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Title: The Booze Poll!
Post by: Stunaep on June 07, 2004, 04:23:25 pm
Since we have a thread about favorite music (again), why not have a poll thread about the second.... make that third best thing in the universe, booze.

So vote for your favorite.

So, on a brigther note, I've got 6-pack of beer that I won today on my hands, and no-one to share it with.

Wasn't that much of a brighter note, now was it?
Title: The Booze Poll!
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on June 07, 2004, 04:26:10 pm
Tea with (a lot of) brandy in it :nervous:
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Post by: phreak on June 07, 2004, 04:26:48 pm
gin & tonic
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Post by: Kazan on June 07, 2004, 04:28:37 pm
nothing
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Post by: Fineus on June 07, 2004, 04:30:02 pm
Absinthe!
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Post by: diamondgeezer on June 07, 2004, 04:30:30 pm
(http://www.amic.cz/press/foto/1552_1.jpg)
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Post by: Stunaep on June 07, 2004, 04:32:40 pm
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Originally posted by Kalfireth
Absinthe!


Tried that **** once in my life (on my trip to Hungary, since guess what, in estonia, it's illegal. Got something to do with illegal drugs or some such). Couldn't stand it.
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Post by: Sandwich on June 07, 2004, 04:37:49 pm
Jesus didn't turn water into Coke, nor grape juice, nor even gin & tonic. Wine for me - in moderation. ;)
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Post by: Saturn2004 on June 07, 2004, 04:38:03 pm
mikes hard lemonade
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Post by: Fineus on June 07, 2004, 04:41:30 pm
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Originally posted by Stunaep
Got something to do with illegal drugs or some such).

That'd be Wormwood, a hallucinagen. I don't like the taste myself either but if you're going to get drunk I've yet to find something to do the job more efficiently.

TBH I don't drink it much.

I've lately discovered a liking for Southern Comfort and Lemonade.. but I'm not adverse to a shot of vodka, a pint of beer or some wine.
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Post by: Gloriano on June 07, 2004, 04:41:49 pm
<----likes
rum
wine
whiskey
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Post by: Bobboau on June 07, 2004, 04:42:57 pm
I don't even like Coke
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Post by: Stealth on June 07, 2004, 04:46:56 pm
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Post by: karajorma on June 07, 2004, 05:14:43 pm
Rather surprisingly the Vodka Vandals seem to be beating the Lager Louts at the moment :D

Love vodka personally. Especially neat vodka :D
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Post by: Jetmech Jr. on June 07, 2004, 05:31:25 pm
A tiny bit of wine every couple a months.
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Post by: kode on June 07, 2004, 05:38:23 pm
hmm... after taking a look at my current supply, I see that I have 2 bottles of vodka, one bottle of whiskey, 2 bottles of liqueur, and some beer. oh, some cider too, it seems. but that strongbow bottle must be flat now.

What I usually drink is vodka based drinks, especially white russians and ice bears. I like whiskey and absinthe too, tho. It's also nice to have a few beers once in a while.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on June 07, 2004, 05:52:48 pm
I stopped drinking cider when I realised it tastes exactly the same going down and comming back up :ick:
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Post by: kode on June 07, 2004, 05:57:03 pm
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
I stopped drinking cider when I realised it tastes exactly the same going down and comming back up :ick:


depends. if you drink it to get rid of the bad aftertaste after some odd german sparklewine...
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Post by: diamondgeezer on June 07, 2004, 06:01:37 pm
Last time I drank cider... uuurgh. We'd decided to kill this big bottle of Jim Beam betwixt the three of us, with the girl who's kitchen we were in watching and laughing as we got more and more ****faced. The large hairy chap in that pizza thread of mine was pouring triples in to coffe mugs and mkaing us down them. After the JB was gone, I went back to our fridge to find more alkyhol, only to find there was nothing but Strongbow. So I drank a can of that and fell asleep under the kitchen table whilst verbally abusing my friends and neighbours :nod:
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Post by: 01010 on June 07, 2004, 06:12:03 pm
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
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Yes, poison of my choice. Absinthe is something I can't drink regularly as my habit of polishing off half a bottle of the stuff (like I do with everything, regardless of %) in the first hour has a tendency to leave me too ****ed to move.

Also, I cannot stomach wine in any capacity, be it red, white or other, I only have to look at a bottle of the stuff to gag sometimes.
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Post by: Knight Templar on June 07, 2004, 06:13:20 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich
Jesus didn't turn water gin & tonic.


Black Jesus did.

As for me, wine is the only I have access to that tastes moderately good that I have access to. Beer I think is mostly crap, Root aside. :)

Oh, Vodka is fun too.
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Post by: Stealth on June 07, 2004, 06:31:49 pm
vodka is good, only when mixed with something

good choice though :yes:
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Post by: Martinus on June 07, 2004, 06:35:33 pm
[color=66ff00]100% alcohol free.

BTW cider - A pussy drink?!? You need to try irish cider, I see more people messed up on that stuff than just about anything else.
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Post by: Tiara on June 09, 2004, 03:08:26 pm
Cider isn't a pussy drink if you get the right cider ;) (Ok, that just sounded wrong :D)

Anyway, my favorite pure drinks:

1). Jack Daniels
2). Vodka (Prefferably Absolute Vodka. It's the best out there IMO)
3). Beer

My fav mixes:

1). Irish car bomb (A little Guiness beer [and NO OTHER BRAND!], 1 shot glass Baileys & 2 shot glasses od Scotch)
2). Kamikaze (1 part Lime Juice, 1 part blue curacoa & 1 part Vodka)
3). Real Margarita (lots of lime juice, salt, Tequila, blue curacoa)

Aaaaahhh... yes... The good ol' time as a summer job barkeep :D
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Post by: kode on June 09, 2004, 03:35:15 pm
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Originally posted by Tiara

2). Vodka (Prefferably Absolute Vodka. It's the best out there IMO)
 


ahh, yes... one of the great things that comes from sweden. it was quite a while since I bought any of that, tho. right now I've got that dutch bols vodka at home, tho. quite good, if I may say so. I usually shop the booze because of the bottle design. this is one of my fav designs:

(http://www.scandinaviandesign.com/news/svensk/bottle~1.JPG)
"svensk vodka". really good, is produced not to far from where I live. they've got gin too, which comes in a similar shaped bottle, only even better looking.

(http://www21.brinkster.com/dricka/media/images/sprit/218sm.jpg)
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Post by: Moonsword on June 09, 2004, 03:38:34 pm
Coke for me.  Of course, not only do I have no intention to drink, I'm underage, so that's probably the best call.
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Post by: Tiara on June 09, 2004, 03:50:42 pm
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Originally posted by Moonsword
Coke for me.  Of course, not only do I have no intention to drink, I'm underage, so that's probably the best call.

Pussy :p

Seriously, is it that strict over there? Cause, over here it's legal to drink at age 16 but nobody really cares if you're one or two years younger :p
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Post by: ShadowWolf_IH on June 09, 2004, 03:53:52 pm
Rum......so far my drink inventions with rum include the Yard Arm, the Bilge Rat, the Powder Keg, the Broken Rudder, and Three different cannonball, Solid shot, Grape shot, and Long 9.  yeah i know, rum is a second class liquer, but since I am the only living breathing PRACTICING pirate.....what else would i drink?  and just to clear the air, i was a Pirate long before the movie....I think i was six when i saw Erol Flynn in Captain Blood, and that started me off on my Pirate craze.....  so for now and always....RUM....and did i mention more Rum?
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Post by: Moonsword on June 09, 2004, 03:56:57 pm
@Tiara:
Depends on the part of the country and where your parents are.

The cops in Georgia, however, are generally unamused at breaking up high school beer bashes, though.  And there are some attempts to nail your *** to a wall for DUI, which I heartily agree with.

I'm also not really that interested in alchohol, anyway.  I see no reason to drink.  I'm already crazy enough as it is!
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Post by: Darkage on June 09, 2004, 04:30:08 pm
1)beer
2)jack daniels
3)vodka (pure) or somethimes mixed.
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Post by: DragonClaw on June 09, 2004, 04:34:19 pm
Ahh, Moonsword lives near me... for all I know, next door *scared*

Drink wine once in awhile during holidays, when parents let me. 21 year old restriction pisses me off. Doesn't make sense either, considering you're 'responsible' for yourself at the age of 18.

Figures, US government.
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Post by: Stunaep on June 09, 2004, 04:37:56 pm
so what you're telling me, is that you have a 21 year-old age limit, and people actually care to enforce it? Wow.... go figure

not that I'm in that much of a position to mock, being a citizen of the world's third country in alcohol consumption
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Post by: karajorma on June 09, 2004, 04:43:16 pm
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Originally posted by DragonClaw
Drink wine once in awhile during holidays, when parents let me. 21 year old restriction pisses me off. Doesn't make sense either, considering you're 'responsible' for yourself at the age of 18.


It amazes me that some people think you can be old enough to drive, get married and join the army but have a beer! Now there's something that's a big commitment :)
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on June 09, 2004, 04:46:18 pm
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Originally posted by Knight Templar
Beer I think is mostly crap


Good man.

And about the age restriction thing, isn't it time that all age limits were standardised? Either to 16 or 18, for everything.
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Post by: Knight Templar on June 09, 2004, 07:29:18 pm
I could go for some legalised gambling about now...
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Post by: Martinus on June 09, 2004, 07:32:15 pm
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Originally posted by Tiara
Irish car bomb (A little Guiness beer [and NO OTHER BRAND!], 1 shot glass Baileys & 2 shot glasses od Scotch)

[color=66ff00]You're taking the piss, that's it's name?
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Post by: kode on June 09, 2004, 07:39:06 pm
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Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]You're taking the piss, that's it's name?
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that's the name of it, yes.
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Post by: aldo_14 on June 09, 2004, 07:44:54 pm
Jack Daniels.

Although I gave up drinking a while ago.... last time I was out, some bastard spiked my drink.
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Post by: Black Wolf on June 09, 2004, 10:57:06 pm
(http://www.sunzine.net/bundaberg/bundy/bundyrum.gif)

Yuh huh - that's right.
Title: Re: The Booze Poll!
Post by: Nico on June 10, 2004, 02:15:15 am
Quote
Originally posted by Stunaep
Since we have a thread about favorite music (again), why not have a poll thre[blahblahblah]Wasn't that much of a brighter note, now was it?


I don't give a damn, it's your **** :D

Quote
Cider (aka I'm a pussy-drink)

If you consider cider booze, you're not right in your mind :doubt:
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Post by: Tiara on June 10, 2004, 03:28:13 am
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Originally posted by Maeglamor

[color=66ff00]You're taking the piss, that's it's name?
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Yup, that's it's name :D :D
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Post by: Gortef on June 10, 2004, 05:53:08 am
Skotch, wine and coke

and well if it's a really really good apple cider then that's ok too.
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Post by: vyper on June 10, 2004, 07:25:20 am
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Jack Daniels.

Although I gave up drinking a while ago.... last time I was out, some bastard spiked my drink.


****, where'd that happen?

As for the car bomb... wtf? Guiness is bad enough as it is.
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Post by: aldo_14 on June 10, 2004, 07:27:40 am
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Originally posted by vyper


****, where'd that happen?


O'Neills, in the old cheesemarket(?).  Apparently i just blacked out and smacked my head off a chair.  Can't remember anything after that, fortunately I was out with a bunch of mates form uni who were able to get me home ok.  Scary, tho.
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Post by: Setekh on June 10, 2004, 07:32:28 am
I haven't really developed a palette for any sort of alcohol yet. I may try wine again at the end of the year. :)
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Post by: vyper on June 10, 2004, 07:49:11 am
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Originally posted by aldo_14


O'Neills, in the old cheesemarket(?).  Apparently i just blacked out and smacked my head off a chair.  Can't remember anything after that, fortunately I was out with a bunch of mates form uni who were able to get me home ok.  Scary, tho.


Dun you mean saltmarket? If you do - oh you silly silly man... You're lucky ur mates were there for sure. :nervous:
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Post by: Moonsword on June 10, 2004, 07:53:09 am
Hey, DragonClaw, what part of the state are you from?
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Post by: aldo_14 on June 10, 2004, 08:15:05 am
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Originally posted by vyper


Dun you mean saltmarket? If you do - oh you silly silly man... You're lucky ur mates were there for sure. :nervous:


nope.  Old cheese market, in the Merchant City.
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Post by: vyper on June 10, 2004, 08:33:59 am
Need to get some bearings on that one, not quite sure where u are exactly. Safe bet ur not too bad in the merchant city tho, so long as u avoid the surrounding features... like Bennets.
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Post by: aldo_14 on June 10, 2004, 08:35:51 am
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Originally posted by vyper
Need to get some bearings on that one, not quite sure where u are exactly. Safe bet ur not too bad in the merchant city tho, so long as u avoid the surrounding features... like Bennets.


St. Vincent street, I believe.  I'm not too hot on Glasgow street names, thend to just bumble my way round based on memory.
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Post by: vyper on June 10, 2004, 08:43:58 am
Ach bloody hell I have a fair idea where you are now.

Next time go to the Corinthian nearby - far higher class of villan to drug u there. :lol:

Back on topic:
I recall drinking double JDs neat on occasions when I'd fallen out wi me ex, now that was an interesting experience because I was never hungover :nervous:
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Post by: kasperl on June 10, 2004, 08:53:09 am
Well, I like bloody mary's (vodka and tomatoe juice), Scotch, Cider, and some Old Dutch Jenever (though only if we ran out of scotch). Gin is terrible, straight vodka is hardly any better, liquers are too sweet, and don't get me started on alcopops. Calvados (Apple Whisky, I geuss.) is nice too.

As for Dutch regulations:
16 = Beer, Wine, Alcopops
18 = Whisky, Vodka,  etc, and I think mariuhana as well.

These are just the sale limits. If you get your parents to buy the stuff, no one is about to complain if you get drunk (your parents, perhaps).
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Post by: Tiara on June 10, 2004, 09:03:48 am
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Originally posted by kasperl
These are just the sale limits. If you get your parents to buy the stuff, no one is about to complain if you get drunk (your parents, perhaps).

If it was up to the store clerks they'd sell it to 12 year olds :p They just don't want to get *****slapped by the governement :p
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Post by: kasperl on June 10, 2004, 09:08:51 am
Well, the good ones do have a bit of judgement. Bars and pubs seem to be a bit different, though. Supermarkets are easy enough to get booze from, it seems, but barkeeps do generally have a bit more brains.
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Post by: Tiara on June 10, 2004, 09:14:52 am
No, they don't have brains, they try to protect their booze liscence. Really, they don't give a **** about who buys the booze as long as they can keep their liscence :D
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Post by: Black Wolf on June 10, 2004, 09:33:48 am
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Originally posted by Setekh
I haven't really developed a palette for any sort of alcohol yet. I may try wine again at the end of the year. :)


*Subliminizes*

You will drink Bundy and Colas. Yes you will.

Good stuff - a bit more expensive than beer ($15 a six pack:sigh: ) but worht it. Goes down brilliantly. It's the ideal mix of a sweet, premixed drink that wont bring your sexuality into question.
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Post by: Triple Ace on June 10, 2004, 09:51:32 am
No drink for me. I like my liver.
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Post by: Tiara on June 10, 2004, 09:54:31 am
Triple Ace, at times a bit of alcohol is even healthy. It destroyes the bulking germs in your body. It might take some good cells with it but overall it's good for your body if you drink a shot/glass every now and then. :)

Ow, I'm talking Vodka, wine, Scotch-type alcohol though. Not the mixes. They're just not good for you :p
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Post by: Stunaep on June 10, 2004, 10:05:20 am
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Originally posted by Tiara

If it was up to the store clerks they'd sell it to 12 year olds :p They just don't want to get *****slapped by the governement :p


Funny you should say that, since I've seen that happen around here. :D
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Post by: Tiara on June 10, 2004, 10:08:57 am
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Originally posted by Stunaep


Funny you should say that, since I've seen that happen around here. :D

It's not unheard of here either. It's just the larger establishments who don't do it :p
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Post by: castor on June 10, 2004, 12:40:59 pm
(http://www.koff.fi/stc/images/docs/nikolai3.jpg)
Characteristics:

Original gravity: 12,5 %Pl
Alcohol content: 4,5 % vol.
Energycontent: 200 kJ/100 ml
Carbohydrates: 4,7 g/100 ml
Colour: 13 EBC
Bitterness: 18 EBU

"Nikolai beer's high original gravity makes it extremely full-bodied with a dense foam and full taste. Its colour has nuance of mahogany. It tastes slightly stronger and sweeter than typical Finnish lagers."

Whatever.. but /me likes :)
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Post by: pyro-manic on June 10, 2004, 05:27:07 pm
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
(http://www.amic.cz/press/foto/1552_1.jpg)


Don't mind if I do! :D

That and Stella, Tiger, San Miguel, etc.

Ooh, and I've got a mate whose sister brought him back a bottle of proper absinthe from Spain, the 75% stuff. Gonna have it when all me mates are back from uni in a few weeks. It's gonna be painful.....:shaking: ;)
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Post by: vyper on June 10, 2004, 05:29:06 pm
Interesting note: whenever I drink Becks, I feel violently ill within hours.
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Post by: pyro-manic on June 10, 2004, 05:35:38 pm
Gaah! I'm not surprised - 'orrible stuff, is Beck's.
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Post by: Whitelight on June 10, 2004, 10:40:16 pm
Rum and coke, here...

yummy

hickup.. :D

Jello shots are also good hehehe, hickup, hickup.. :nervous:
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Post by: Thorn on June 10, 2004, 11:00:59 pm
Beer mostly. Scotch and Vodka sometimes. I checked Coke too, because I have the occasional Rum and Coke....