Non, Je ne regrette rien.

[Il Medico]

*I response to the guilty pleasures thread.

We all enjoy certain things in life. Be it a fine wine, or a trip to Madrid, or a book and a warm blanket on a mid-winter's night. So, what are the things you find pleasure? What acts as a small beacon of happiness in the swirling melancholy that is our capitalist reality?

Mine:
Great Music
Good Food
Good Company
Fine Wine
Great Art
Wonderful Poetry
The French Language
Nice Clothes
A Good Book
And a good Cafe au Lait makes my day.

[Bilan]

Darling, you said it all for me.
Good books, good food, good cheese (oh my god), good coffee, good wine, good clothes (peacoats, winklepickers and fitted trousers are a boys best friend), lovely people, oh my. And good music. And everything you said.
Though, cafe au lait...meh. It's good in Australia, but my boy, le cafe noir in France is to die for. Incidentally, the cafe au lait would probably kill you due to its sheer mediocrity.

[Bright Banana Beard]

Fuck French. Go English!

[Nolan]

Fuck English! Go Scots!

[bcbm]

i like sitting on the front porch in the summer, having a beer and a cigarette and reading a book or talking with friends.

[Nolan]

Mine:
Watching a movie with my amazing girlfriend
The Spanish language
Tom Clancy's Endwar
:hammersickle::marx:

[Bilan]

I should add travelling when I get the chance. I just went to Europe and had a lovely time. Paris is so beautiful.
I also love, love, love the cinema.

[Raúl Duke]

Being with friends, Italian language, wine and beer and liquor are fine, good music, psychedelics.

[KC]

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[Wanted Man]

Good company. Enjoying the finer things of life on your own is just not the same.

[Prairie Fire]

Du Maurier Editions. I used to couple that with caffiene, but I phased that out.

I should quit, but I don't really want to.

[Holden Caulfield]

People watching is fucking brilliant. Nothing like sitting at the front of shop while you have a drink and watching the plebs go by

[Bilan]

^ Werd.

[Angry Young Man]

My most bourgeois pleasures are those which should not be exclusive to the bourgeoisie: brandy, stilton, theatre and literature, and the latter two will generally have a left-wing bent if I like them. Not Carol Ann Duffy though! A bloody pox on Duffy!

[mykittyhasaboner]

massive amounts of drugs

[which doctor]

making coffee then drinking it, fascinating books, long summer bike rides, cigarettes while taking leisure walks, talking to people with intelligent politics

[LeninBalls]

The French language, anything Arabic, smoking, smoking after sex, smoking outside in the cold, Klezmer, whiskey, INTERNET

[KC]

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[Wanted Man]

making coffee then drinking it

That is a bit of a luxury for me at the moment. Over here, lots of homes have a piece of crap called the Senseo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senseo) to make coffee these days, so that every crappy cuppa tastes exactly the same (crap, to be precise). Living at home, there is only the Senseo and a drip brew, which is kind of pointless because there's never any fresh coffee, because they always use the Senseo.

Fuck this shit. When I move out again, I'm getting a moka.

[DecDoom]

This is off-topic, but the thread title immediately make me think of Rammstein's Frühling in Paris. It's in the refrain.

[Wanted Man]

This is off-topic, but the thread title immediately make me think of Rammstein's Frühling in Paris. It's in the refrain.

Are you kidding? :lol:

[the last donut of the night]

wow you guys

i feel bad after i get a baconator at wendy's

[bcbm]

physically or emotionally?

[the last donut of the night]

physically or emotionally?

pocket-ly

[YeOldeCommuniste]

Maine. Movies. Traveling.

[Il Medico]

pocket-ly
The Food in NYC isn't that expensive, no more than here in FL.

[Il Medico]

Also, what people said about traveling. I can't wait to go to Paris. After Paris, there are a few places I must go before I die: Prague, Barcelona, Roma, London, Madrid, Napoli, Montreal. After that, who knows.

[DecDoom]

Also, what people said about traveling. I can't wait to go to Paris. After Paris, there are a few places I must go before I die: Prague, Barcelona, Roma, London, Madrid, Napoli, Montreal. After that, who knows.

I'm going to second that. I'd love to see the world.

[which doctor]

Ah yes, coffee. I'm a fucking coffee freak. I have dedicated pot for boiling water in to use for coffee and I buy and grind my own beans. I've considered roasting my own beans as well, and am also considering purchasing a burr grinder (which are fucking expensiveee).

I need to get a new french press, though, because who the fuck drinks only 3 cups of coffee?
I've thought about roasting my own beans too. Apparently you can do it with a hot air popcorn maker, and those run pretty cheap. Green beans last a while before they spoil too, you can buy in bulk and it will pay itself off pretty quickly.

[RedStarOverChina]

I have a constant craving for good food, which often tend to be expensive. There's a Chinese restaurant in Toronto that costs like 50 dollars for a dinner for two, and I keep going there over and over again, even though it makes me feel guilty afterwards.

I drink a lot of Whiskey and Chinese liquor. Don't feel that guilty about it cuz I usually go for the cheapest.

I also bought two iPods in two years, and ended up feeling very stupid. So I gave one away and now I hardly use the other.

[which doctor]

I can't say I have any urges to travel anymore. When I was 16-17 I had all these grand plans for traipsing around the world, but I've since lost them. I think part of this also had to do with reading Fernando Pessoa, who found all the mental stimulation he needed in Lisbon, Portugal, a city which he practically never left his entire adult life. His politics were awful, but his writings on the human condition validated my own personal experience. Hence, I no longer feel compelled to travel because everything I need to satisfy myself can be found where I'm already at.

[YeOldeCommuniste]

Also, what people said about traveling. I can't wait to go to Paris. After Paris, there are a few places I must go before I die: Prague, Barcelona, Roma, London, Madrid, Napoli, Montreal. After that, who knows.

I've been to Paris and London, they're both a lot of fun. I'd also recommend Edinburgh, it's the most amazingly beautiful city I've ever seen.

[Devrim]

What a nice thread! So much better than everybody feeling guilty on the other one.


wow you guys

i feel bad after i get a baconator at wendy's

Let's try and keep the guilt out of this one.



physically or emotionally? pocket-ly

Also get real. Food in America comes in huge portions and is pretty cheap.


The French Language
...
And a good Cafe au Lait makes my day.

My French is very weak. I can read the title of this thread and realise that 'au-Lait' is with milk. What I don't understand, however, is what sort of barbarians put milk in their coffee.


That is a bit of a luxury for me at the moment. Over here, lots of homes have a piece of crap called the Senseo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senseo) to make coffee these days, so that every crappy cuppa tastes exactly the same (crap, to be precise). Living at home, there is only the Senseo and a drip brew, which is kind of pointless because there's never any fresh coffee, because they always use the Senseo.

Fuck this shit. When I move out again, I'm getting a moka.

I just spent five minutes studying that machine on your wiki link. Wow people would think you such a sophisticate in Turkey if you had a machine like that.


Ah yes, coffee. I'm a fucking coffee freak. I have dedicated pot for boiling water in to use for coffee and I buy and grind my own beans. I've considered roasting my own beans as well, and am also considering purchasing a burr grinder (which are fucking expensiveee).

What's a 'burr grinder'? Also why do you grind your own beans. If I pop across the road to the local off-licence/bottle shop, the guy there grinds my coffee for me when I buy it.


Also, what people said about traveling. I can't wait to go to Paris. After Paris, there are a few places I must go before I die: Prague, Barcelona, Roma, London, Madrid, Napoli, Montreal. After that, who knows.

I don't like travelling at all, but I have probably done more than most people on here even if only because I am older. Of the places on your list that I have been;

Paris- It is a nice city. My Mum used to live there so I used to go quite often. I remember the night of the bi-centinial of the revolution, and waking up in the middle of the night with an absolutely geourgeous naked North African woman in my bed who hadn't been there when I went to sleep.

Then for some strange reason ı didn't go there for about 15 or so years. Nowadays I go there every couple of years on political business. People always tell me they will see me next time to which I respond that I am never coming again. I they say the same thing the next time.

I fell in love there once in the spring. It has good memories for me.

Prague-I lived there for a while. Actually about 50 kms away in a small town with a big car factory. The left communists in Prague are great people and drink a lot (as do all the Czechs). The beer there is superb. One of the things I real miss. It is a great city.

London-I lived there for about five years when I was a postman. I was young then and really enjoyed it. Nowadays I find it quite grey and depressing though.

My two favourite cities, which aren't on your list, are Beirut, and İstanbul.

Things I like:

Spending time with friends and family.
Czech beer, Poitín, and Raki.
Good novels
The cinema
Wildlife programmes
Good Food (My favourite is Persian, but I love all kinds of food, and am always willing to try something new)
Cooking
My turtles
A clear blue sky

Devrim

[bcbm]

What I don't understand, however, is what sort of barbarians put milk in their coffee.

:lol: well said!

[Invincible Summer]

Listening to/playing music
Going out to restaurants (I really like Indian, Afghan, and Japanese)
Wine and cheese (or just one or the other is fine too) - I especially like Gewürtztraminer and Rose
Bier - Weißbier and Hefeweizens are my favorite, especially in the summer and with good company
Watching intelligent movies
Having meaningful discussion with people
Sleeping
Boutique teas
Travelling -- I love the feeling of arriving in a new place... so much to see and learn and take in. I guess it's the bourgeois adventurer in me. I want to re-visit Western Europe, as well as visit India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Mauritius, South & Central America (does Cuba count as central America?), New Zealand.
Spending time with my girlfriend when she's not being stuck-up

[Holden Caulfield]

Wildlife Programs.
I agree.

Also, milky tea, getting off the train in my own city, walking with headphones in. tbc

[Wanted Man]

I must say I also prefer this thread. Nothing to be guilty about at all. I really like first class train trips. They're very expensive normally, but every once in a while, they have the "[season] Tour", i.e. Summer Tour or Autumn Tour or whatever. That is a two-person ticket for €40, allowing you to travel first-class together all day. When this is available and we have to go to a meeting in Amsterdam, we always get it. It's actually cheaper than two 2nd-class return tickets.

On such a long train trip, there is not much better than getting a six-pack for consumption on the way back.


I've been to Paris and London, they're both a lot of fun. I'd also recommend Edinburgh, it's the most amazingly beautiful city I've ever seen.

Edinburgh is a nice place. I'll probably be staying there for one night soon. Definitely looking forward to it.


I just spent five minutes studying that machine on your wiki link. Wow people would think you such a sophisticate in Turkey if you had a machine like that.

Funny that. Perhaps we are never truly satisfied with what we've got.


Bier - Weißbier and Hefeweizens are my favorite, especially in the summer and with good company

Weissbier and Hefeweizen is the same thing. :p It's very good though. Ever tried Weihenstephaner?

[Il Medico]

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My French is very weak. I can read the title of this thread and realise that 'au-Lait' is with milk. What I don't understand, however, is what sort of barbarians put milk in their coffee.


No, no, my friend; the barbarians are the ones who use half and half.

[Raúl Duke]

What I don't understand, however, is what sort of barbarians put milk in their coffee.Probably those who speak a Latin-based language...

I like my coffee "cortado" (spanish) or "macchiato" (italian). Basically, I like my espresso with a small bit of milk. If it's like a mid to light reddish color (hard to describe) then it's good.

It's easy to get something like that in Miami but in SWFL it seems impossible plus I don't see many cafeterias/etc that serve espresso (the correct kind) and then make it cortado.

[RedStarOverChina]

What I don't understand, however, is what sort of barbarians put milk in their coffee.
LOL! we Chinese say the same thing about tea!

[Devrim]

LOL! we Chinese say the same thing about tea!
Milk in coffee is bad enough though I can understand that people sometimes give it to children.
The idea of putting milk in tea though is absolutely appaling. It is only the English who actually do something like this...isn't it? There can't be other people with such barbaric habits surely.

Devrim

[Devrim]

No, no, my friend; the barbarians are the ones who use half and half.

what does half and half mean?

Devrim

[Holden Caulfield]

I like it when Devrim comes out with stories like the waking up next to people one, or the pig smuggling one

[RedStarOverChina]

Milk in coffee is bad enough though I can understand that people sometimes give it to children.
The idea of putting milk in tea though is absolutely appaling. It is only the English who actually do something like this...isn't it? There can't be other people with such barbaric habits surely.

Devrim
Unfortunately, this is a plight of monumental proportions...an affront to human civilization that has spread to almost every continent.

[Raúl Duke]

what does half and half mean?

Devrim

It's what Americans usually put in their nasty usually drip-machine made coffee; unless their coffee drinking habits are different (italian, french, or spanish influenced).
They come in little packages...
It's like a certain kind of cream from milk.

[Il Medico]

what does half and half mean?

Devrim
http://www.pickyourown.org/icecream/halfandhalf.jpg


Also, how can you consider this:
http://www.jamaicanbluemountaincoffeeonline.com/images/Cafe-Au-Lait.jpg

barbaric?

[KC]

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[Invincible Summer]

Weissbier and Hefeweizen is the same thing. :p It's very good though. Ever tried Weihenstephaner?

I always thought Hefeweizen was just a type of Weißbier. On the wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weissbier), it says there are diff types of Weißbiers.

Regardless, I'm still working on my beer smarts - I just drink it and know what I like.

[Wanted Man]

Milk in coffee is bad enough though I can understand that people sometimes give it to children.
The idea of putting milk in tea though is absolutely appaling. It is only the English who actually do something like this...isn't it? There can't be other people with such barbaric habits surely.

Devrim

It really is an English thing. We only give tea with milk to children.


I always thought Hefeweizen was just a type of Weißbier. On the wiki page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weissbier), it says there are diff types of Weißbiers.

Regardless, I'm still working on my beer smarts - I just drink it and know what I like.

Actually, you're kind of right. :o Because there are also different kinds of German wheat beer like Kristallweissbier, Dunkelweizen, etc. Hefeweissbier is usually a bit more specific, in that it is bottle-conditioned, unlike the filtered Kristallweissbier.

In any case, it's damn good. :D Are there any particular ones that you really like?

[black magick hustla]

i like

a good beer
literature about wild people with dangerous habits
mathematics and physics
some philosophy
writing
meeting odd people
music shows

the world is very pretty

[Tower of Bebel]

Besides the small things I could do or get everyday I alos enjoy:

walking the dog when it's snowing;
reading a book in the countryside during summer holidays;
running long distances in the woods late spring;
trecking and
... whatching rabbits

[Invincible Summer]

Actually, you're kind of right. :o Because there are also different kinds of German wheat beer like Kristallweissbier, Dunkelweizen, etc. Hefeweissbier is usually a bit more specific, in that it is bottle-conditioned, unlike the filtered Kristallweissbier.

In any case, it's damn good. :D Are there any particular ones that you really like?

I haven't been able to find a good selection of Weißbiers where I live, but I've had some local microbrewery versions of Hefeweizen, Paulaner Hefeweizen, König Ludwig Weißbier, and Hacker-Pschorr Hefeweizen. All very nice. I prefer the Paulaner and König Ludwig myself.

[Lyev]

Amongst other things I love talking to strangers; there's something strangely invigorating about it. I once found myself in a toy shop talking to a 60-year-old-ish man about toy soldiers for like 10 minutes :) And like people have said, I do rather enjoy good cheese (one of my favourites is Port Salut) and good coffee (I like my coffee to be black and strong; just like my men). And, yes, I cannot for the life of me understand the philistines that put milk in coffee. Disgusting. Although I do put milk in tea, no sugar though, I can't help it cos I'm British.

[Wanted Man]

I haven't been able to find a good selection of Weißbiers where I live, but I've had some local microbrewery versions of Hefeweizen, Paulaner Hefeweizen, König Ludwig Weißbier, and Hacker-Pschorr Hefeweizen. All very nice. I prefer the Paulaner and König Ludwig myself.

König Ludwig is nice. I think it hit the market here about 2 years ago, when this country was apparently beginning to discover Weissbier. A couple of the better domestic lager brewers (with a good range of non-lager beers already as well) also tried their hand at it, and it lead to some surprisingly good beers (Grolsch Weizen, Grolsch Dunkel Weizen, and Hertog Jan Weizener). They apparently did well, because they're still for sale. I don't know if they're available over where you live, but they're worth a try if they are.

Also, I command you to drink this:

http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/beernut/files/2008/12/weihenspehanweisse.jpg

Weihenstephaner. :cool:

[Invincible Summer]

König Ludwig is nice. I think it hit the market here about 2 years ago, when this country was apparently beginning to discover Weissbier. A couple of the better domestic lager brewers (with a good range of non-lager beers already as well) also tried their hand at it, and it lead to some surprisingly good beers (Grolsch Weizen, Grolsch Dunkel Weizen, and Hertog Jan Weizener). They apparently did well, because they're still for sale. I don't know if they're available over where you live, but they're worth a try if they are.

Also, I command you to drink this:

http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/beernut/files/2008/12/weihenspehanweisse.jpg

Weihenstephaner. :cool:

I will definitely check this stuff out. That Weihenstephaner looks delicious!




Oh also a good crusty bread with decent cheese is also something that is so simple, yet wonderful thing that makes everything okay. Washing it down with aforementioned beer or wine is a plus

[Bright Banana Beard]

Ranchera playing loud, drinking Mexican beers in Mexican bar with another drunks. This is my climax moment of feeling home sweet home.

[Vendetta]

Beer, cigarettes, weed and more beer.

[the last donut of the night]

Beer, cigarettes, weed and more beer.


well, all leftists use these

[Bilan]

I don't enjoy weed all that much.
There. I said it. Fuck you.

[the last donut of the night]

I don't enjoy weed all that much.
There. I said it. Fuck you.


ban for fascist sympathies

[Small Geezer]

Evelyn Waugh, Chartreuse, roquefort, film noir, alain delon, ganja, hanging out with mates, internet, mcdonalds,:blushing:

[Il Medico]

,:blushing:Get that guilt out of my thread!

[Small Geezer]

It's the only sensible emotion for a self-described mcdonalds fan.

[Wanted Man]

Burger King > McD's

[bcbm]

wendy's > burger king

[KC]

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[bcbm]

well... do those chinese places you find on the tollway to chicago count as fast food? also, i think taco bell is the best.

[KC]

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[bcbm]

just sayin man... burritos

[Bilan]

Burritos are killer. I love them. I had one the other day.
It was ridiculously expensive. 12 dollars! But I gobbled it up.
Weirdly, it looked like a small dog. :\

[Tyrlop]

Burritos are killer. I love them. I had one the other day.
It was ridiculously expensive. 12 dollars! But I gobbled it up.
Weirdly, it looked like a small dog. :\
Eh what? :confused: A goat? little goaty?

[Vanguard1917]

I've thought about roasting my own beans too. Apparently you can do it with a hot air popcorn maker, and those run pretty cheap. Green beans last a while before they spoil too, you can buy in bulk and it will pay itself off pretty quickly.

Special equipment isn't essential -- not even a suitable popcorn machine. I've roasted coffee beans using an old frying pan and a wooden spoon. You just have to stir it non-stop, which can be a bit labourious. But the end result surpasses in quality, if not in convenience, anything i've bought pre-ground or pre-roasted. There are a number of online stores you can order green beans from.

[Bilan]

Eh what? :confused: A goat? little goaty?

?

[Ravachol]

Burger King > McD's

Subway > Places where the Chicken Nuggets aren't even made out of meat

[Nwoye]

I just ate a bunch of taco bell and it feels like I'm going to die.

It's marvelous.

[Invincible Summer]

Subway > Places where the Chicken Nuggets aren't even made out of meat

I worked at Subway, and the chicken there is just re-constituted shit that has the texture of a sponge before you hide it in bread w/ toppings