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This is a link post The best xmas pressie money can buy
The internet is the perfect place to buy Christmas presents for all you lazy bastards out there - and I've just found the perfect present! It's called the Dutch Courage Kit.
 (I helped save b3ta! Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 18:33, Reply)
This is a normal post Absinthe eh?
Surely more likely to end you up in A&E.

A mate of mine had an absinthe binge a few months ago. He ended up tipping over another, wheelchair-bound mate of mine in the restaurant section of a popular family chain pub, before joining him on the floor, crouched up in the fetal position and giggling hysterically. Not a fantastic night.
 (Cap'n, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 18:57, Reply)
This is a normal post I don't know
I'd count that as a classic
 (I helped save b3ta! GrandmaOfShoes, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 18:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah I was lying slightly
Thought it looked worse when I wrote it down. He sobered up slightly, we were wearing little versions we'd made of the costumes from this video, we went to a club with UV lights and a had a pretty awesome time.
 (Cap'n, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 9:39, Reply)
This is a normal post The only thing I found with Absithe was that
The hangovers were surreal...

In my current situation I wouldn't fucking touch it... Too much going on in the depths of my skull...
 (I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 19:06, Reply)
This is a normal post I concur.
The last time I drank absinthe I woke up in a bush 5 miles from where I was drinking :S
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 19:46, Reply)
This is a normal post How that differs from Cider I don't know

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 19:53, Reply)
This is a normal post Ha ha ha!
Well, Cider is my drink of choice, and although I often wake up in bushes, it is never so far from where I was drinking!
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 19:56, Reply)
This is a normal post Outside the Offie then ;)

(I helped save b3ta! Monty Propps, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 20:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Wait to get outside?
At this time of year?
 (I helped save b3ta! Sea Tramp the thinking woman's 8 Ace, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 20:13, Reply)
This is a normal post Don't hit me,
this is going to sound like the most pedantic thing ever but I hate how it was a drink called 'Absinth' called so because of the absinthium in it, a drink which made no sense with a pronounciation which didn't make sense or look correct without an E on the end.

And now it's so bloody commonly used companies are printing bottles with Absinthe on the front, just gets my goat. But the same happened last time I was in an industry lab and saw a large bottle of some chemical compound or other with Z instead of S'.

Sorry all, carry on.
 (Vikingheadache, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 22:32, Reply)
This is a normal post Well this is a ludicrous attempt at pedantry.
It is extremely common for a word to have a vowel added onto the end if it does not necessarily resolve easily.

I think you will probably find, that it was called Absinthe long before the compound that causes the hallucinations was found, and was subsequently named Absinthium, in reference to the most common place where it was found.

However, pedantry is always welcomed.
 (I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 11 Dec 2008, 0:14, Reply)
This is a normal post Ive always liked the ritual of preparing it
but I dont really like the taste and I hardly ever drink anyway.

Have to say I have always wondered what it would be like with a couple of drops of laudenem dropped on to the sugar cube which I believe was a popular additive in the 19th century. That could just be the junky inside me talking though.
 (I helped save b3ta! lord turkey boy and the cleft of venus, Wed 10 Dec 2008, 19:18, Reply)