National Martini Day

[sandyRoe]

Would you need a strong head to drink these? Are they almost undiluted spirits?

http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2015/06/18/how-to-celebrate-national-martini-day/

[Broseph]

/But outside you're far from the source of the drink. When drinking I'd put up with a neighbours BO as long as I was at the bar./

You're even nearer to the source if you know how to use stealth tactics to avoid overpriced and daylight robbery pub drink prices.

http://www.thebeerbelly.com/The_Beerbelly_Product_Line_Up_s/1.htm

Which I don't as I'm not an underhanded shyster and no one is forcing me to buy their drinks so I can't then complain on the internet later about it.

[Canary42]

///I love a drink but I use it in the context it was made for which is to go out an socialise///

Is that really the case ? Wasn't it used in Hogarth's time ("Mother's Ruin") by the poor to retreat from the harsh reality of their lives ?

And from the scenes on the streets when the clubs turn out it would appear to be very ANTI-social.

[sandyRoe]

I've noticed when I'm at the bar after having dined on half a dozen pickled eggs the other customers give me a wide berth.

[sandyRoe]

I've sometimes wondered was it because of the flatulence, the BO, or both.

[Lie-in King]

Sandy, they're just annoyed that you've eaten all the eggs

[joggerjayne]

Whooah, it's National Martini Day?

Gaah, fabbers!

Lots of Dirty Martinis going down tonight, then!

[Canary42]

Oooh, pickled eggs.

I've noticed an odd feature of these. Whenever I buy any the supermarket checkout operator makes a comment on them - usually one of curiosity.

[joggerjayne]

// when I'm at the bar after having dined on half a dozen pickled eggs //

Crikey. I've never had a pickled egg. Six at one sitting???

:o/

[Mamyalynne]

Egg bound!! Painful.

[stuey]

Mamy, you’re quite correct in your post of 1635. And to make my sojourn at the bar today even more pleasurable, the field through which I wend my way is a veritable lush verdant carpet complete with outbursts of colorful cheeky dandelions and lurking sanguineous pools of creeping clover…Anyway, cheers and all that other stuff:)

[Mamyalynne]

Still can't get rid of the vision of you in school uniform.

[Old_Geezer]

one sitting ?!?
You are putting them in the wrong end JJ

[stuey]

And a satchel with a wooden pencil-box tucked inside it?

[Broseph]

/Is that really the case ? Wasn't it used in Hogarth's time ("Mother's Ruin") by the poor to retreat from the harsh reality of their lives ?/

Well that's failed logic. Injest a poisonous drug to blot out the problem which will still be there when you're sober but you can counteract that by always being drunk until you are so drunk you stumble into the road,trip on a pothole into the road and are killed by a car or as it was in those days you trip on am cobblestone and are killed by a horse and carriage or are diagnosed with liver failure in which case you now have a new problem which totally makes you forget the problem that first started you drinking.

The real questions is "Are you poor? No you have money to buy drink.
or "Are you retreating from am problem? Well instead of retreating and hiding from it you should seek medical help which is now available free on the nhs.

/And from the scenes on the streets when the clubs turn out it would appear to be very ANTI-social/

Yes, and every football match is filled with tattooed skinheads hooligans who will "kick your head in" if you're from an opposing team or every muslim wearing a rucksack is a suicide bomber.

Let's stop the generalising and mass hysteria you've been force fed by the media.

I've been clubbing many times and haven't experienced any problems.

What you've seen this on the news this is always as an "Investigation" or on a documentary which involves the program being their for many months from beginning to end usually with no events happening on the whole but when something does happen they record it and fit it into a short program giving you the impression that this happens all the time which it doesn't as these places would be shut down and have their licences revoked.

Here's an idea,instead of being worried senseless about this why not go clubbing yourself,have a great night dancing,socialising,meeting some great and interesting new friends as well as many lovely woman and see for yourself that not every night descends into world war 3? Go on,go to a club and report back here on your experience.

[mikey4444]

Flipping heck....I must have been having National Martini Day for years without knowing it.

W H Auden is supposed to have the killer recipe for make the best Martini.

He would pour the whole bottle of Gordons into a large jug of ice cubes, add a capful of Extra Dry Vermouth, and then stir.

One of his dinner party guests said that his Martinis had the capacity to stun a horse !