tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post7931499190530600994..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Jack & Ginger: A ClarificationJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-45032209376770351202007-09-24T12:32:00.000-04:002007-09-24T12:32:00.000-04:00think you are confusing it with Southern Comfort w...<I>think you are confusing it with Southern Comfort which is technically a liqueur since it is sweetened.<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Ah, no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-72504461344957487812007-09-24T10:16:00.000-04:002007-09-24T10:16:00.000-04:00heydave,Laying in bed all day with vague discomfor...heydave,<BR/>Laying in bed all day with vague discomfort in the lower right abdomen is the biggest sign. We learned that right after we rushed our son to the emergency room with a busted appendix.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-14527010045398825552007-09-24T10:05:00.000-04:002007-09-24T10:05:00.000-04:00If it weren't so early in the day, and I were feel...If it weren't so early in the day, and I were feeling better (what ARE the symptoms of appendicitis?) I'd toast you all now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-60911696297347482122007-09-23T21:20:00.000-04:002007-09-23T21:20:00.000-04:00My drink? Benedictine and Pluto Water, with a spri...My drink? Benedictine and Pluto Water, with a sprig of mint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-73562436744678827592007-09-23T15:10:00.000-04:002007-09-23T15:10:00.000-04:00Ginny update for Those who might Actually GAS ...M...Ginny update for Those who might Actually GAS ...<BR/><BR/>My enterprising purveyor came thru yesterday: I am as of 14 hours ago the smug Possessor of 9/10 of a bottle of Boodle's. <BR/><BR/>And I am chagrined to report that that I must humbly "think again" vis-a-vis my loudmouthed anglophobia: Boodle's is both Of Britain Proper and delicious. Thus my next mission will be to conjure a bottle of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-88356889154962270202007-09-23T07:47:00.000-04:002007-09-23T07:47:00.000-04:00Dowd just wanted to get the word "ginger" into her...Dowd just wanted to get the word "ginger" into her column as much as possible. I'm shocked she didn't make a <I>Gilligans Island</I> reference. <BR/><BR/>I have never had a Jack and ginger, but I started drinking Jack and Coke after visiting the Jack Daniels factory in Lynchburg, Tennessee. <BR/><BR/>They make a big deal over the charcol filtering, but I don't recall any sweetners being added. ItMo MoDohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727343667874455512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-36645092947502870652007-09-23T06:14:00.000-04:002007-09-23T06:14:00.000-04:00Thenkew for confirming my long-held suspicion that...Thenkew for confirming my long-held suspicion that Jack Daniels was a "sugared" bourbon/sour mash. The headaches from wee overindulgence suggested that. Never had the experience with Beam, Maker's Mark, Wild Turkey, etc. Years ago, I drank bourbon and ginger ale, believing that the ginger ale brought out the oak flavor of the bourbon. However, on a first-class flight from NY to MIA many years Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-67697177049395626382007-09-23T03:03:00.000-04:002007-09-23T03:03:00.000-04:00In a strange bar last weekend (not for professiona...In a strange bar last weekend (not for professional reasons, yet surely not for fun either) and bored with beer (I'd already had three beers, yet the people on stage hadn't ceased to exist), I ordered a Jack and Coke. I felt at the time that I was doing something wrong, but wasn't quite sure what. Thank you for educating me so eloquently; next time I ask for the vodka and Grapey Grape.<BR/><BR/>-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-1369892979315860952007-09-22T19:39:00.000-04:002007-09-22T19:39:00.000-04:00Humm, in college, in Indiana of all places, my dri...Humm, in college, in Indiana of all places, my drink of choice was Peppermint Schnapes and Mountain Dew.<BR/><BR/>yes, I am much better now, thanks for asking...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-80467947030139282112007-09-22T14:41:00.000-04:002007-09-22T14:41:00.000-04:00Mr Dog -- your contention amply reified by YT last...Mr Dog -- your contention amply reified by YT last week with the following (as it turned out) experimental procedure:<BR/><BR/>Hypothesis: are all gins just Bottled Stupid Liquid Harshness that are cynically marketed to brainless and tastebudless anglophiles? Izzat why there are like 4 dusty bottles of the stuff still on the shelf of my local top-of-the-bell-curve supermarket, apologetically Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-54097009746367084892007-09-22T13:41:00.000-04:002007-09-22T13:41:00.000-04:00I'll have 4 whole fried chickens and a coke. And s...I'll have 4 whole fried chickens and a coke. And some dry white toast for my brother.FiniFinitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12989327726984546912noreply@blogger.com