One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

[taterguy]

Has anyone actually ever ordered this concoction? I'm about to head out to a bar and might try it just for the hell of it. Any words of wisdom?

[reyd reid reed]

1. Make sure you know where the nearest bathroom is...

to avoid any embarrassing public....ummmmm....eruptions.

:hi:

[petronius]

2. All mixed together? What would be the point?

I'd rather savor good scotch, or good bourbon, or good beer - preferably on three separate nights...

[taterguy]

4. The point would be acting out one of the greatest songs ever

Though I'm undecided if I prefer John Lee Hooker's original or George Thorogood's cover

[petronius]

5. I don't know - great songs are often about men who are far greater

than ordinary mortals. We can admire their deeds from a distance, but emulating them can leave us slumped over a toilet wasting a night's worth of good alcohol. However, I may just be getting old...

[taterguy]

7. By god you're right, thank you

I was pretty sure that it would be a bad idea, I just needed confirmation. Of course I reserve the right to change my mind while walking to the bar. At least I'm doing one thing smart by not driving.

[Beausoir]

9. Yay! LOVE that song! Happy heaving! n/t

[pokerfan]

12. Hooker gets the nod for writing it

But Thorogood made it his own and even expanded the lyrics.


Wanna tell you a story,
About the house-man blues
I come home one Friday,
Had to tell the landlady I'd-a lost my job
She said that don't confront me,
Long as I get my money next Friday
Now next Friday come I didn't get the rent,
And out the door I went

So I goes to the landlady,
I said, "You let me slide?"
I'll have the rent for you in a month.
Next I don't know
So said let me slide it on you know people,
I notice when I come home in the evening
She ain't got nothing nice to say to me,
But for five year she was so nice
Loh' she was lovy-dovy,
I come home one particular evening
The landlady said, "You got the rent money yet?",
I said, "No, can't find no job"
Therefore I ain't got no money to pay the rent
She said "I don't believe you're tryin' to find no job"
Said "I seen you today you was standin' on a corner,
Leaning up against a post"
I said "But I'm tired, I've been walkin' all day"
She said "That don't confront me,
Long as I get my money next Friday"
Now next Friday come I didn't have the rent,
And out the door I went

So I go down the streets,
Down to my good friend's house
I said "Look man I'm outdoors you know,
Can I stay with you maybe a couple days?"
He said "Let me go and ask my wife"
He come out of the house,
I could see it in his face
I know that was no
He said "I don't know man, ah she kinda funny, you know"
I said "I know, everybody funny, now you funny too"
So I go back home
I tell the landlady I got a job, I'm gonna pay the rent
She said "Yeah?" I said "Oh yeah"
And then she was so nice,
Loh' she was lovy-dovy
So I go in my room, pack up my things and I go,
I slip on out the back door and down the streets I go
She a-howlin' about the front rent, she'll be lucky to get any back rent,
She ain't gonna get none of it
So I stop in the local bar you know people,
I go to the bar, I ring my coat, I call the bartender
Said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
So what you want?

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
Well I ain't seen my baby since I don't know when,
I've been drinking bourbon, whiskey, scotch and gin
Gonna get high man I'm gonna get loose,
Need me a triple shot of that juice
Gonna get drunk don't you have no fear
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

But I'm sitting now at the bar,
I'm getting drunk, I'm feelin' mellow
I'm drinkin' bourbon, I'm drinkin' scotch, I'm drinkin' beer
Looked down the bar, here come the bartender
I said "Look man, come down here"
So what you want?

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
No I ain't seen my baby since the night before last,
Gotta get a drink man I'm gonna get gassed
Gonna get high man I ain't had enough,
Need me a triple shot of that stuff
Gonna get drunk won't you listen right here,
I want one bourbon, one shot and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

Now by this time I'm plenty high,
You know when your mouth a-getting dry you're plenty high
Looked down the bar I say to my bartender
I said "Look man, come down here", he got down there
So what you want this time?
I said "Look man, a-what time is it?"
He said "The clock on the wall say three o'clock
Last call for alcohol, so what you need?"

One bourbon, one scotch, one beer
No I ain't seen my baby since a nigh' and a week,
Gotta get drunk man till I can't even speak
Gonna get high man listen to me,
One drink ain't enough Jack you better make it three
I wanna get drunk I'm gonna make it real clear,
I want one bourbon, one scotch and one beer
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer

[Bassic]

14. I'm pretty sure the song talks about

drinking all three one after the other.

[DawgHouse]

3. Are you going to the Roadhouse?

Either way, if you order this, you'll need to sing it.

[Blue-Jay]

6. Never ordered it that way,

but those are my three favorite adult beverages, and I'm sure I've had a few of each on many nights.

[Schema Thing]

8. Are you in Dallas?

It's funny, I just heard this on the radio a half hour or so ago, and wondered the same thing.

[gemdem]

10. Skip the bourbon...

Go right to the Scotch and a beer. That was a staple of my freshman days at the University of Houston -- back almost 30 years ago. I went there from Ohio. I was 18 and in Ohio I could buy only 3.2 beer. At that same time , however, in Texas it was legal for 18 year olds to buy any and all alcohol. At UH, there was a bar on campus. So nearly every day for lunch, I'd stop get a plate of nachos and have a Scotch and beer. It was a nice way to bridge from my morning classes to the afternoon. Never more than one Scotch and one beer, just enough to get me through my studies.

Moved back to Ohio after my freshman year. Didn't get back to Scotch and a beer for a long time after that freshman year, and somehow it just wasn't the same. Still enjoy the memory of that time, however. A right of passage, I suppose.

[JackDragna]

11. ,,did somebody say lunch?

eom

[driver8]

13. I had a friend in college who declared Thurs. night as "No repeat Thursday."

He would not repeat a drink the whole night. He might start out with a beer, then a kamikaze, a screwdriver, a gin and tonic, a white russian, etc...

I'm sure he must have tried one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer at least once.