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The Queen Mum drank a lot of Gordon's gin, rest her soul.
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>The Queen Mum drank a lot of Gordon's gin, rest her soul.


She did well on it, what was she - 101 ?
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>The Queen Mum drank a lot of Gordon's gin, rest her soul.


She did well on it, what was she - 101 ?

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On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 21:41:49 +0100, "Ophelia" >
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>On Mon, 8 Aug 2016 12:53:11 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
>
>>The Queen Mum drank a lot of Gordon's gin, rest her soul.

>
>She did well on it, what was she - 101 ?
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Or totally pickled like Keith Richards
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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


Without a whiff of vermouth and an olive and stirred with ice it's not
a 2ni. Tell your friend that gin neat at the local Dive Inn saloon is
a fifty year old $20 hooker's drink for a quickie in the alley
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On Mon, 08 Aug 2016 16:22:02 -0300, wrote:

>>
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


Just guessing she's never whiffed Napoli... on a hot summer day reeks
of rotting fish and used tampons.
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