On Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:35:33 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:13:27 -0500, Lou Decruss >
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:28:01 -0400, blake murphy
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:02:32 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I love fresh tomato. I love cooked tomato. I like ketchup on my burgers
>>>>and mixed with horseradish for cold shrimp. I love tomato sauce. I
>>>>cannot abide tomato juice. That's really, really weird, dontcha think?
>>>
>>>when you're a kid, tomato juice just seems an odd thing to drink.
>>>then you grow up and put vodka in it.
>>
>>I like tomato juice as a kid. I still do, but I prefer it with gin
>>and a celery stalk. A few olives are a good thing too.
>>
>>Lou
>
>the first time i saw a man make a bloody mary with gin, i was almost
>shocked, though some say that's how it started out.

I don't know how it started out. When I was young I loved them with
vodka, and Stoli was my brand of choice. I thought gin tasted like
turpentine. In my mid 30's somehow I tried some Bombay Sapphire and I
knew I had found a new vice. I still like vodka, but gin is my
preference.

Lou