Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Jan 18, 2007 11:58:24 GMT
Yeh I had a girlfriend like that and I told her the exactly thesame thing as the bartender after £40 had vanished after a mere hour in a cocktail bar. That was the first and LAST time I ever took anyone to a Cocktail bar - a Ripoff Bar would be a better description!  |
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Post by mimi on Jan 18, 2007 14:10:22 GMT
Honestly Daz, I was paying for my own drinks at the time. I was well brought up and when I was nobbut a slip of a gel I toyed with many a horrid half of bitter when what I really wanted was a double gin and tonic only I knew that the poor chaps who were buying the rounds couldn't afford it.
I had a similar experience (as the daiquiri) when I discovered Southern Comfort. This was in Chicago at a big party in a revolving room very high up. I had read about Southern Comfort in the literature but never seen one before. I drank it down with great pleasure and asked the young barman for another as it tasted so pleasant. He looked doubtful and said: "It's stronger than you might think, maam," so I had to totter away to another counter on the other side of the revolving bar. I looked innocent in those days Daz.
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Jan 18, 2007 14:24:54 GMT
Its a bit like sweet whisky isnt it, but I dont drink spirits much anymore or even bitter for that matter. The beer belly saw that off. Almost totally a wine drinker unless in the pub or at christmas etc..
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Post by Pink Betty on Jan 24, 2007 15:36:41 GMT
for me, Cocktails look far more interesting than they taste. I indulge on holidays/weddings/funerals when i enjoy the taste of wine. as is so oft pointed out, on a day to day basis, i am mental enough without  |
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Jan 24, 2007 15:38:37 GMT
Well you dont have to be mad to post on forums but its helps! ho ho ho..  |
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Jan 24, 2007 15:43:44 GMT
Oh the Flabongo game..should I try flying the kite again?
CULLINAN
a. A bridge convention
b. A mountain
c. A diamond
LEBOYER
a. Extinct breed of hound
b. Natural childbirth
c. To whitewash
RAAS
a. Sweet potatoes
b. Sahibs
c. Up yours!
ACKERS
a. Another word for OK
b. Slang term for Money
c. Thank yous
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Jan 24, 2007 15:44:22 GMT
I'm sure the first is a diamond.
Wasnt there a Cullinan Diamond?
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Post by Pink Betty on Jan 24, 2007 15:48:28 GMT
sounds like a name a diamond might covet were it given the option to choose it's own ...
leboyer - hounding?
raas - sweet p's ?
ackers - my money's on the money
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Jan 24, 2007 15:57:50 GMT
Hang on..
LeBoyer...sounds like that french bloke who does waterbirths..so i'll go for that.
Raas - no idea so I'll just 'Up Yours!'
Ackers is deffo Money isnt it?..cockney slang?
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Jan 24, 2007 16:00:36 GMT
I'm sorry Mel..but right now I'm effing ;D ALL OVER MY FACE!!
CULLINAN
(c) The largest known diamond, named after the chairman of the Premier Mine, Johannesburg, where it was found in 1905. Its uncut weight was 3,025 carats (about 1lb 6oz). It was presented to King Edward VII by the South African Government, and was cut into a number of stones, which now form part of the Crown Jewels.
LEBOYER
(b) A method of childbirth that emphasises “birth without violence”. It was devised by the French obstetrician Frederic Leboyer (1918- ). To create a peaceful and untraumatic atmosphere for the delivery, the birth takes place in a dark quiet room and the baby is then put in a bath kept at room temperature to simulate intra-uterine conditions.
RAAS
(c) A Jamaican term of abuse, also used as an exclamation of anger or contempt. It is a shortened form of “up your arse”, or “raascla”, literally a cloth for wiping the arse.
ACKERS
(b) Money. An adaptation of the Egyptian akka, a currency unit. This word has been used by the British forces and the working class since the 1920s, but re-emerged in the 1980s.
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Pink Betty on Jan 24, 2007 16:00:48 GMT
that does sound familiar Daz ....but i was feeling sympatico with the dead hound.
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Daz Madrigal
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Jan 24, 2007 16:03:52 GMT
I'm staggered I got that right but I've heard 3 out of 4 of them before so its not as difficult as I thought. And Up Yours seemed a daft choice so it aint that hard.
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Post by Pink Betty on Jan 24, 2007 16:03:53 GMT
I'm sorry Mel..but right now I'm effing ;D ALL OVER MY FACE!! ....well that make's complete sense to me Daz! |
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Post by Daz Madrigal on Jan 24, 2007 16:05:51 GMT
It cant last soo.. Word watching: January 23, 2007 Philip Howard PRIMSTAFF a. An almanac b. A cudgel c. Demure officers PURSLANE a. A silk pocket b. A herb c. A right-of-way BRETELLE a. A fish b. A shoulder-strap c. A breastwork BOURGADE a. A Provençal dance b. A bouquet of chrysanthemums c. A village Its a lot easier than it used to be...Primstaff = Demure Officers..Dismissed!  |
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Post by Pink Betty on Jan 24, 2007 16:10:12 GMT
I'm sticking with (b) all the way down that list Daz.....and hang the consequences!
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