"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:49:48 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>>> It was developed by the
>>>> Brits when they were in India. The tonic (quinine water) was thought
>>>> to
>>>> counter the malaria, and the gin made it tolerable to drink.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I can't agree with the "tolerable to drink" part, plenty of folks drink
>>> gin
>>> neat, in fact it's the only way to drink top shelf gin.
>>
>> The idea of adding the gin to the quinine was to make the quinine
>> tolerable. I usually have gin with tonic but I occasionally have it with
>> a little ice and a twist of lemon. It is quite tasty.
>
> sheldon has reading comprehension problems.
>

I think I might have when I used to drink double Beefeaters and tonics. I
liked a piece of lemon and lime in mine, in tall glass.