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We used to open the bar to Happy Hour on Friday nights. (Original Post) trof Oct 2022 OP
A gin Bloody Mary please. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #1
A Bloody Mary with balls! Right! trof Oct 2022 #4
Drank more than a few glasses of Cab Sav. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #11
Cheers! MontanaMama Oct 2022 #2
prost trof Oct 2022 #5
Gin, tonic, apricot brandy bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #3
All three? OK. trof Oct 2022 #7
yes, i think there's one drink where you add vodka too, but i can't remember it bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #13
Pilsner Urquell czech beer peacebuzzard Oct 2022 #6
Done trof Oct 2022 #8
A Fuzzy Navel, plz... ultralite001 Oct 2022 #9
Here ya go. trof Oct 2022 #12
May your evening be equally blessed... ultralite001 Oct 2022 #14
merci trof Oct 2022 #15
I actually bartended for a while in college. trof Oct 2022 #10
A virtual drink should be okay Sanity Claws Oct 2022 #16
Absolutely. We have a HUGE supply of little paper umbrellas. trof Oct 2022 #18
Guinness, please. And some of those Cajun peanuts. highplainsdem Oct 2022 #17
Sure. Ask ultralite to pass 'em down. trof Oct 2022 #19
Thanks! Good idea to put out extra bowls. You're going to highplainsdem Oct 2022 #23
How come nobody's playing the jukebox? trof Oct 2022 #20
I just posted this in the thread for John Mellencamp's birthday, but it'll highplainsdem Oct 2022 #24
I'll take an Old Fashion please. Yavin4 Oct 2022 #21
Here ya' go. trof Oct 2022 #29
Just heard the dinner bell. trof Oct 2022 #22
No problem. badhair77 Oct 2022 #26
I'm in the hot tub with an ice cold Sam Adams and.,, madinmaryland Oct 2022 #25
I'd like a Bloody Mary and please float a little Guineas on top! MLAA Oct 2022 #27
Burgers only. Chef has gone home. trof Oct 2022 #30
One Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster, please. Aristus Oct 2022 #28
Frozen or on the rocks? trof Oct 2022 #31
If I drink it, I'll be both. Aristus Oct 2022 #32
Hmmm...ingredients? trof Oct 2022 #33
Straight from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy": Aristus Oct 2022 #34
OK, so basically... trof Oct 2022 #35
Wow, I like the sound of that! Aristus Oct 2022 #36
I should warn you. trof Oct 2022 #37

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
2. Cheers!
Fri Oct 7, 2022, 07:36 PM
Oct 2022

This makes me think of DUer, Aristus.

I just opened a lovely red blend from Patterson Cellars in the Walla Walla valley. It’s wonderful and will go well with burgers on the grill.

trof

(54,256 posts)
12. Here ya go.
Fri Oct 7, 2022, 07:50 PM
Oct 2022

And a bowl of peanuts.
Cajun and salted in the shell.
Just throw the shells on the floor.
EarlG will sweep up in the morning.

trof

(54,256 posts)
10. I actually bartended for a while in college.
Fri Oct 7, 2022, 07:47 PM
Oct 2022

Frank's Supper Club in Tuscaloosa.
It was a low dive.
Fights nightly.
A lot of fun.

Sanity Claws

(21,857 posts)
16. A virtual drink should be okay
Fri Oct 7, 2022, 08:07 PM
Oct 2022

I'll have a Cosmopolitan. I know umbrellas are usually not included in Cosmos but could you put an umbrella in it, please?

trof

(54,256 posts)
18. Absolutely. We have a HUGE supply of little paper umbrellas.
Fri Oct 7, 2022, 08:10 PM
Oct 2022

Keep the rain off of that Cosmo, right?
Don't want to dilute it.

highplainsdem

(49,044 posts)
24. I just posted this in the thread for John Mellencamp's birthday, but it'll
Fri Oct 7, 2022, 08:19 PM
Oct 2022

work for the jukebox here, too.

Aristus

(66,468 posts)
32. If I drink it, I'll be both.
Tue Oct 11, 2022, 07:13 PM
Oct 2022

Fortunately, there are a number of voluntary organizations devoted to helping PGGB drinkers rehabilitate afterwards.

Aristus

(66,468 posts)
34. Straight from Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy":
Tue Oct 11, 2022, 07:45 PM
Oct 2022

Zaphod Beeblebrox is the inventor of the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster, a fictional cocktail based on Janx Spirit. The series describes the drink as "the alcoholic equivalent of a mugging – expensive and bad for the head" and states that the effect of one "is like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick". In the television series, two Gargle Blaster drinkers collapse in open-eyed unconsciousness after drinking while the spilled drink burns a hole in the floor; in the film, after the Guide is done explaining what the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster is and its effects, Ford and Zaphod yell in pain. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy gives the recipe as follows:

"Take the juice from one bottle of that Ol' Janx Spirit.
Pour into it one measure of water from the seas of Santraginus V
Allow three cubes of Arcturan Mega-gin to melt into the mixture (it must be properly iced or the benzene is lost).
Allow four liters of Fallian marsh gas to bubble through it (in memory of all those happy Hikers who have died of pleasure in the Marshes of Fallia).
Over the back of a silver spoon float a measure of Qualactin Hypermint extract, redolent of all the heady odours of the dark Qualactin Zones.
Drop in the tooth of an Algolian Suntiger. Watch it dissolve, spreading the fires of the Algolian suns deep into the heart of the drink.
Sprinkle Zamphuor.
Add an olive.
Drink...but very carefully."

The Guide also implies that there are multiple voluntary organisations available to rehabilitate those who would try the Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster. Real versions of the drink have been made available at some stage shows of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, as well as bars such as Zaphod Beeblebrox in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. In an interview, Douglas Adams stated that there are a number of environmental and weapons treaties, as well as laws of physics, which prevent the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster from being mixed on Earth

trof

(54,256 posts)
35. OK, so basically...
Tue Oct 11, 2022, 07:52 PM
Oct 2022

It's an Over and Under Flaming Moonbeam with a twist?
No sweat.
Commin' right up.
Hang on to yer hat.

trof

(54,256 posts)
37. I should warn you.
Tue Oct 11, 2022, 07:59 PM
Oct 2022

It includes the self ignition of flatulence.
Not actually part of the drink, but essential to the ceremony.
Not for the faint of heart.

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