I think a cocktail needs a garnish. Twist of lemon for the 7&7 and a lime wedge for the rum & coke. Therefore if you take a swig of diet coke, add some vanilla vodka and squeeze a little lime before you swallow that'd be a cocktail.
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Laga - Dec 21, 2006 10:56:36 am PST #7497 of 10007
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Aims - Dec 21, 2006 10:56:41 am PST #7498 of 10007
Shit's all sorts of different now.
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Pete makes all the cocktails?
bon bon - Dec 21, 2006 10:56:54 am PST #7499 of 10007
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
That's why you have simple syrup. Rose's is yuck compared to real lime.
As a serious gimlet drinker, I respectfully dissent.
Daisy Jane - Dec 21, 2006 10:57:43 am PST #7500 of 10007
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I will agree with Hec, though I'm likely biased since even at home, mine are made by a professional.
Steph L. - Dec 21, 2006 10:59:44 am PST #7501 of 10007
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I avoid the problem by drinking beer or wine at home. Though wine involves a glass, which is a dish to wash. (I refuse to drink wine out of the bottle, because even though I can eat a whole family-size box of Oreos in one sitting, there's just something unseemly about drinking a nicely aged cabernet right out of its bottle.)
Sophia Brooks - Dec 21, 2006 10:59:51 am PST #7502 of 10007
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And I am going to have to agree with bon bon, at least when the gimlets are made by me. I LIKE the Rose's.
Jesse - Dec 21, 2006 10:59:52 am PST #7503 of 10007
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In other news, now I have the special events assistant sitting outside my office door, and she's making follow-up calls to some invitations we sent out. Practically everyone she's calling is Someone, and I can tell she has no clue who any of them are. It's kind of funny, really.
Atropa - Dec 21, 2006 10:59:53 am PST #7504 of 10007
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Pete makes all the cocktails?
I'm going to tell him you said that, missy.
But no, I'm the drink-concoctor in the household. Last night's Tasty Beverage was vanilla vodka spiked with sweet carob balsamic vinegar. It smelled exactly like perfume I'd wear. It tasted pretty good, too.
DavidS - Dec 21, 2006 11:00:50 am PST #7505 of 10007
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But they aren't made better by being put in a glass!
Yes, they are. They need to be over ice. Are you shoving crushed ice into your Diet Vanilla Coke too?
Rum and coke is made better by adding a lime, but then you have three ingredients! Is what I was getting at.
It takes exactly three minutes to put ice in a glass, put in your shot (or two) of rum, and squeeze a lime into it. When you are finished you have a beautiful and satisfying drink, and your parents aren't ashamed of you when they come over unexpectedly and catch you swigging vodka out of your Diet Vanilla Coke like a teenager at a high school football game.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 21, 2006 11:03:30 am PST #7506 of 10007
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It takes exactly three minutes to put ice in a glass, put in your shot (or two) of rum, and squeeze a lime into it.
But then, once your dishes have built up, it takes 100 thousand minutes to work up the effort to wash them. Dishes suck.