He's built like a sh*t brickhouse! I mean a sh*t . . . I mean a brick . . . whoops

[sovay]

Out of the contents of derspatchel's drinks cabinet and in honor of Mordecai Heller, I finally made and drank a Bunny Hug.

It didn't put me under the table (and we didn't pour it down the sink, as advised by The Savoy Cocktail Book), but I think it reintroduced Rob to his sinuses. I should probably fudge the proportions next time and use less absinthe, since the whisky and gin mostly serve as backup when equally distributed. It would all have come out of somebody's bathtub originally.

Cardullo's now carries the full range of Fentiman's, shandy and rose lemonade included. I have a bottle of the latter in the refrigerator. I plan to go back for the tonic water.

There are no words to describe Brian Blessed on QI.

Knock wood. This week didn't suck, either.

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[cucumberseed.livejournal.com]

Okay, I'm intrigued.

I think it's the only time I've ever heard about a drink and worried about what happens to the gin in it.

Knock wood. This week didn't suck, either.

It's wood from Ikea flat-pack furniture, but knocking as well. I had a friend who hypothesized that in Britain it's "touch wood" where in the states it's "knock wood" because what you are really doing is ordering a blessing from the Druids, and since the Druids are in Britain, you don't need to be so loud for them to hear.

The Fentiman's sounds *quite* interesting. I must investigate this. I have made things with dandelion and burdock (and red clover) for people in the past (I have also made more... direct interventions for a couple of people for the same reason), so it might be interesting to sample a more professional version of my medicine (the former, not the latter and parenthetical).

(ew.)

[sovay]

Okay, I'm intrigued.

Bravo, sir. Bravo.

[sovay]

I had a friend who hypothesized that in Britain it's "touch wood" where in the states it's "knock wood" because what you are really doing is ordering a blessing from the Druids, and since the Druids are in Britain, you don't need to be so loud for them to hear.

I rather like that.

Fentiman's Victorian lemonade is my favorite storebought. I can also recommend the Seville orange jigger. rushthatspeaks likes the Curiosity Cola, although we're fairly certain it would kill me.

[edited after I realized I'd misspelled curiosity, which is just sad]