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Azure · 08-09-2007, 02:15 PM

Poor guy can't drink Smirnoff ice. I drink that stuff like water!

Dion · 08-09-2007, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Azure

Poor guy can't drink Smirnoff ice. I drink that stuff like water!

Hate to see your bar tab

Maritime Q-Scout · 08-09-2007, 02:22 PM

also, as painful as it can be. Don't be a prick while waiting at the bar. If you've been there for 20 minutes, and the guy next to you has been there for 30, when the barkeep FINALLY comes over and asks you what you want, point to the person that's been there longer. It's good karma, and I've always had a sigh of relief and a "thanks man" every single time I've done that.

Is there really anything more of a piss off as when you're waiting at the bar, and some person next to you walks right up and gets served before you?

Bring_Back_Shantz · 08-09-2007, 02:28 PM

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also...on gin and tonics: it is considered uncouth to order a G&T after Labor Day down here in the states. Not sure if that applies up there or not, but just thought I'd throw it out there.

One doesn't want to fun afoul of the customs of the land due to something as avoidable as ignorance.

That's odd. I suppose this leads me to two questions:

1) Why is it so rude?
2) when is it officially no longer "After Labour Day"? January 1st?

Azure · 08-09-2007, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Dion

Hate to see your bar tab

Pretty much....I try to buy it from the liquor store though...way cheaper that way.

Dion · 08-09-2007, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Azure

Pretty much....I try to buy it from the liquor store though...way cheaper that way.

That's what I do now. That way you don't wake up the next day wondering how you got home

nmhen · 08-09-2007, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

That's odd. I suppose this leads me to two questions:

1) Why is it so rude?
2) when is it officially no longer "After Labour Day"? January 1st?

Drinking G&Ts and wearing white pants have a "season" of between Memorial Day and Labor Day. By in large the observation of this custom is restricted to the gentry.

Azure · 08-09-2007, 02:36 PM

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That's what I do now. That way you don't wake up the next day wondering how you got home

That is one thing I don't like about the bar. How the hell do you know who took you home, and what they did to you?

Dion · 08-09-2007, 02:40 PM

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That is one thing I don't like about the bar. How the hell do you know who took you home, and what they did to you?

Or looking in your wallet the next morning and wondering where the $200 you had in there last night went.

Burninator · 08-09-2007, 02:40 PM

When I first started drinking I began with beer (Canadian/Lucky/Olympia). It wasn't very good at first, but I toughed it out, and began to acquire the taste. Then I switched to hard alcohol (mostly Barcardi white rum and coke) for about a year. Then I switched back to beer and now I drink that almost exclusively. I can barely get down a cooler now. Way too much sugar for me, it's like drinking stale flat pop. Gross. Same with hard liquor and pop, just too much sugar. Beer is definitely where it's at.

My advice would be to just stick with the beer and muscle your way through it, you'll acquire the taste. And honestly speaking I think less of a guy that won't drink beer. Seriously when everyone is grabbing a beer out of the fridge and you are fumbling through the cupboards looking for a glass, getting your liquor and your mix out and asking if their is ice. Seriously lame. Maybe I just see it that way because all my friends are beer drinkers, but when you are at the bar sharing jugs of beer and one person is getting the waitress to come over every 2.5 minutes because you finished your 4oz drink of rum and coke, it's kinda a pain.

Zarathustra · 08-09-2007, 02:49 PM

Vodka cranberry is my drink of choice. Many adventurous have been had with a 25cent vodka cranberry in hand at Union Hall in Edmonton.

Burninator · 08-09-2007, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Zarathustra

Vodka cranberry is my drink of choice.

What are you, on your period?

/The Departed

EDIT: Wow what a great post by me for my 2000th.

octothorp · 08-09-2007, 03:04 PM

I don`t know much about the bar life. As others have said, it`s a really expensive and limiting way to explore alcohol. You`ll probably get to a point in your life (maybe a decade from now, maybe sooner) where you`re drinking simply for the pure enjoyment of the flavour. It`s worth it to try a few different brands of the same types of alcohol and forget about finding one you like, just try to find and understand the differences. Scotch is particularly fun, and without much effort you can probably tell what part of Scotland a scotch is from simply by flavour. But the same is true of beer, wine, vodka, gin, and most kinds of liquor. Quality alcohol tends to have a very strong connection to the place it`s from, and in some cases the history of that place.

Of course, this is all on a very different level than simply finding a flavour you like. But for me that connection to a place and a history and a knowledge is a pleasant and important part of the act of drinking.

Winsor_Pilates · 08-09-2007, 03:07 PM

Don't listen to the "save your money" crowd.

Try drinking and judge for yourself. If drinking with the buddies is fun for you, do it.
When I first started drinking highballs were easier to like then beer. try various highballs and see what you like. Eventually you'll probably love beer and wonder how you ever didn't like it.

tete · 08-09-2007, 03:14 PM

FWIW since I'm a girl and all - have you tried cider? Strongbow is pretty nice and it's something you can sit and sip on for a while. If they don't have cider, Grasshopper beer and lime cordial mixed together is yummy - might ease you into beer.

rubecube · 08-09-2007, 03:19 PM

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lean in slightly by bending at the waist (a real man never goes up on his tiptoes to order a drink),

You do if you're barely 5'8".

Burninator · 08-09-2007, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by tete

FWIW since I'm a girl and all - have you tried cider? Strongbow is pretty nice and it's something you can sit and sip on for a while. If they don't have cider, Grasshopper beer and lime cordial mixed together is yummy - might ease you into beer.

I believe you are suppose to use a lemon with Grasshopper. I had some Strongbow at our communities annual summer solstice. It was the same price as regular beer, but a bigger can with a higher percentage. Needless to say I had my fair share.

Phaneuf3 · 08-09-2007, 04:28 PM

just ask for a gin prarie fire. that'll get your night off on the right foot.

KAI · 08-09-2007, 04:38 PM

If you don't like the taste of beer or regular highballs. i siggest you try A porn star, and a crispy crunch.

Phaneuf3 · 08-09-2007, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by KAI

If you don't like the taste of beer or regular highballs. i siggest you try A porn star, and a crispy crunch.

don't know what a crispy crunch is... but bottle caps, gladiators and liquid cocaines will go nicely with your porn star.