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A Question about BetterMost Beans
« on: April 01, 2006, 08:47:02 pm »
ok this is probably a really stupid question, but I have never seen it addressed anywhere - is/was there a brand name called BetterMost back in the 60's -Idon't remember it but maybe it was indigenous to Wyoming?
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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2006, 09:35:20 pm »
ok this is probably a really stupid question, but I have never seen it addressed anywhere - is/was there a brand name called BetterMost back in the 60's -Idon't remember it but maybe it was indigenous to Wyoming?

No.  BetterMost was invented by Ang Lee and is one of the few things that is not trademarked or secured by the studio.  That's one of the reasons this site is called BetterMost - I know I won't get a cease and desist letter from Hollywood lawyers.  :)
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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2006, 10:36:37 pm »
OK, I have a similar question. Does anybody know whether "Old Rose" is or was a real brand of whiskey?

I have been told by a reliable source that "Old Rose" is an allusion to Titanic, but I'm still wondering whether it's a real brand. If it is, it isn't sold in the liquor stores in Pennsylvania (liquor is a state monopoly here).
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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2006, 11:27:36 pm »
Phillip, Thank you for that tidbit.  Makes me happy.  When I'm telling stories for the millionth time to my grandchildren, maybe this will be one of them. 

"Oh God, Grandma's telling a Brokeback Mountain story again." 
"Which one, about seeing Jake -- what's his name? -- or Better Most Beans?"
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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2006, 12:08:01 am »
ok this is probably a really stupid question, but I have never seen it addressed anywhere - is/was there a brand name called BetterMost back in the 60's -Idon't remember it but maybe it was indigenous to Wyoming?

No.  BetterMost was invented by Ang Lee and is one of the few things that is not trademarked or secured by the studio.  That's one of the reasons this site is called BetterMost - I know I won't get a cease and desist letter from Hollywood lawyers.  :)
That's interesting because the other day when I was trying to get here I keyed in http://www.bettermost.com and got a site in Chinese. The only English on it is

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Welcome To ZheJiang BaiTe Medical Appliances Co.,Ltd  & Zhejiang Bettermost Medical Appliances Co., Ltd.

 Zhejiang  Baite Medical Appliances Co. Ltd., an enterprise with industry and commerce combined, mainly deals in manufacturing and marketing of medical instruments. Our major products involve various types of one-time disposable PVC catheters, such as Suction catheter with control valve, oxygen mask, duodenal tube, and anal tube.

  Our company has a 100,000 grade clean workshop and all kinds of professional equipment together with a number of technicians capable of research and development of new products and plenty of skilled workers. Our products go far into American and European markets and enjoy great popularity. Meanwhile we are able to accept the business of processing by sample from customers worldwide.


Catheters, eh? Seems like an Ang Lee in-joke.

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2006, 01:21:53 am »
Yes... it's a medical products company in China and they are my scourge, because I realize most people automatically assume all addresses are .com first.  I got stuck with .net, but I figure most people find this site through links so I can live with it.

You can also get here with www.beyondbrokebackmountain.com if that is easier to remember.
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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2006, 02:02:52 am »
Shucks, I thought they were real..it seems like the perfect name for something that came out of a can in  the '60s.
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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2006, 02:12:58 am »
I don't mean to make anybody hideously jealous, but I have a coaster-sized fridge magnet of the picture of the two cans side by side, made by ndatmo, and presented to the Seven Pilgrims of the Aero at La Cabaña.

I have loved the name from the beginning, and am loving it more and more, not just because it has proven to be our salvation, but because it's so funny and true in several ways.

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2006, 05:45:39 am »
Yes... it's a medical products company in China and they are my scourge, because I realize most people automatically assume all addresses are .com first. 
I wonder, though, if Ang Lee named the beans because of the catheters or some other BetterMost medical products? Or maybe "bettermost" is a common Chinglish expression? Maybe Pierre would know...

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2006, 05:55:18 am »
Eating all dem beans would ssssoitenly make the need for laxatives redundant!
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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2009, 08:19:31 pm »
I don't mean to make anybody hideously jealous, but I have a coaster-sized fridge magnet of the picture of the two cans side by side, made by ndatmo, and presented to the Seven Pilgrims of the Aero at La Cabaña.

I have an actual can of BetterMost beans.  One of our members on DCF printed off labels, attached them to bean cans, and gave them out in the gift bags from the first BBQ in Texas.

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2009, 09:20:40 pm »
I have an actual can of BetterMost beans.  One of our members on DCF printed off labels, attached them to bean cans, and gave them out in the gift bags from the first BBQ in Texas.

;D

The owner of Goff Creek Lodge told us he still has cans of the beans from our visit last year. ...  8)
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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2009, 03:48:13 am »
heee! cooeell!
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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2009, 12:38:04 pm »
I have an actual can of BetterMost beans.  One of our members on DCF printed off labels, attached them to bean cans, and gave them out in the gift bags from the first BBQ in Texas.

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Yes, me too, it's one of my most prized possessions.  I got mine at the BBQ in Colorado in 2007.

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2009, 01:12:41 pm »
Me, too. I have mine on my desk, with a harmonica in it. The label is a bit worse for wear, though, since I dragged it along to Alberta last year for some photo ops.


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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2009, 02:13:28 pm »
I love it!

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #16 on: September 14, 2009, 02:45:30 pm »
Wah!  I want a BetterMost Bean can too!

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #17 on: September 14, 2009, 02:53:37 pm »
me too!
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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #18 on: September 14, 2009, 03:04:09 pm »
Me three!!


Where did you get yours from, Monika?

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2009, 03:08:55 pm »
Me three!!


Where did you get yours from, Monika?

I got mine from Lee (Frontranger) last year in Wyoming. I love it.

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #20 on: September 14, 2009, 03:16:08 pm »
I got mine from Lee (Frontranger) last year in Wyoming. I love it.

You wanna bring it to Stockholm?

We could take some great pictures with it.....

Or, on second thought, maybe not. Better keep it safe at home.

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #21 on: September 14, 2009, 03:23:43 pm »
You wanna bring it to Stockholm?

We could take some great pictures with it.....

Or, on second thought, maybe not. Better keep it safe at home.


*lol*

too bad I don´t have three of them. Then I would make you and Berit eat beans out of them all weekend!

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #22 on: September 14, 2009, 03:26:20 pm »
LOL!!

Not only a tent in the park, and renting sheep. Now you plan on eating beans as well!!!   :laugh: :laugh:

What about shooting an elk?

Do you think that will go down well with the Stockholmians?   ::) :laugh:

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #23 on: September 14, 2009, 03:36:40 pm »
LOL!!

Not only a tent in the park, and renting sheep. Now you plan on eating beans as well!!!   :laugh: :laugh:

What about shooting an elk?

Do you think that will go down well with the Stockholmians?   ::) :laugh:

well..maybe we will have to make do with a pigeon or something...I´m sure they won´t mind that.

Pigeon and beans it is!

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #24 on: September 14, 2009, 03:43:32 pm »
Pigeon??

How the hell do you think we're gonna shoot a pigeon??

Do you know how small they are, compared to elks?? ??

No, I totally vote for a hunting expedition to Skansen.
Lots of big animals there, easy to shoot....   8)

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #25 on: September 14, 2009, 03:53:31 pm »


No, I totally vote for a hunting expedition to Skansen.
Lots of big animals there, easy to shoot....   8)



You got yourself a deal.

Skansen will perhaps become our Brokeback Mountain, where we´ll gather once or twice a year to shoot an elk (not to fish, mind you) and remember old times.
We should invite Lasse Berghagen to the party. But apparently he likes bears...that could be a problem




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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #26 on: September 14, 2009, 03:59:00 pm »
I found it!  A while back, our friend Toycoon had a "Craft Corner" thread.  His first project was a way of printing out your own BetterMost Beans label. 

Check it out:

http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10857.0.html

Go to reply #17, and there's a pdf file that works.

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #27 on: September 14, 2009, 04:06:23 pm »
I found it!  A while back, our friend Toycoon had a "Craft Corner" thread.  His first project was a way of printing out your own BetterMost Beans label. 

Check it out:

http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10857.0.html

Go to reply #17, and there's a pdf file that works.

Woho! Thanks Paul!

A lot of great stuff there. Loved the Jack Twist Magnetic Dress up Doll. :laugh:

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #28 on: September 14, 2009, 04:15:39 pm »

You got yourself a deal.

Skansen will perhaps become our Brokeback Mountain, where we´ll gather once or twice a year to shoot an elk (not to fish, mind you) and remember old times.
We should invite Lasse Berghagen to the party. But apparently he likes bears...that could be a problem





Well, we can't shoot teddybjörnen Fredriksson, that's fer sure.


But other than that, you still have the bear repellant spray?

Can come in handy at Skansen....


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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
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But other than that, you still have the bear repellant spray?




sure enough. Bought myself a bear bell too in Montana, so we´re all set.

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #30 on: September 14, 2009, 04:21:30 pm »
I found it!  A while back, our friend Toycoon had a "Craft Corner" thread.  His first project was a way of printing out your own BetterMost Beans label. 

Check it out:

http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php/topic,10857.0.html

Go to reply #17, and there's a pdf file that works.

Woo-hey!!

I can make my own can of beans!!

I just have to find a way to use the colour printer at work without anybody noticing....

They might wonder a tad bit.....   ;D :laugh:

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Re: A Question about BetterMost Beans
« Reply #31 on: September 14, 2009, 04:24:00 pm »
sure enough. Bought myself a bear bell too in Montana, so we´re all set.

Oh good!!

I'm so relieved.....


Now we just have to solve the problem of avoiding the Skansonian Fish and Game. Hm.....

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