>http://www.snopes.com/banana-resurrection/On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 09:59:39 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton > wrote:

>On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 10:25:35 AM UTC-4, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>> On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 06:39:43 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Monday, August 8, 2016 at 7:14:19 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> >> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > On Sunday, August 7, 2016 at 8:20:48 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >> > > On 8/7/2016 7:22 PM, wrote:
>> >> > > > I still say 4 oz of gin and 6 oz of diet 7 up or diet sprite is very tasty, gin and diet gingerale mixed the same way is ok too.
>> >> > > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I prefer tonic water, but if you like a different mix, go ahead and
>> >> > > enjoy. Never thought to try gingerale. No diet soda for me. Seems to
>> >> > > give me a queasy stomach.
>> >> >
>> >> > Gin and Squirt is oddly good.
>> >>
>> >> I've only had gin once in my life. At a HS party (1971), someone handed
>> >> me a glass of Gordon's gin...just plain. Oh man! My very first thought
>> >> was that it tasted like insecticide. Not that I've ever tasted
>> >> insecticide. Just one swallow ended that for me. :-o
>> >
>> >My grandmother liked gin and Squirt, so my first taste was suitably
>> >diluted with sweet soda.
>> >
>> >Cindy Hamilton
>>
>> I don't think too many drink gin neat, and certainly not cheap gin
>> like Gordon's
>
>We've got a friend who likes martinis, but she's completely indifferent
>as to whether there's any vermouth involved at all. I once said,
>"Barb, if you'd like a glass of gin with an olive in it, just ask."
>
>Cindy Hamilton

A friend of mine used to ask for a gin with a whiff of Italy