Christopher Hitchens' 'overrated' poll

I haven't consciously attended a picnic. A checkered tablecloth? In the woods? Chicken salad? So declassé.

yeah man sitting outside and eating food how terrible to combine two such horrible things, why bother when you could just be inside being unkind

it's not the accoutrements i'm thinking of, it's the bugs

And the weather

eating outside can be classic but picnics and hampers and rose coloured mittens is just an open invitation to every wasp in the a 10-miles radius

Wind usually starts whipping up before the first sandwich has even been unwrapped

I am pro-picnic if someone else is bringing the food and cleaning up, or if it's at Tanglewood where about 85% of the "food" ends up being bottles of wine and you're listening to a great orchestra play awesome live music.

the saddest part of this guy dying is all the frustrated people who will have to find some other pompous asshole to live vicariously through

They've come to the right place then!

Don't know who this Hitchens guy is, but I guess he's straight?

He liked to paw and slobber over his male friends when smashed, but now that he's cold we may get further info.

the saddest part of this guy dying is all the frustrated people who will have to find some other pompous asshole to live vicariously through

offering to adopt the mantle?

yeah i mean sure but you have to like picnics

srsly picnics is the least challopy of the 4

all of these things are prob p appropriately rated, but what biting wit that guy!

The worst part is when the wind knocks your beer over.

don't think he made his rep on his thesis of 4 over-rated things tbh

did he say it in some sort of disdainful upper class british accent *swoon*

also as far as i can tell the picnic naysayers on here are mainly UK resident. just sayin'

cooper chickenhawk

i fuckin love picnics a'it

picnics are prob not worth the effort but the rest of these are just fine.

I'm willing to go on a picnic with chickenhawk if he brings the lobster but keeps the buggery at home in his closet.

usually it's BUGS you have to worry about at a picnic

we should have a lobster picnic w/ buttsex & bubbly in CH's honor

oh shit i got excited and thought richard dawkins was dead

we should have a lobster picnic w/ buttsex & bubbly in CH's honor

― Dr Morbius, Friday, December 16, 2011 9:38 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink

def. think if you combined all 4 they all would be better

Champagne probably tasted like Sprite to Hitchens so I'll cut him some slack. The other 3 are legit overrated. Lobster wouldn't be overrated if it wasn't expensive.

buttsex is a multifaceted construct

Maybe I just don't have the best back, but I always find it hard to simultaneously sit on the grass in a position amenable to eating AND feel comfortable enough to get romantic or chilled out or whatever mood picnic it is.

Are we voting on "most overrated" or best of these? I'd probably say champagne is the most overrated -- even *good* champagne tastes kind of like a soft drink to me.

It tends to be sweet and cloying.

picnics are horseshit and the good thing abt champagne is that it's alcoholic fresca

picnics are great, gtfo my rug you sourpusses

lobster is the worst of these no contest, its disgusting

Lobster is tasty, champagne'll get you drunk, picnics involve food - there's really no upside to anal IMO

(Good) Champagne is great, picnics are underrated, anal sex can be great, lobster is meh, a lot of work and not all it's made out to be, so lobster

feel like "a lot of work and not all it's made out to be" can also be applied to anal

Maybe I just don't have the best back, but I always find it hard to simultaneously sit on the grass in a position amenable to bottoming AND feel comfortable enough to get romantic or chilled out or whatever mood anal it is.

nice work!

picnics are great. bring a spliff. then have anal.

feel like "a lot of work and not all it's made out to be" can also be applied to anal

― nuhnuhnuh, zaterdag 17 december 2011 0:53 (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

lol feeling for u bro

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

feel like "a lot of work and not all it's made out to be" can also be applied to.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................lyfe

lol it's all off the page

shld we unleash the dragon and make this a TMI thread or wut

feel like "a lot of work and not all it's made out to be" can also be applied to working silver mousse into your hair every single day of the calendar year 2000

also ~lyfe~

woah, life and anal are both great, don't know what observational commedian stole my login above. sorry guys :(

lyfe and anal are both great, they give us chocolate cake

risotto is worse than these tbh

risotto is cool but its just flavored rice and doesnt compare to anything on the list

Within the boundaries of a heterosexual relationship, it has been quite underestimated and underrated, so I've been told

good potato salad is so grebt

You told me!

But is good potato salad all that good with champagne, lobster, on a picnic... or up the bum?

Anal sex the clear loser there

I never had good potato salad up the bum tbh (I know right) but I think you are right

I thought we were talking about a sequential relationship between variables

1) Outdoors is a nice place.
2) Eating is pleasant.
3) No tipping required.

Sounds like a little piece of paradise to me.

are we still talking about anal sex

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Twelve people who think picnics are overrated... sandbox results, jeez

any picnic run by my family of origin is a guaranteed heart sinker.

touché, but that goes for a lot of things done by family of origin tbh

not anal sex tho.

anal sex with family isn't a heart sinker for you?

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Q: are we voting for our favorite or most overrated, clarify asap

A: Fave rave.

I interpret this as meaning 12 people think picnics are the best of the options presented. Which is how I voted.

Anal sex is underrated if anything!

Todd