"here, drink this mountain dew after that shot of absinthe"

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:27, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I see why that'd be wrong.

(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:32, Reply)

I should've skipped the liquor and went straight for the dew
do the dew
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:39, Reply)

Ha.
I recall, as a foolish youth of 17, being told that absinthe is to be drunk with iced sugar water. 'Lies!' quoth I, and proceeded to down two shots.
I then proceeded to spend the next few hours alternately passing out and vomiting.
(berk, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:33, Reply)

I watched a barmaid tell someone stroh tasted of strawberries.
it's 80% rum that tastes of petrol.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:36, Reply)

I hope her poor victim
threw up on her shoes. I know I would have done.
(berk, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:40, Reply)

i watched, laughed
but the joke was on me. Later that night i threw up in a bath.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:45, Reply)

Were you bathing at the time?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:48, Reply)

Were you (or anyone else) in the bath at the time?
If not, no harm no foul. It's got a plughole, so easily sorted.
(berk, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:48, Reply)

it was poor Applebite's bath :(

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:51, Reply)

Oof, not good

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:53, Reply)

But still,
surely this was sorted with application of tap and shoo-ing motions?
(berk, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:55, Reply)

Yeah, i cleaned it for her.
a bit.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:58, Reply)

How kind
I'm sure she was very grateful.
(berk, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:01, Reply)

I saw a barman
do a similar thing to an American once. Some flavoured liqueur or the other that they told them tasted lovely. Turned out the American didn't think it was alcoholic
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:48, Reply)

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaha yuck
so it's not just me that likes to get clean when drunk?
I looooooooooooooove taking showers when I'm hammered.
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:49, Reply)

I hate showers when drunk
I think it's because I hate being hot
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:50, Reply)

we're not talking about golden showers, honey

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:51, Reply)

Tbh, there is nothing in the world, EVER, that could convince me one of those was a good idea.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:53, Reply)

Jellyfish sting

(PsychoChomp, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:55, Reply)

Urban legend methinks

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:58, Reply)

Not so.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:05, Reply)

According to a few sites I've looked at, it's nothing precise
firstaid.about.com/od/bitesstings/f/07_JellyfishPee.htm

That one says it's 50/50, the rest have pretty much all said no.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:08, Reply)

it works on weever fish

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:16, Reply)

So if a weever fish gets stung by a jellyfish, you relieve their pain by urinating on them?
I'm torn between suggesting that you've been spending too much time in the sea, and proclaiming you as being the Bear Grylls of the ocean.
(Cave Duck, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:23, Reply)

I spend much of my time performing bodily functions on marine life
I started out by spitting on limpets.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:25, Reply)

"Spitting on limpets really messes you up"
If only the government had backed my campaign.
(Cave Duck, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:32, Reply)

damn government and their misguided priorities

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:45, Reply)

in the words of carrie bradshaw "can you just close your eyes and I'll stand over you and pour some warm tea on you or something?

( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:57, Reply)

Ugh ugh ugh

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:58, Reply)

i don't see a problem with
weeing on someone. Being weed on it another thing entirely
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:59, Reply)

I've drunk neat absythe and was fine
well, from what I remember. I find it hard to turn the stuff down, as a pretentious artist I am duty bound to drink it
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:54, Reply)

I couldn't even take half a shot of it
I puked it back up and was fucken hammered
( Lisette von Falcon, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:56, Reply)

take an evening class in art,
start pointing your glasses at paintings, make some of your own clothes, especially from recycled materials and declare everything WONDERFUL and INSPIRING!

You will never have a problem drinking absynthe again
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:58, Reply)

it deadens the pain
but agreed, nothing wrong with absinthe
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:59, Reply)

Except for the price...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:09, Reply)

a bottle of the decent stuff
is worth it. Not buying it singularly though
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:11, Reply)

Bar near me sells 72% shots for £3.50 each
Worth it in winter.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:12, Reply)

It's weaker than Wray & Nephew rum.
If it still had wormwood in it I'd be interested, as it is, what's sold as absinthe nowadays isn't really at all.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:18, Reply)

and it tastes fairly minging
if it's merely booze, with no extra poisonous qualities I'd rather drink something I like the taste of.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:25, Reply)

Quite so.
Triumph of marketing over good sense, that stuff...
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:36, Reply)

cougar-related-incident
has it right. Arty types like it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:50, Reply)

The reference to pretension is the key, here, I suspect.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 17:55, Reply)

but I'd be condemning myself
out of my own mouth, since I quite like it
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 18:00, Reply)

there is nothing
wrong with being a pretentious artist.
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 18:02, Reply)

I think I give off that vibe, anyway
The woman in the laundrette on various occasions has said that I am the type that would go to either Glastonbury, Amsterdam or something similar. That or she thinks I'm into massive drugs.

Not sure how she got to that conclusion from washing my pants
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 18:04, Reply)

people jump to conclusions
often wrong ones. I'm not really anything like I look. And I was once told I looked like a Britney Spears fan by my history teacher, when he discovered I liked rock/metal

Edit: perhaps she thinks she can smell drugs from your clothes. Or it could be the fact you've sleepwalked there before and asked for drugs. Like that man on House
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 18:05, Reply)

was he
washing your pants?
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 18:06, Reply)

Thank God no
He didn't like me, and I was very blond at that point
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 18:08, Reply)

guilty

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 18:01, Reply)

I think every bar should stock it.

That way us folks with unpickled brains get a few guilty laughs watching those who really shouldn't be drinking anything else alcoholic for several hours, drink more very alcoholic stuff. Usually, in a random, pretentious manner.

Great spectator sport, as long as you're quick enough to spot the 'oh-no' expression that usually precedes the cheeks puffing out, demonstrating that a bounce is about to occur.

One can then ensure a safe distance between oneself and the unfortunate, such that one's footwear remains suitably unsullied.
(BrianHequator was stretching owls, on, or around, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 18:08, Reply)

you sound like a pro

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 18:09, Reply)

I decided it'd be a good idea to get myself and my friend a double each at christmas.
It wasn't.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Mon 26 Jul 2010, 16:59, Reply)