Comments on: Three and I'm under the table http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/ Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: pooki http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7365 pooki Mon, 08 May 2006 23:44:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7365 seriously? may have missed the irony. A shaken martini? a bradford? as the classic? seriously? may have missed the irony. A shaken martini? a bradford? as the classic?

]]> By: Athena http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7364 Athena Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:42:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7364 Thanks, Clifford! You're really too kind. And if I were of the prize-deserving persuasion, I would accept that perfectly appropriate prize. ; ) Thanks, Clifford! You’re really too kind. And if I were of the prize-deserving persuasion, I would accept that perfectly appropriate prize. ; )

]]> By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7363 Mark Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:36:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7363 Thanks John. I'm not a vodka martini fan (although I am a vodka fan). I should try the Boru though, given my bloodlines. Thanks John. I’m not a vodka martini fan (although I am a vodka fan). I should try the Boru though, given my bloodlines.

]]> By: John Farrell http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7362 John Farrell Wed, 23 Nov 2005 03:28:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7362 Mark, I sure like a Hendricks now and again, too! If you like vodka martinis, by the way, you might sample the new Irish vodka, Boru (named after the Irish hero Brian Boru). It goes down nice chilled. (When I asked recently at my local liquor store, the proprietor gave me a funny look. I said, dude, if the French can make vodka, then sure as hell so can the Irish.) Mark, I sure like a Hendricks now and again, too!

If you like vodka martinis, by the way, you might sample the new Irish vodka, Boru (named after the Irish hero Brian Boru). It goes down nice chilled. (When I asked recently at my local liquor store, the proprietor gave me a funny look. I said, dude, if the French can make vodka, then sure as hell so can the Irish.)

]]> By: nnyhav http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7361 nnyhav Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:52:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7361 William Empson in '56 reconsidering his poem _Bacchus_ (written '33-'39): "The explosion of the planet Bacchus has now been dated, by iron from asteriods, to between two and four hundred million years ago; the idea that it would be visible for the emerging amphibia, and probably bad for them, might have come into the poem. I forgot, by the way, that the classical gods did not know about distilling; in fact the invention of gin was one of the first triumphs of industrial chemistry; but that suits the poem well enough." (last words of the preface to _Collected Poems_) William Empson in ’56 reconsidering his poem _Bacchus_ (written ’33-’39):
“The explosion of the planet Bacchus has now been dated, by iron from asteriods, to between two and four hundred million years ago; the idea that it would be visible for the emerging amphibia, and probably bad for them, might have come into the poem. I forgot, by the way, that the classical gods did not know about distilling; in fact the invention of gin was one of the first triumphs of industrial chemistry; but that suits the poem well enough.”
(last words of the preface to _Collected Poems_)

]]> By: Mark http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7360 Mark Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:33:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7360 Had a couple of outstanding Hendricks martinis this evening to celebrate the end of teaching before Thanksgiving. Two olives, perfectly mixed - absolutely wonderful. John Farrell, your devotion to Beefeater is well noted. I have an emeritus colleague who refuses to drink anything other than Beefeater, and carries a little bottle of Campari everywhere because he insists on single drop in a small glass of Beefeater on the rocks as his perfect drink. We call it the ****** martini (***** is his name). I think it is almost the perfect idiosyncrasy. Had a couple of outstanding Hendricks martinis this evening to celebrate the end of teaching before Thanksgiving. Two olives, perfectly mixed – absolutely wonderful.

John Farrell, your devotion to Beefeater is well noted. I have an emeritus colleague who refuses to drink anything other than Beefeater, and carries a little bottle of Campari everywhere because he insists on single drop in a small glass of Beefeater on the rocks as his perfect drink. We call it the ****** martini (***** is his name). I think it is almost the perfect idiosyncrasy.

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7359 Clifford Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:10:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7359 Athena... If we were of the prize-giving persuation, you'd get a set of <a href="http://shakespearesden.com/dpmg.html" rel="nofollow">these</a>. -cvj Athena… If we were of the prize-giving persuation, you’d get a set of these.

-cvj

]]> By: Clifford http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7358 Clifford Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:07:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7358 Good Ol' Athena.....should have guessed you'd know! -cvj Good Ol’ Athena…..should have guessed you’d know!

-cvj

]]> By: Athena http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7357 Athena Wed, 23 Nov 2005 02:02:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7357 I wish I could drink like a lady I can take one or two at the most Three and I'm under the table Four and I'm under the host -- Dorothy Parker I wish I could drink like a lady
I can take one or two at the most
Three and I’m under the table
Four and I’m under the host

— Dorothy Parker

]]> By: Joe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7356 Joe Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:10:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2005/11/21/three-and-im-under-the-table/#comment-7356 My favorite over the last 30 years is a 'pink' gin: a simple G&T with a drop or two of angostura bitters. My favorite over the last 30 years is a ‘pink’ gin: a simple G&T with a drop or two of angostura bitters.

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