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I always say no to a third martini. (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2022 OP
Me too! essaynnc Mar 2022 #1
😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2022 #2
Or, you do say Yes to a fourth martini, don't count the 3rd one, ha ha heh... SWBTATTReg Mar 2022 #3
🤗🍸🍸🍸🍸 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2022 #11
One Martini, two Martini, three Martini, floor. GoneOffShore Mar 2022 #4
😂 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2022 #12
You cilla4progress Mar 2022 #5
😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2022 #13
I'd like to have a martini... The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2022 #6
Never hear that one and now it's written in my book of quotes. Thanks Runningdawg Mar 2022 #8
I might have the numbers wrong... The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2022 #18
I wrote it down without looking it up until just now. Runningdawg Mar 2022 #21
Ba dum tsssshhhhhh! 🤣 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2022 #14
Dorothy Parker. nolabear Mar 2022 #19
Had it wrong. Thank you! The Unmitigated Gall Mar 2022 #20
I should say no to a third martini. dem4decades Mar 2022 #7
🤔 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2022 #15
I ordered a 'dry' martini in a German Gasthaus... Brother Buzz Mar 2022 #9
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2022 #16
I only do dirty martinis Ohio Joe Mar 2022 #10
😋 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2022 #17

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,784 posts)
6. I'd like to have a martini...
Sat Mar 26, 2022, 02:45 PM
Mar 2022

But only one at the most.

After two I’m under the table,

After three I’m under the host.

-Dorothy L. Sayers, (I think)

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,784 posts)
18. I might have the numbers wrong...
Sat Mar 26, 2022, 05:38 PM
Mar 2022

It might have been “two at the most”, “three under the table”, “four under the host”.

In fact now that I think of it, that’s how it went. Lost the book I read it in.

Dorothy Sayers apparently was a celebrated martini drinker.

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