Better than expected

[Docwagon 856]

A thread for the little things that went better than expected.

 

As a starter:

 

I tried a pumpkin funnel cake with cream cheese icing today.  I had expected a standard funnel cake with some pumpkin pie spice.  I was wrong.  It was a pumpkin based batter, sort of like a runny pumpkin pie, fried up in the traditional funnel cake style, and the cream cheese icing was very nicely done.  I expected it to be good, because how do you fuck up a funnel cake, but I didn't expect it to be fantastic.

 

Expected result: 6/10

Received result: 9/10

 

Option of having whipped cream would have made it a perfect score.

 

 

[Drifter 851]

Ha..now is not the night for me with the shit that is going on tonight here Doc. But sorry, I'll tryin get on topic, let me see.....okay. Better than expected...

 

Better than expected tonight was a movie, Zero Dark Thirty. I didn't expect much, but it was actually pretty damn good.

[Dattebayo 446]

The official MLP:FIM comic book series.

I hesitantly started reading them on Imgur (thinking that it would be a cheap cash-in and that it was a stretch that it would be as good as the show ), and holy sh*t was it great.

The characters act true to themselves, it has a healthy dose of humor and action in epic quest arcs, its drawing style is visually-appealing, and the references are double-take causing (Blues Brothers and Pennywise the Clown?! ). It almost feels like it was made by fans FOR fans.

It certainly paints the world in a darker light (one page has a fan-favorite villain returning and eating a kitten, complete with a very unexpected bloodsplatter), but it still retains the innocence that has made the show the pop-culture phenomenon it is today.

Expectation: 2/10

Outcome: 10/10

[Drifter 851]

Better than expected- Dattebayo Seriously.

 

Back on the old forum I saw his "my little pony" avatar and though jeez wtf is up with this guy, took him as a joke then. Now, He's still here and just because he likes MLP I wont judge him Seems like a pretty decent guy. So I'll give Dattebyo a "Better than expected" lol

[Dattebayo 446]

Better than expected- Dattebayo Seriously.

 

Back on the old forum I saw his "my little pony" avatar and though jeez wtf is up with this guy, took him as a joke then. Now, He's still here and just because he likes MLP I wont judge him Seems like a pretty decent guy. So I'll give Dattebyo a "Better than expected" lol

x)

How long ago was this? Mw2forum?

[Drifter 851]

Lol yeah man...I just never understood the MLP stuff, but you seem like a pretty good kid and I actually like most the posts you do so I'd put you in the "better than expected" catagory

[Plumbers Crack 4,059]

Meeting up with the guys at Eurogamer.

I've obviously spoken to them all online and played CoD with them a fair bit but it can be a bit of a jump from just chatting with people online to actually meeting them in real life.

I was a bit apprehensive travelling down but by the end of the day i was a bit sad to leave them.

Nice peeps, all of them

[Commander_Undies 618]

Hummus

Expected: 2/10

Received: 7-8/10

[Docwagon 856]

Hummus

Expected: 2/10

Received: 7-8/10

 

I had a buddy I worked with overseas who called it "that wet dirt I just can't stop eating."  My wife makes it fresh at home sometimes and its outstanding.

[BO7H B4RRELS 2,452]

I loooooooooooooooove hummus!  I had very low expectations for it when I first tried it, but I can't put it down since that first taste.  I like the roasted red pepper and garlic the best. 

[Commander_Undies 618]

I like that one too, Tommy.

 

I could only imagine the homemade hummus being much better, Doc!

[Corey the Kiwi 83]

LoL, didn't think it would be that fun, I originally downloaded it because my friend said I should. I didn't play it for a few months but I decided to give it another go and I got hooked 

 

Oh and A$AP Ferg's album Trap Lord was much better than I expected. 

[BO7H B4RRELS 2,452]

I can relate to the LoL one.  It was recommended to me by a co-worker.  I installed it and then it sat for a few weeks.  I didn't think I'd like it at all.  The guy who recommended it to me was a bit odd, so I thought that it couldn't be good because he was so weird.  But now... I loooove it.

[Sennex 1,903]

To be honest:

 

This Forum

 

Its inception was presented as a "FU AUPTYK!!" And its first few days were exactly that.

I didn't expect things to last, but once you guys got your hate out of your systems, things went back to normal

[McNasty 260]

Traverse City Michigan. Just got back from a 5 day golf trip there. What a beautiful place

[deterioration 443]

Hummus

Expected: 2/10

Received: 7-8/10

Thats is funny. I purchased some Sabra roasted pine nut hummus for a party last Saturday. My friend was like "aaaaaaahhhh WTF Bro you like hummus!?" then his brother said "It's chickpeas." I added "Yeah Bob what kid of I-talian are you!?" I want to make my own.

 

 

I made pizza burgers for dinner last night (no bread). It was ground lamb-burgers with turkey sausage sauce, ricotta + fresh mootz. I didn't think it would come out good with the different meats but I was wrong. I think it had a lot to do with all of them being fresh prepped that day from a local store. If I mixed prepackaged preservative laden crap I don't think it would have been as good. I like to fit as many land animals into one meal as I possibly can

 

Expected: 4/10

Received: 9/10

[Dr Diamond 407]

To be honest:

 

This Forum

 

Its inception was presented as a "FU AUPTYK!!" And its first few days were exactly that.

I didn't expect things to last, but once you guys got your hate out of your systems, things went back to normal

yeah, now that the interface is a lot cleaner, the forum is growing nicely still with new memebers, and lots of posting from established ones

sadly, i have found myself with less time to post on here than the old one

expected - 4/10

actual - 10x10^89 /10

[Docwagon 856]

Cupcake Vineyards Moscato D'Asti.

 

My wife and I like sweet wines.  The dry wines just don't hold any appeal for either of us.  I will occasionally find wines that are simply too sweet for me, though.  I expected this to be the case with this Moscato, figuring anyplace with "cupcake" in the name would be overly sweet.  I was right, its very sweet, but its also sooo tasty.  Its not just sweet, its got a great flavor.

 

Expected - 5/10

Received- 8/10

 

http://www.cupcakevineyards.com/blog/tag/moscato-dasti/