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nice!
great!
I like my women the way I like my whisky — 12 years old and mixed up with Coke.
Actually the guy Michael Jackson is a whiskey expert (or something like that). I found out about him a long time ago when I stumbled upon the wrong wikipedia page
Yeah, but the writer of the book description must’ve phrased it that way on purpose.
Nope. Heather, peat and glen are all referring to scotch, which is the subject of the book.
No fail here other than on the part of the submitter for apparently not getting the joke.
Yes, as I said, the writer of the description phrased it that way on purpose.
Yeah, and he curously died within less than a year from the pop star’s death. He’s a bearded old man who looks like a homeless drunk.
He’s actually one of the most respected whisky/wiskey experts in the world and is worth far more than your punk ass.
Um no he didn’t.
Michael Jackson (writer) died August 30, 2007
Michael Jackson (singer) died June 25, 2009
More almost 2 years.
When people told me that Michael Jackson was dead, my initial reaction was: “wasn’t he already dead?”.
He was a beer connaisseur as well, by the way.
I’d hate to be Malt Scotch, whoever he is.
Aaah, but who *hasn’t* had a passion for 12- en 15-year-olds at some time or another. Although I’d be cautious around a 15 year old named Peat.
Look at the 4.5 star review haha
I asked him about his passion for 15-year-olds. He said, “I can’t help it / if I wanted to / I wouldn’t help it / even if I could!”
This is a win!
Failblog fail.
Agreed!!!!
I, for one, have never seen the Michaels together. Curious isn’t it?
My friends and I used to think Michael and Janet Jackson were the same person as we never saw them together either
I had the same theory when I first saw this “Leave me alone” video!
Definitely failblog fail.
Refering to 12 and 15 year old bottles of scotch, I assume. Whiskey Peat?
Yep, this is a Fail Blog fail. Michael Jackson was a British beer and spirits writer, probably the most famous beer geek in the world before his death. Referencing the rumors about the more famous MJ in the description is a total win. Clever.
Idiots. Michael Jackson is THE single malt reviewer. And call it scotch and I’ll come over from the motherland and KILL YOU!
Scotch. Scotch scotch scotch. Scotch scotch scotch scotch scotch scotch scotch scotch.
Damn, after awhile that doesn’t even look like a word anymore.
Oh come on! This obviously isn’t a reference to Michael Jackson, the singer formally of the Jackson Five! I mean, who in their right mind would believe that MJ was interested in 15 year olds when we all know he prefers his much lesser aged than that!
exactly. its just hilarious how the description of two people named michael jackson sound so similar
The man wasn’t a pedophile geez >_>
Failblog fail. AbsoLUTELY a win.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Micheal Jackson is a great writer and has reviewed many a beer and spirits.
This is totally a WIN! Clearly talking about scotch, but playing on the writer having the same name as the famous King of Pop whose relationships with children were somewhat questionable.
More like WIN!
how is this fail?
i actually own this guide to scotches, it’s fantastically and cleverly written and has introduced me to some pretty smokin 18-year olds that have knocked my socks off.
oohh! i get it, his name is *michael jackson* so you thought it was funny because it’s like the singer michael jackson and the blurb writer made reference to 12- and 15-year olds and you thought it was a funny mistake. a tip: never underestimate the cleverness and irreverence of a scotch afficionado, son.
Michael Jackson was a very famous beer critic. Do your research before you make something a fail.
As long as you read the previous comments
Oh, what a shame. I’d no idea the King of Booze had gone the same way as the King of Pop – and two years ago, to boot.
More like book description win. I’m sure this was on purpose
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Relax…and read the whole quote:
“He’s written shamelessly for more than a decade and a half about his passion for 12- and 15-year-olds. He’s described his dalliances with loves named Heather and Peat and some three dozen named Glen. His name is Michael Jackson. Relax. We’re talking here about the Britain-based, award-winning drinks and spirits writer and author of, among other classic reference works, Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion.”
It’s definitely an “Editorial Review” win, but perhaps a quote presentation fail
This was probably the most easily-verified submission EVER on this site, and yet no one took the time to do so to discover it’s not even close to being a fail.
Failblog = The Fonz; sharks = 200 posts ago
For the morons who keep thinking the fail is the author’s name, it isn’t. It’s the description of the guide, which is phrased in a way where it sounds like it’s talking about little children, but it’s really about liquor. Whoever submitted it must have not gotten the clue – what else is new – and here we are.
And for the morons who still don’t realise this was not a fail: it isn’t. The phrasing of the blurb was DELIBERATE,and the author was making a JOKE.
You know jokes, right? When someone says something intentionally humourous in the hope of causing laughter?
I was a beer and whiskey expert too. Now I go to AA.
It’s a win. Someone needs to work on their sense of humor.
WIN
book description fail fail
I believe this calls for another drink.
I don’t think it’s that funny, but the author was trying.
I met this Michael Jackson at a beer show many years ago. He was very patient with a young fan.
Here’s some video:
If you see the full review the next part is “His name is Michael Jackson. Relax. We’re talking here about the Britain-based, award-winning drinks and spirits writer and author of, among other classic reference work” It’s an on purpose joke that just past that even points it out for you.
failblog needs to step it up. win after win is getting a fail take. They are kind of fail identifier failers.
There are going to be an awful lot of people named “Michael Jackson” in this world in fact I went to school with one. As for this gentleman He used to be known affectionately as “The Beer Hunter”, I did not know he had died.
I remember he introduced one of his TV programmes with the words “Yes my name is Michael Jackson and I do taste beer for a living but oh well, someones gotta do it!”
Yeah, this isn’t the dancer dude. This is the Michael Jackson who did something useful with his life and was, by the accounts I’ve read, a decent fellow.
Leave MICHAEL ALONE! He loves his 12- and 15-years-old! Especially his relation with Heather and Peat, but also several Glen’s
THERE IS ONLY ONE MICHAEL JACKSOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!!
This is a win!
Tis guy actually lives in my city! I’ve met him, too. He owns a whisky shop lol
Definitely a WIN.
It’s amazing what comes out after a person has passed away…it seems he had a penchant for Glens, having had dalliances with three dozen of them! He’s bad, he’s bad, you know it!
Of course this is not a fail because OF COURSE it was intentional! You people are sofa king we todd did. The book is still on Amazon if anyone wants to see. Here’s the rest of the sentence that’s cut off:
“His name is Michael Jackson. Relax. We’re talking here about the Britain-based, award-winning drinks and spirits writer and author of, among other classic reference works, Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion.”
Just a failure of the poster to realise a play on words when they see one. Do you also take everyone literally before finding out they were being sarcastic?
Maybe they just thought it was a tasteless joke?
(It wasn’t, though; it was very funny.)
I should screenshot this and submit it to failblog as a “failblog fail”. If anything, this is a win.
You’d think people would know that there are plenty of famous people who have the same name as other famous people.
The same thing happened with the two people named John Howard. One is an Australian actor, the other was the Australian prime minister.
This was a WIN, not a fail.