On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 18:21:02 -0600, "pennyaline"
> arranged random
neurons, so they looked like this:

>"baker" wrote:
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>> While some of these trendy drinks may be very appealing, it's a shame
>> that some a**hole decided to brand them "martinis", which they clearly
>> are not. Every dictionary reference I can find defines a martini as "a
>> cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth". These new drinks are
>> no more martinis than is a Black or White Russian, which are not that
>> different from these new drinks, IMNSHO.
>>
>> One recent martini encounter began with a cocktail waitress suggesting
>> one of various of the new "martinis", to which I replied, "I want a
>> martini, not a fruit cocktail!"
>
>An acquaintance of mine is known to retort: "I can get a milkshake at
>McDonald's."

I ordered a mai tai the other evening and wound up with this frozen
concoction that *tasted* like a mai tai, but... I sent it back and
told the server that it tasted like an alcoholic snow cone.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
AAC(F)BV66.0748.CA

"Just what kind of jackassery do I have to put up with today?" Danae
in "Non Sequitur"

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