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

He's built like a sht brickhouse! I mean a sht . . . I mean a brick . . . whoops

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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I'm knocking against the sucking.

A reintroduction to one's sinuses can be such a moving moment.

Sinuses: Rob ... is it really you?
Rob: S-sinues. I-I never thought we'd meet again. Certainly not here! Not over a Bunny Hug.
Sinuses: You haven't changed a bit.
Rob: Ha. You know that's not true. But you . . . I'm remembering that time we had wasabi together--remember that? And that time there was that ammonia spill? Oh sinuses, are you here to stay this time Or are you just going to break my heart again?

I remember your mentioning that rose lemonade. One day I will swoop down on Cardullo's and get some.

It's one part gin, one part whiskey, and one part absinthe.

AAAAAAAAAA!

It's one part gin, one part whiskey, and one part absinthe.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

It's one part gin, one part whiskey, and one part absinthe.

AAAAAAAAAA!

It's one part gin, one part whiskey, and one part absinthe.

AAAAAAAAAAAA!

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.)

Ye gods, I love Fentiman's! My favorite flavor is Dandelion & Burdock, but I also love their ginger beer and even cola. They were a favorite of mine The Time I Was In England, so nostalgia value too. Didn't know they did a rose lemonade, that sounds wonderful.

I congratulate you on your Bunny Hug.

skogkatt and M. gave me absinthe once. The aniseed was like a kick in the chest, but in a good way.

I think it reintroduced Rob to his sinuses

The logical next step is absinthe, whiskey and gin shaken with a tablespoon of wasabi: the Myxomatosis Hug.

Gin, whiskey, and absinthe: you and your hobbies.

I could really get behind this whole "life not being a continual, grinding, crushing pile of manure," though.

Some day I shall try the experiment of mixing absinthe with a Mountain Dew slushie.

Since you're supposed to mix absinthe with sugar and ice-water anyhow, I think it could work; but if you used the caffeinated Mountain Dew, the results could be.... interesting....

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

I raise a glass of rose lemonade: to a world of such weeks!

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I will ask for a bunny hug the next time I"m at the absinthe bar. It can't be worse than the thing they made me with chipotle vodka and anchovy-stuffed olives. (That drink had the Innsmouth look, if Innsmouth was on fire.)

The came-out-of-a-bathtub angle should never be neglected, really. I guess you might be able to approximate it by admixing gin with formaldehyde and turpentine, but I wouldn't advise it, per se.

As usually happens when I'm deep in edit farr, meanwhile, today I started thinking about Mordecai volunteering (or being volunteered, maybe, by Viktor) to balance Mitzi's books. I'll bet half the earlier documentation has probably met with an accident, but he might be able to back-engineer how things got to wherever they are now by looking at the wreckage. Or maybe that's just me treating math like magic again, as ever.

The Bunny Hug is probably pretty good if you use a gin heavy on the botanicals, and of course a lot will depend on the absinthe (I would start with St. George's and work from there with various gins, I think). Do they mean whisky or do they mean bourbon?

The best mixing tonic is Schweppes Indian Tonic; I tried the Fentiman's stuff and found it much like Sprite. YMMV.

I'm glad the Bunny Hug neither put you under the table nor required pouring down the sink.

Bottled shandy at soft-drink strength is an interesting concept. I do sometimes drink the half-Harp half-lemonade* version in the summer if I'm driving and have time to drink but not quite enough time.

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

I'm pleased by this. Wood is knocked for you.

*i.e. lemon-lime soda, although I once ran into a pub which made it with American-style fresh-squeezed lemonade, which was completely inauthentic yet delicious

How about The Sovay Cocktail Book?

*ducks*

I recommend the Dandelion and Burdock. A friend used it as a mixer, but I can't remember what with.

I've had absinthe once; it put me into a kind of rigor mortis, and the next day, I could feel my brain cells popping like bubble wrap. Never again!

A Bunny Hug! I've yet to try absinthe but intend to still one day.

I'm glad the week didn't suck. I hope the trend continues. :)

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