BEEFSTEAK!
Unending piles of tenderloin, filet mignon, crab, bacon-wrapped kidneys, shrimp and lamb chops.
Butter garlic and cheese french fries.
Bottomless kegs of excellent beer.
No women allowed
Your two greasy hands feeding your face all of the above while all of your best friends feast with you.
It’s called a Beefsteak.
And I’m going to host one.
I saw an article today in the New York Times about a tradition from the early 1900s where politicians would host massive feeds called Beefsteaks for men to come to before they voted. At the time, women couldn’t vote, so it was an all male bonding event. The men would gather around giant tables and stuff themselves full of all the beef and french fries and shrimp that they could handle, washing it all down with copious amounts of beer. At a beefsteak, a man would get back to his caveman roots, eating only with his fingers and allowing his inner glutton free reign. These events mostly died out after the women’s suffrage movement was successful and wives and girlfriends would come and look at the men with disapproval. I intend to remedy this situation by hosting an all men’s beefsteak feast soon. Any man who wants to come needs to let me know. I think if everyone chips in $15-20 we can eat enough to satisfy the inner beast in all of us.
Beefsteak. What a lovely concept.
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January 30th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
mmmm…sweet sweet beef steak…
count me in!
January 30th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Oh god that is an awesome idea…off course leave it up to the women to ruin the fun…standard!
January 30th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Hahhaa.. I won’t let those dirty little subhuman creatures ruin my Beefsteak dinner!!!
January 30th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
God will bless said “Beefsteak” with his presence
January 30th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Grand. Beefsteak will actually be doing the blessing though, since we have discovered in our previous conversations that gods are mere figments of man’s imagination.
January 30th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
And Joel’s denial of God is deeply based in his own childhood and has little to do with anything more than petty semantic arguments.
January 30th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Joel’s denial of God is not based on his childhood rather on observing the world around him. I think if we actually observe our world and see what “really” is going on (murder, rape, starvation, genocide, hunger, etc etc) we can see that not only doesn’t god exist but satan is ruling on earth and our universe and he/she is loving it.
January 30th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Jordan, I love our debates on here and in person, but please do not resort to personal attacks in an attempt to defend your ideas. If you have hard evidence to discuss, feel free to do so. In the future, I will delete comments that include ridiculous statements insinuating that I am making decisions based on factors other than what I am stating. I was questioning religion well before Mom went nuts and everything happened. I am not so stupid as to base my personal philosophy on a revolt against parents I have not lived with or spent time with since the age of 14. I developed my own ideas independently with reason, evidence and science. I would love to see you do the same. But if you choose not to, do not ever attack me personally to try and defend a losing position. You are welcome to state your theories and do your best to defend them with evidence, philosophy and logic. You are welcome to attack others ideas with the same. Just do not make personal attacks to defend your arguments. I enjoy reading your comments and engaging in debates with you and appreciate your continued discussions here.
January 30th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
I pray that you are not taking anything I say aimed at you as a personal attack.
January 30th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
And in reference to the above comment by Black Rooster it is likely true that we are our own worst enemy. If you were a religious person you would also be aware that Scripture insinuates that the devil in fact is allowed to run the show.