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May 18, 2006
Bond on a budget
Former Olympic diver, Jason Statham admits there are some parallels between his Transporter image and 007.
Strange as this may be to believe, I have often been taken to task for drinking Heineken as many Canadians believe it is a premium beer and a snobby choice. My explanation it is a generic international brand - the Player's Light or possibly Marlboro of beers - falls on deaf ears. Which makes sense considering the skunk water that passes for beer in this country.
That said, it had never crossed my mind to think of Heineken as a working class choice. I am with Pierre Bourdieu on this one. It is not only a beer budget in the way of many aspiring Bonds but a relationship between social class and taste. Margaret Thatcher was a noted success in her field but to many Tories her accent was the unbearable affectation of a jumped up shopkeeper's daughter. North America is hobbled by its own class system. Donald Trump certainly has the wherewithall to drink whatever he chooses* and some incentive to adopt the manner of the old money east coast establishment. But his taste in interior decor, and arguably in women, mitigate against acceptance by those patricians.
That said, much of Trump's popularity stems directly from his refusal of class affectation. And Paris Hilton's set** should be a constant reminder that inherited wealth and class position are no guarantee of refined taste.
*And is tea-total as it turns out.
**Double Banger offers my favourite comment on the Brandon Davis/Lindsay Lohan dust-up:
Champagne taste on a beer budget Update: Spirit Fingers uncovers a non-Bond theme in a Transporter 2 promotion.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at May 18, 2006 10:23 AM
Comments
When I worked in Aalsmeer Holland twenty years ago in the flower packing industry there was a Heineken machine in the cafeteria dispensing 200 ml canettes for the part guilder. If that be a measure of refined living then the Dutch trade union movement must be very pleased with itself. That being said, it is good beer.
Posted by: Alan McLeod ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.ghostofaflea.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at May 18, 2006 10:38 AM
I figure if I am going to choose a lager and imagine I am in some sense drinking beer it is best not to be pretentious about it.
Posted by: Ghost of a flea at May 18, 2006 10:54 AM
Such a steely hop profile is apt for any man of action.
Posted by: Alan McLeod at May 18, 2006 11:23 AM
Unlike, say, Stella Artois.
Posted by: Ghost of a flea at May 18, 2006 11:54 AM
Slightly malty goo fit for a Belgian strip mall.
Posted by: Alan McLeod at May 18, 2006 02:41 PM
Heineken blows. Make it Royal Extra Stout or Xingu from Brazil
Posted by: beautifulatrocities at May 18, 2006 04:48 PM
Royal Extra is the beer for the World Cup as T+T are taking it all!!!
Posted by: Alan McLeod at May 18, 2006 10:15 PM
In America, success is based on your personal merit. Your MERIT, I tell ya!
Unless you are called Kennedy then merit don't enter into it.
Heiny is bat piss just like most lagers. If he were a real man he would drink Theakston's Old Peculiar.
Posted by: Andrew Ian Dodge at May 19, 2006 07:25 AM
Theakston's Old Peculiar... isn't that an ale? Men drink bitter (no matter what the over-compensating stout drinkers say).
Posted by: Ghost of a flea at May 19, 2006 08:10 AM
Real men, of the Vozhd variety, drink Freeminer Deep Shaft Stout: http://beerblog.genx40.com/archives/2004/october/deepshaftstout
BTW - Блоха -- вождь!
Posted by: Alan McLeod at May 19, 2006 09:45 AM
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