"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 12:37:00 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2014-12-21 11:26 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> >> I had good advice about drinking Scotch from Lou on the Mary Tyler
>> >> Moore
>> >> Show. You get a nice glass, put a couple cubes of ice in it and then
>> >> add
>> >> some good Scotch. You swirl it around and try it. A little while
>> >> later
>> >> you swirl it around and try it again. When it is just right, you knock
>> >> it back.
>> >>
>> > All I ever heard of if you want a drink "on the rocks" was a couple of
>> > cubes in the glass. Makes sense to me.
>>
>> They usually put way too much ice into drinks. It makes them look
>> bigger. You have to knock them back quickly or the whiskey is water.
>>
>> Most people drink their booze mixed. It is almost comical to see someone
>> worrying about watering down their booze with melted ice when they have
>> already *******ized good liquor with sweet sodas.
>
> The only time I've ever "heard" anyone worry about ice cubes watering
> a drink down is here. Most people don't care one way or the other.

I'm only talking soft drinks here but I hate it when the place has crushed
ice, fills the glass to overflowing with it then puts the soda in. The ice
melts quickly and the soda will get watered down. The same can happen with
tiny ice cubes.