Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought absinthe was illegal because of all that wormwood...and the nearest legal equivalent was pastis. Cheers Jayanand G Hopkinson wrote: >Beat you to that line, Nick! >I've read about that restriction on absinthe in some countries. I always >thought that it had taken on some mysterious aura due to >the whole Van Gogh, bohemian thingy. >It was apparently taken off the banned list in Australia some years ago. >I've never tried it myself. I just read that it may be 68% >alcohol. Yikes. I'm thinking that may be more of a problem than any worries >about wormwood or whatever the evil component may be. >Just checked and that makes it marginally more alcohol by volume than >Lagavulin. And you don't have to wear a beret to drink the >single malt. >Cheers >Hoppy > >-----Original Message----- >From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org >[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of >Nick Roberts >Sent: Tuesday, 10 October 2006 09:34 >To: Leica Users Group >Subject: Re: [Leica] Party pics and such > >I always thought absinthe made the heart grow fonder... > >Nick > >----- Original Message ---- >From: Didier Ludwig <rangefinder@screengang.com> >To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >Sent: Tuesday, 10 October, 2006 12:16:53 AM >Subject: Re: [Leica] Party pics and such > > > > >>>Pour your pint and chug-a-lug! Only milksops thin it with water. >>>;-) >>> >>> >>Another bartender did that for another party goer (well small cups, not >>pints), and this woman got really mad at that. That party >> >> >goer got really drunk at the end though... > >The only time I have drunk absinthe, it's more than 20 years ago, we were 3 >persons, and drunk a one liter bottle. We felt very >funny, laughed like mad and believed not to be sooo drunk - until we tried >to stand up from the table. We couldn't walk anymore. Had >knees like gum and creeped in our beds. The next day and the headache were >the hell. The overnext day was like next day after a >normal drinking bout. Never again! > >BTW absinthe was forbidden since 100 years in our country, because of it's >aborting effect on pregnant women. But the guy who >brought the bottle had pinched it in the wine cellar of his father, a then >well known federal prosecutor... > >Didier > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >___________________________________________________________ >Yahoo! Messenger - with free PC-PC calling and photo sharing. >http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >