Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Okay, Wikipedia says the paramilitary troops were named after the drink, but the BBC says just the opposite. Unfortunately, h2g2 is just a BBC-hosted wiki and doesn't carry any actual journalistic authority. Perhaps Google can break the tie...
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This Guiness trivia site agrees with Wikipedia that the drink was named after the "black and tan coon-hound," which is an Irish hunting dog. Nobody seems to have a reference for that.
The bar I go to was serving a Hop Obama Ale for a while. A Hop Obama/Guiness was called an "O'Biden".
Okay, Oxford English dictionary has dates of first use for:
black and tan used for a kind of little dog: 1850
black and tan used for a drink made of porter and ale: 1889
black and tan used for British troops in Ireland: 1921
OED also says the troops were named after their mixed-color uniforms, not the drink.
I love the OED.
That is all.
with the British forces sent into Ireland in the (IIRC) 1920s to bust some Irish ass (the forces were nicknamed "Black and Tans")
I always assumed the drink was named after this too!
t edit: go Flea with the OED!!
And to me, an Arnold Palmer is iced tea and lemonade, also.
Oxford English dictionary has dates of first use
Ah, an actual reference book!
Well, I did use the online version!
I thought half and half was half grapefruit juice, half seltzer-- it is sold by polar that way.
I have never heard of roshambo until this minute.
For any Chicagoistas or those who will be in town during February, the Art Institute will be free the entire month, and the Edvard Munch exhibition that opens on Valentine's Day will be half-priced the rest of the month, as well.
Calli - my thoughts with you and your family.
Calli, so very sorry. Peace to all.