MeTa comment:
"It would have to be a cocktail made by mixing together every single cocktail ever invented, adding up to a sweet, indistinct slosh to be rectified in vain by mixing it 1 to 10 with Pimm's, then multiplied by 5 with the best dry gin and finally served..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by penduluum, chinston, Zozo, tehloki, Meatbomb, romakimmy, ColdChef, pineapple, BitterOldPunk, It's Raining Florence Henderson
10 days ago
MeFi comment:
"I haven't yet seen 24 Hour Party People but I was there when everything happened. It must be weird (and a sign I'm old beyond my relatively few years) to see one of my best friends, Lindsey Reade (Tony Wilson's first wife), played by an actress......" [
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favorited 2 times, recently by jjwiseman, myopicman
Last month
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"nthdegx: the VS is Martell's bottom line "quantity" label but that doesn't mean it's not a wonderful cognac. All it means is that the blend doesn't contain that many older cognacs - which, in many cases, is a very good thing as the taste..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by holgate, nthdegx
Last month
MeFi comment:
"workday drinking is not as dead as you might think!
(UncleFes)
Last May my heart sunk when my wife and I walked into the Fifty-Seven Fifty-Seven Bar in the NYC Four Seasons Hotel, a minute or two before midday. Reared since age 5 on New Yorker..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chinston
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"The piles look like a mess, but they aren't.
Oh yes they are. I recently moved a whole apartment's paper content to a warehouse, eleven year's worth of scribblings, newspapers, manuscripts, print-outs - and I haven't missed anything yet. Real..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by regicide is good for you
3 months ago
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"Whatever you do, listen to the fado after alfresco grilled sardines in Alfama. The shellfish is spectacular: Ramiro is reasonably priced and reliable. Don't miss the bars of Bairro Alto and the Lux nightclub after. Take the train to Cascais and..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by jouke, romakimmy, Kwantsar
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Cocktail: gin & tonic, on a hot summer day
Don't tell me, oh Jove in heaven, that it is today that I will dispute wise languagehat's choice of words, but at least let me plant a seed of doubt in his capacious brain:
A gin and tonic, or any..." [
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favorited 5 times, recently by rossination, tiny crocodile, Evangeline, mostlymartha, patricio
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Why do you think it's so common for women to fake orgasms?
I don't know if all women fake orgasms. In Portugal, for instance, it would be considered silly and slightly demeaning for the man - as if he somehow needed that sort of reassurance...." [
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favorited 27 times, recently by vers, misha, Pronoiac, empyrean, allkindsoftime, painquale, limeonaire, twirlypen, MythMaker, Roach, ruby.aftermath, monkeystronghold, metasav, bkudria, scrump, Bookhouse, MLIS, dobbs, philcliff, cgc373, Asymptote, Ritchie, CitrusFreak12, of strange foe, OmieWise
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Here, for our collective instruction, is a great just-look-at-yourself page, with the added advantage of starting by dissing Matt-is-God.
I've never understood why people react strongly to offenses and, having some experience, I'd like to explain..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by mosessis
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Ah, the joys of advancing age... There was time that test would've painted a dramatically different picture.
Tiger_Lily: Teehee. Quite right! One of my sisters recently sent me these words by Andy Rooney:
"As I grow in age, I value women..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by misha, tellurian
4 months ago
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"sirmissalot: I will never forgive your not believing me. If you don't believe 100% Portagee Captain Shellfish, who's life and livelihood is dedicated to the correct consumption of seafood, who will you trust?
I demand one of those gigantic..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Iamtherealme, junesix, eritain
4 months ago
MeTa comment:
"Old Frasermoo looks radiant - all those Viennese psychotherapists seem to have done a great job. I've known him for donkeys' years and it gladdens my heart he's finally achieved an acceptable level of sanity.
I admit I was slightly unnerved by..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by By The Grace of God
5 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Crash: it's pronounced "aw aw" and it's a childish, affectionate way of saying sleep, onomatopeic for snoring. It's also the lullaby sound used to put babies to sleep.
While I'm at it, here are some other local variants. I should add..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Asymptote, Ritchie, CitrusFreak12
8 months ago
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"Warmest greetings, much-missed obiwanwasabi! Let's hope it can soon be said he came to poach an egg but ended up staying for the full banquet!
The crucially important thing about poaching eggs is that the eggs should be extremely fresh - at most a..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by mullingitover, exlotuseater, Phatty Lumpkin, MsMolly
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Whatever next? Mark E.Smith doing the buffet at the Bellagio? Jarvis Cocker washing his hair? Thom Yorke recording "Chim Chim Cheree"? Eminem playing Kim Basinger's son?..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Mael Oui
9 months ago
MeFi comment:
"Mmmm... I just made myself a caipirinha.
Caipirinhas are so delicious you have to be careful not to have too many. They also produce the foulest-smelling breath imaginable.
There are two versions - the Carioca caipirinha, hailing from Rio de..." [
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favorited 10 times, recently by mek, Fat Charlie the Archangel, vronsky, grateful, kuujjuarapik, featherboa, markdj, casarkos, vacapinta, patricio
10 months ago
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Sexy Havens for Sophisticated Silver Surfers
favorited 14 times, recently by msali, daravida, ranglin, safetyfork, Jaie, palmcorder_yajna, gsteff, dsaelf, nowonmai, punchdrunkhistory, zoel, divabat, Huw, ceri richard
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