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to be here only because you were willing to use contemptible means
of have a well justified ban on you removed.
when one gets a "crick" in the neck...
from MW:In reply to:
Main Entry: 1crick
Pronunciation: 'krik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cryk
Date: 15th century
: a painful spasmodic condition of muscles (as of the neck or back)
Main Entry: 2crick
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1884
1 : to cause a crick in (as the neck)
2 : to turn or twist (as the head) especially into a strained position
and for creek:
Main Entry: creek
Pronunciation: 'krEk, 'krik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English crike, creke, from Old Norse -kriki bend
Date: 13th century
1 chiefly British : a small inlet or bay narrower and extending farther inland than a cove
2 : a natural stream of water normally smaller than and often tributary to a river
3 archaic : a narrow or winding passage
- up the creek : in a difficult or perplexing situation
formerly known as etaoin...
Bols is Gros gin (Big gin) in French. Do you know what that type of gin is called?
My bartenders' book does not list gros gin, but an online reference I found suggests that it is singularly aptly named:
“In fact, the local rum here is not available in North America. We discovered that the reason for this is because the rum here is VERY bad!!! After distilling the cane, filtering and redistilling it, the Guadelopueans and Martiniquean rum people force goats with mouthfuls of cud to spit into the mixture to give each and every drop of rum a heavy grassy flavor. The mixture is then strained through the old socks of migrant Haitian workers and bottled. The key word on the bottle to let you know that a perfectly good rum has been strained through a sock and had goat cud added is "Agricole". So a bottle with the words "Rhum Agricole" on the label is not a rum to smuggle home next time you visit. It is not even as drinkable as "Gros Gin" a Gin with Cow cud added and popular in Holland and Quebec.“
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http://www.usual-suspects-sailing.com/exp-rummer-stone.htm
My bartenders' book explains that gin is a corruption of the Dutch for juniper - jenever - or from the French - genievre. It was first made by a Dutch physician in the 17th century, as a remedy for kidney complaints. When William III became King of England, he imposed excise duties on French wines, and gin became popular, leading to phrases such as "dutch courage," "Mother's Ruin" (based on the belief that gin induced abortions), and "Gin Lane".
The usual dry gin is made by infusing juniper and other flavorings (possibly including fennel, calmus root, angelica root, orris root, almond, cardamom, cassia, ginger, cinnamon, licorice, caraway seeds, orange peel or lemon peel) into a neutral grain spirit made primarily from corn and malted barley.
Dutch gin, also called Holland's gin or Genever gin, is made by infusing juniper and other botanicals into malt wine. The two main types of Dutch gin are oude and jonge; old and young.
Old Tom is a sweet gin made in England, and is perhaps the origination of the Tom Collins.
Plymouth gin is unsweetened, and is the traditional gin of the British Navy.
The usual dry gin is made by infusing juniper and other flavorings ...
I am allergic to juniper. Just walking by a planting makes me sneeze madly and my eyes water.
Just have to stick to Irish and Scotch
Shed a tear for your deprived High Priestess
(snigger snigger)
Me neither, Wise One. But it's more the fact that it's the one spirit that doesn't make me happy.
Scotch is guaranteed good times; vodka is nice and reliable, but got to be the syrupy stuff (and as I've said loads of times, wisniowka/cherry vodka is amongst my favourite drinks ever); brandy is fun; tequila is lively and a bit insane. But gin just makes me miserable.
Why bother?!
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