KNOW she'll let us park in her driveway!

My house is at the top of the Hill Street hill; on mornings when there is an early game -- like noon -- I wake up to the Victors wafting up the street from the band at their early practice. It's great!

My days of drinking Budweiser or Michelob are long over.

The point of beer is to drink and look for the next one. If you wanna swirl something in a glass and debate boquets, I would suggest taking up wine. :P

Most bread you get in the grocery store is utter crap. I need a crusty bakery bread.

*Agree on Pinot Grigio
*Fast-food is unhealthy, but not-food snobby as raising 3 kids alone we couldn't afford to be picky.
*Understand smokers, but lifelong anti-smoking due to being raised by 3 chain smokers caused bronchitis and I always had to hang my head out the car window. Mom died of emphysema too soon.
*Anti-drug because I've seen family and others destroy our/their lives with drugs.
*Anti-snobbery/rude/bully tactics from whatever, whomever.

You may have the car, sir, for I prefer the thimble.


;)

but really terrible spelling/grammar is something I can't stand and I WILL make a judgement about the person whose skills are lacking. Sue me.

I'm a real stickler when it comes to grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. Errors jump out at me everywhere and I'm quick to point them out -- in newspapers, on restaurant menus, signs -- you name it, I find it.

Yep, at a Republican owned bar, they wrote:

"SOUP OF THE DAY: Potatoe Soup"

I couldn't help it. I'm friendly with the owners though, so they were fine with me making fun of them for a bit over it.

Sure they didn't do it on purpose?

:hi:, Haruka! How are you?

They didn't get why I found it so funny at first. My friend (liberal college professor) and I had to explain the whole Dan Qualye thing to them.

I'm doing pretty good, spending a lot of time at the pool. I haven't even turned a bit red from the sun, since the march. Just my black Irish "tan." Studying up on my drinks for my bartending school test on Friday. Then, I'll be pretty busy for a bit. NYC for pride, then upstate for my trial and Soulforce training, then CT for 4th of July week. After that, I'll be job-hunting.

What kind of trial are you involved in (or would you rather not say?). Good luck with the job hunt -- are you going to be looking for a bartending job? Is your theatre work volunteer work?

For when I was arrested at West Point protesting against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" with Soulforce. The most I could get sentenced with is $500 (which Soulforce will pay) and 6 months jail (which is unlikely to happen).

Yeah, I'm looking for a bartending job. Hopefully in the Jersey City/Hoboken area. A bit of a commute, but the extra money is worth it. My theatre work isn't volunteer work. My next stage managing gig will get me into Actors' Equity, the union for actors & stage managers.

aware of his/her weakness. It's the proudly ignorant who disturb me... to my core!

4. Grammar

3. Jazz

2. Apparel appropriate to the setting/context

And from our home office in Kenosha, WI my number one snobby, snooty & elitist judgment is...

1. A disdain for people who try to shock/disturb others just for the sake of doing it.

Live and let live, equality of mankind, all that stuff.

come down and strike you after you typed that? ;)

Are you implying something?

:P

among some other things...

You know, whatever people like I say have at it.

cosmetics

:)

:D

she doesn't do nail polish. OPI, Essi, Nars, etc.

and we just got and Ulta ten minutes from my house, and Sephora is coming next month. I'm going to be broke all the time.

That's why I stick pretty much to one brand, although I have to go to Saks or a similar dept. store for it. Prevents me from constantly experimenting. Once in a while I'll try something else if there's a color I just have to have that Laura doesn't have.

I'm not familiar with Ulta.

Pretty much the only thing I buy at Sephora is my Jonathan Products hair stuff -- shampoo, conditioner, etc.

Wine- anything but Boone's Farm or Mogen David
Books- anything but romance novels or science fiction

I'm pretty laid back about things. I don't have a refined enough palate to get hung up on things like coffee or booze.

I imagine you're snobby about at least one thing, yeah? :evilgrin:

Bad grammar makes me cringe: "we need less patients in the next group" but the word "youse" makes me want to leave a restaurant (it always seems to be waitresses) "are youse ready to order?" Arrrgggg!!! Wish I could afford more local restaurants where they won't allow the waitstaff to use the word "youse".

Cheap shoes, on the other hand, are a must! DSW forever!! Nothing makes me happier than a cute pair of $29.99 summer slides.

1. Grammar/spelling. For fuck's sake, use it correctly!! :grr:

2. Music. The only type of music to which I will listen that is sometimes considered "Muzak" is Steely Dan. Other than that, I stick with classic rock, jazz, etc.

3. My desk. I WILL have one side of it a disaster zone. I WILL, I WILL!! And I WILL organize my CDs (on one corner of my desk) by genre and artist!

4. Pens. I am specific about my pens. They must have a certain grip, a certain feel--and none of this fountain-pen stuff that smears all over the page while you're writing, either. x( x(

5. I WILL write my name (first AND last!), the date, the class, and the period on everything I hand in at school, dammit!

6. I will not get jazzed up to sit around the house all day. I do not care about the possibility of "running into" someone. If people come by the house on a WEEKEND, especially with no prior warning, they cannot expect me to be in slacks and a button-down shirt.

7. I WILL finish the paragraph I am writing, or the song I am playing, before I get up to help finish something. I cannot stand to leave something in the middle--only in a real emergency will I do that.

:crazy:

I don't know why you don't drink reds. You've lost half the world of wine, and half the great wines of the world.

YOU SNOB!

Other whites: check out Viognier, and Pinot Blanc.

I can't drink cheap beer anymore, it is like water. Microbrews only, ambers and darker, IPAs, etc.

is the splitting headache it gives me. I'm not anti-red wine for any snobbish reasons, although ... "I AM NOT DRINKING ANY FUCKING MERLOT!!!!!!!!" :rofl:

It keeps me awake, doesn't give me headaches.

Headaches with alcohol are usually about dehydration, for me. If I remember to drink water before bedtime, no problem.

Red is so good, too. I can't abandon it.

red wine will give me headaches within an hour of drinking it if I sling back more than a glass or two.

(Sorry about the cursing there, kwassa. I had to get that Sideways reference in! :thumbsup: )

particularly his lecture on over-oaked Chardonnays ...... they should be BANNED!

Solvang, where they spend time in the movie, is the most horrifying tourist trap in real life.

If I drink wine, it will be red, preferably Cabernet or Shiraz.
If I drink whiskey, it will be Jameson, preferably 1780.
If I drink tequila, it will be Corazon or Patron.
My cigarettes are either Marlboro Lights or Camel Lights.
If I drink coffee, it will be Starbucks or Cafe Habitat.
If I eat vegetables, they will not be from a can or over-cooked.
If I smoke weed, it will be high-quality.

If I play Monopoly, I WILL be the car. If I am not the car, a fight will occur. Somebody will get hurt and I WILL be the car.

As far as Irish whiskey, I actually prefer Tullamore Dew to Jamesons -- though Jamesons 1780 beats Tullamore Dew. And all of that is obviously better than Bushmills, which is made in Northern Ireland and is therefore the Irish whiskey of The Enemy (why, yes, my entire family is Irish. How could you tell?)

Other than that, I think we'd get along fine. Never had the Tullamore Dew, but I will give it a shot. I don't drink Bushmills either because it's Northern Irish (yep, big Irish family here, too).

I seem to recall another thread or two where our responses were alarmingly in sync. :toast:

You are not a serious smoker. PLEASE!

Unfiltered Gauloises or Camels or Pall Mall. Filters, in and of themselves, are pure wimpdom, much less LIGHTS!!!!!! What has smoking fallen to?

says this ex-smoker.

I'll smoke regular filtered cigarettes, if they're offered, but I buy lights. Anyway, marlboro and camel are the companies that send me coupons. I also smoke the occaisional American Spirits.

Camels in college. Mostly smoked to "look cool" - I know, dumb. But I never got a habit, could fall in and out of smoking at will. As opposed to roomies who hacked themselves out of bed in the AM.

don't think republicans are as intelligent as liberals.

I am demanding about public education and the way the special education students are treated. I am an advocate and can be quite a handful to the wrong people, that is those who have been educated beyond their intelligence.

I feel nothing but disdain for people who like to do the one up manship thing. A back handed compliment is no compliment at all.

I am NOT snobby about wine. If it's white and cold, I will drink it.

you're a politics snob ;)

That is the only snobbery I still do. I used to be a beer snob to a certain degree, but after experienceing the joys of German and Czech beer, even the expensive stuff here seemed mediocre, so I'd just as soon drink Schlitz or Hamm's beer than spend a lot on slightly better stuff. For Xmas though I always splurge and get a case of Czechvar

Don't bother starting a conversation with me if you're not intimately familiar with the work of the dB's, Roky Erikson, Lefty Frizell, Don Dixon, Roger Manning, Hootie and the Blowfish and the endless other obscurities in my collection.

I prefer porn that has real people in it rather than fake models or actors faking it.

I'm pretty picky about everything, especially food.

:grr:

for art to be utterly destroyed by pan and scan.

My preference is Chanel. Number 5 and Mademoiselle Coco. Part of my love of Paris is perfume shopping while I am there.

And I love jewelry. But since I don't have occasion to wear a lot of it, I prefer to spend my "pin" money on perfume.

if the choice is cheap or nothing, nothing it is! my favorite is angel by thierry mugler - yummy!

I refuse to eat red meat that's cooked over medium rare, and steaks I prefer bleu. The more it's cooked, the less flavour it has.

I only smoke Camels or Dunhills. Marlboros have a foul chemical aftertaste, and I won't smoke Gauloises because they're the most disgusting cigarettes I've ever had (of course, they were unfiltered Gauloises Caporals, which may have something to do with it.)

I won't drink most American beer. Or, for that matter, Warsteiner, or Heineken, or Beck's, or Corona, or Stella.

I won't drink bourbon that's less than eight years old or less than ninety proof, gin that isn't Bombay Sapphire or Plymouth, scotch that isn't single-malt, and if I drink Irish, it's Jameson's (which comes from Cork, as did my great-great-grandfather).

I don't listen to commercial radio, and haven't in nearly a decade. Because it sucks.

I write with a fountain pen, because I don't like ballpoints.

I won't wear most clothing that isn't made of 100% natural fibres. Because synthetic fabrics are uncomfortable, itchy, and look cheap.

I indulge in good hand and body lotions and hair care products but I'm not snobby about it, I don't think. I've been poor and washed my hair with dish soap - not good for it but it works.

I've never had enough money to be snobby. :shrug:

Okay, there's this new stuff in my favorite natural food store called "Icelandic glacial" but that's the only thing I can stand to substitute for Hawaii Water. Which is the only drinkable liquid in the world to me most days.

If I drink wine, it will be Santa Ema Chilean Pinot Noir.

If I drink scotch, Chivas Regal, or Old Parr when I'm ornery.

If I drink vodka, it will be Smirnoff, cause it's cheap. Stolichnaya on occasion.

My cigarettes (used to be) John Player Specials or Dunhill (20 years since I last smoked).

If I play Monopoly, It will be the original game.

If I drink Beer, it will be Mexican or Canadian.

Coffee, Green Mountain or Dunkin Donuts.

I developed a taste for high-quality cigars rather early in life. These days I have a couple of good smokes a month or thereabouts. Havanas if I can get them, which I sometime can't; Avos, Dunhills, or Ashtons when the Cuban varieties aren't available.....

i rarely drink beer, but it MUST be heineken if i do. also, my coffee MUST be a GOOD french roast - no 7/11 swill for moi! no 'pleather', the real thing only. french perfume only, NO cheap perfume. i can smell the difference in an instant - yuk!

those are the only ones i can think of at this time - i'm pretty easy to please otherwise.

oops-on edit - one more thing. my incense must be nag champa:)

*If I drink Vodka, it is either Stoli or Grey Goose, and it absolutely must be ice cold
*If I smoke ciggies, it will be American Spirits or good clove ciggies
*When I smoke pot, it will be the best I can buy
*When I get pizza, it must be NY style otherwise it ain't pizza
*When I get tattoos, I will always pay top dollar and I expect great service, great artistic vision (ad I tip well)

I always have to stay in a great hotel.

It causes problems with the spouse. He fails to see the value.

I have had a bad experience every time I stay at one. I won't anymore.

I like good music and if something really bad is playing for too long I get irritated and grumpy.

:beer:
:donut:

i'm pretty danged snobbish about FRESH beans only

i'll be a bit more flexible on how they are prepared/extracted

I love Cosmopolitans, but God help the bartender that DOESN'T know how to make one correctly.
If I'm drinking tequila, I'll be sipping Chinaco Anejo. Friends don't let friends drink Jose Cuervo.
I drink Guinness. There is no other kind of beer, thank you.
Christmas gifts: I want nothing that plugs in. Nothing. No household appliances, no car gadgets, nothing. I offer a list; I don't need everything on it, but I do like being somewhat surprised.
I love cheeseburgers with cheddar. No American cheese, please.
I like fine jewelry. I will wear costume in a pinch, but the only type of costume I'll wear is something that would be so prohibitively expensive IRL (try a 60" rope of Tahitian pearls,) I will spend some cash for the best fakes I can get.
Oh, yeah: French perfume or nothin'. (I prefer Annick Goutal's scents.) Bare Escentuals makeup and body care.
Men, the worst snobbery of all ;-): I love tall men, especially if they're brilliant, funny, thoughtful, and can laugh at themselves. If they're not any of those things, I didn't want to date them, and I still don't want to be around them.

Julie
I am a really nice person. Most of the time ;-).

Only on a desert island would I settle for a Snickers,and most other commercial chocolates are junk. Godiva is highly over-rated. Only See's Candies passes my taste test. As for coffee, it has to be strong and fresh roasted. No cans from the grocery.

is just about the things that matter to you. Values. Some americans demand outward representation of patriotism. Are they snobby? No..they just expect certain things... patriotism in their own family is an important value.

Are parents who demand good grades from perfectly normal kids.. snobby? No..they are just demanding.

Asking for more isn't snobby.

but I dont call it "snobbiness," I call it being educated about the pleasures of the finer things.