Wordie: Boilermaker: Comments

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:38:34 +0000

Are you kidding?! That was the first list I ever compiled, back in grade school! *rummages through papers*

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:19:13 +0000

Oh, please don't let anyone suggest starting a list of words that mean hurling....

Damn. I just did it.

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:23:36 +0000

I haven't had one. It sounds like fun, except that when I mix grain and grape, I tend to hurl. Not fun.

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:33:51 +0000

I've had them quite wittingly.

Comment by yarb, 10 months ago

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:31:54 +0000

I've drunk boilermakers too, unwittingly.

Comment by John, 10 months ago

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:15:23 +0000

A boilermaker is a shot of whiskey followed with a beer chaser. If you pour the whiskey into the beer instead of drinking them sequentially, it's called a sidecar. If you drop the shotglass into the beer and drink them together, it's called a depth charge.

I used to drink these by the bucket, once upon a time.

Comment by yarb, 10 months ago

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:46:09 +0000

I've only seen this word used in the context of the Boilermaker's Union. that is, The Internatinal Brotherhood of Boilermakers, or its national affiliates. I think most boilrmakers probably don't make boilers anymore. Ah, the halcyon days of steam!