--$10,000 Martini--

[underpants]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/afplifestyle_us_cocktail

NEW YORK (AFP) - New York's Algonquin Hotel, once the haunt of 1920s literarti like Dorothy Parker, is making a fresh bid for notoriety by offering a 10,000-dollar martini cocktail.

The vodka, vermouth and olives are much the same as in any martini, but the twist lies in the "ice" -- in this case a diamond from the hotel's in-house jeweler, the Daily News reported Wednesday.

The cocktail, with the diamond nestling in the bottom of the glass, must be ordered three days in advance and the final price can vary according to the size and quality of the diamond.

[Phillycat]

1. Yeah, I'd totally swallow it.

[underpants]

2. Ouch!

Them things is sharp

[Squatch]

10. You must be a nice person...

[Phillycat]

13. HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

Pervert. :evilgrin:

[Squatch]

14. At least somebody got it....

Hi-five!

:yourock:

[underpants]

15. See I let that one pass

:evilgrin: WAY to easy

[LiberalVoice]

3. what a bunch of morons...

[warrens]

4. In a just world

Immediately after you finished your $10K drink, you and your companions would be escorted out the back door, pushed against the nearest wall, and shot.

[underpants]

8. Hey Hey! Those people have families

can we take them out back too?

:bounce:

[DS1]

12. with silver bullets

;-)

[short bus president]

5. Is this the same place that's serving up the "million-dollar fritata?"

With the lobster and the caviar and such?

I cannot imagine I'd much enjoy spending time around people who drink $10,000 martinis and eat horribly expensive and overly-salty fritatas. I don't necessary agree that they should be put up against the wall and shot, but they should definitely be put up against the wall and taxed into oblivion.

[StopTheMorans]

6. I'll take 2 thanks

[MercutioATC]

7. Sounds like a great gimmick to me.

They should get plenty of takers, if only for the novelty.

[underpants]

9. Yes it probably will

Got to get them in the door.

[BiggJawn]

11. Sounds like the $300 "Elbow Room PB n' J Samdwich"

A peanut butter and jelly sammich and a bottle of Dom Perignon...

I preferred their Reuben.