Tossed and blown

On the third page now. The cider talk has died down too.

That sounds ace. Seagrams is a whiskey, right?

It's the middle ground I'm aiming at though. Old Fashioned sounds like it really fits the bill.

There must be something which has Schnapps in but still satisfies the criteria though. Like say, Scnapps, gin and grapefruit juice. Called a 3x2. Imagine how suave it would be ordering a 3x2!

So I could kill two birds* by having that woodford stuff in the Old Fashioned?

In my mind I'm the BMW driver in the late 80s Audi advert. In real life........ not so much.

So it tastes like an alcoholic coffee? Less keen now.

Only ever have lager with a curry / chinese, ergo I quite like singha / cobra / kingfisher. On a session I find it unbelievably gassy. There is currently a better drinks thread in this forum, the only similarity being LF banging on about cider for no real reason.

OK. Presume Kahlua isn't aniseed based?

Good shout for Schnapps. Is there a particular brand which is uber cool?

Yes for beergarden quaffing, but I'm more looking for busy darkened bar 2300hrs drink.

Yes, probably current one is JD and coke on account of it tasting alright and sounding good to order. I'm after something that sounds as cool but tastes better. Whiskey wise I like that Glayva stuff but the name sounds too shit. Rum is OK, but I'm not so keen on the spiced stuff. Anything tasting of aniseed, liquorice is off the menu too.

Absolutely agree that sounds cool, but I really hate Tequila, or at least the ones I've tried, +/- dead invertebrate / reptile. Also whenever you mention Tequila round these parts divvies have to start up stories of snorting salt and squeezing fruit juice in their eyes. Great, I'm in. What are the consituents of these? I think a 2-3 component drink with a cool name which is mandatory when ordering, but not strictly speaking a cocktail, is where it's at. For instance: -screwdriver = pretentious. It's just a vodka and orange. -sex on the beach / slippery nipple etc etc = no matter how nice it tastes you sound / look like a right cock irrespective of the sex of the barstaff -Old-fashioned = I'm in. Provided it tastes OK.

Right, I'm giving that Woodford a go. Other combinations welcome. I think that Tia Maria / guinness one would be something I'd be ashamed to order, like I said it's gotta sound cool.

I reckon rum and black sounds good when you shout it up, like pints of back and tan, but doesn't taste so nice. To further qualify, ideally this drink needs to be: -'nice' tasting -somewhat obscure but not rare enough to have supply difficulties -cool sounding when I order it

Cheers. Is that neat or with some mixer? How does it compare to, say, southern comfort?

That sounds like the name of a cider?

I'm getting to the age where a decent session on pints seems to involve continually getting up to piss all night*. There's no problem at the start, typically four or five scoops before the seal is broken, but the aftermath is not condusive to a good night's sleep. I've recently switched to shorts after two or three which sorts the pissing problem nicely but I'm looking for something that tastes nice (sweet, fruity, strong) as opposed to these fucking Jagerbombs / vodka redbulls / sambucas that seem to be standard fare. Whiskey is much more of a gentle sipping drink to my mind. Don't mind gin / vodka, but there must be some nicer spirits, or mixtures of, out there that will do the trick? *prostate is OK based on the pissing up the wall test

When I was 16 I worked in the stockroom at Woolies and the manager used to make us get him drinks when he had someone in with him to look important. This one day he'd been a twat to my old fella who also worked there at the time, then phoned up with an order for two coffees, one with sugar and one without. He didn't always have sugar so I pissed in them both even though I didn't know who else was in the office. I opened his door and offered him the sugared one first. "Ah thank you Alan, that one is for the Superintendent". I smiled politely at the policeman in the decorated uniform.....

I'd love it (just love it) if I could contact one of your co-workers and get everybody running the numbers on all this shit that annoys you.

Working, have been on call all weekend. In work now. No double time either.

Sadly not, I'd have to set off now if I did. You can post a photo, no?

I'll bring my Taliban Toyota pickup to redress the balance

1. Dave U 2. John G 3. Al 4. Rene 5. Monty 6. Chris m 7. Rob 8. Mark 9. Woo 10. Ged 11. Our kid 12. Ted 13. Al (T&B) 14. 15. 16. Should be OK for this as I can't resist the lure of Monty.

You bastard. I work my stones off all day and come home to be moaned at that something needs fixing.