Sinner's Alley Happy Hour (Part 1)

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<p>The pretzels are stale cause they’ve been sitting out for two weeks! </p>

<p>Out with the old, in with the new! A round of mimosas on me. I just dropped the last kid off at college. (He moved into the dorm Friday, then we got him back for Yom Kippur, now he’s REALLY gone, laptop & all.)</p>

<p>Sigh…</p>

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<p>Hey, it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day! (Sept. 19)</p>

<p>So mateys…where’s the rum? Arrrrr!</p>

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<p>Blimey, it was Talk Like a Pirate Day yesterday? Shiver me timbers, I missed it! AAARGH!!!</p>

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<p>S’alrrright, matey. I saved yer some rum!</p>

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<p>Can I have a mojito? It’s been a mojito kind of Monday.</p>

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<p>Aye, that ye can! Ye’ll need rum for that, and we have a bottomless bowl!</p>

<p><em>sings</em> “Give me the punch ladle, I’ll fathom the bowl…”</p>

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<p><em>does a jig</em></p>

<p>Thank ye!</p>

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<p>avast all yer timbers, and a ration to all!</p>

<p>(I can hear I’ll Fathom the Bowl! Thank you, mommusic. Haven’t thought of that for years)</p>

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<p>Finally!! I can make something useful out of that dust-collecting bottle of vodka that DH recieved as a gift from one of his Eastern European friends!</p>

<p>[Homemade limoncello makes a great gift | Seattle Times Newspaper](<a href=“http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/2012948701_webhobby21.html”>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/2012948701_webhobby21.html&lt;/a&gt;)</p>

<p>I can regift it :)</p>

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<p>^^^</p>

<p>Holiday gifts for the whole family!! Thank you BunsenBurner!</p>

<p>I’ll have whatever the bartender is serving up for breakfast and a winning lottery ticket or two.</p>

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<p>I really feel like having some Scotch tonight—something I don’t usually drink, but it sounds good today—and I don’t want to spend too much.</p>

<p>What’s a good, relatively inexpensive Scotch?</p>

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<p>Those are all good recommendations, but I decided to go with Grant’s Family Reserve Blended Whisky. It was a good choice at about $22 for 1.5L. It’s surprisingly smooth for something at that price—I find that usually less money means more bite. It’s on the sweet side with a hint of smoke and peat. It’s probably a little brighter than I’d prefer—dark and mellow is my preference—but overall I’m pleased with my selection. Cheers.</p>

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<p>what did I miss between posts 12832 and 12833?
~mafool (who likes scotch)</p>

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<p>Well, I’ll be darned if all those replies recommending good, cheap Scotch weren’t deleted somehow!</p>

<p>Or maybe—just maybe—it was good, cheap Scotch that caused me to imagine them.</p>

<p>Hmm…I’ll ponder this for a while…</p>

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<p>I think it was your imagination, mantori. I’m hallucinating in this CA heat myself. I see I large strawberry margarita in front of me.</p>

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<p>Rough day. Finally over. Moscato and my iPad, just what the doctor ordered.</p>

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<p>Unfortunately I learned to like Scotch in Scotland. We’ve got a nice bottle of Highland Park from Orkney from our last trip. If you are really nice to me, I’ll share.</p>

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<p>Gosh, mathmom, you look so nice today! But of course you look nice; you can’t be a day over 30. Maybe it’s your clothing; you know, few people have such good fashion sense. Wait…you have a kid in college? Impossible! You must have just graduated yourself! But I’m not surprised your kid is so smart, with your genes and all.</p>

<p>Say, is that a bottle of Highland Park Scotch you’ve got there?</p>

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<p>I have learned to like Scotch myself. But I drink such a tiny amount, you won’t even know it’s missing! :)</p>

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<p>Still waiting for my niceness to sink in before you offer me that drink, mathmom?</p>

<p>Did I mention how well-manicured your lawn is and how much I respect whatever your political opinions are? :D</p>