Comments on: Almost 5 on a Friday http://www.winkie.org/2004/04/23/almost-5-on-a-friday/ Searching for one brief hour of Madness & Joy Sat, 05 Feb 2011 18:50:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: the mighty jimbo http://www.winkie.org/2004/04/23/almost-5-on-a-friday/#comment-361 the mighty jimbo Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:24:41 +0000 http://www.winkie.org/?p=148#comment-361 oh man. drinking and napping and beaches. toss in some back rubs and open minded strippers and that's a vacation. oh man. drinking and napping and beaches. toss in some back rubs and open minded strippers and that’s a vacation.

]]> By: blindassassin http://www.winkie.org/2004/04/23/almost-5-on-a-friday/#comment-360 blindassassin Sat, 24 Apr 2004 02:54:46 +0000 http://www.winkie.org/?p=148#comment-360 There used to be a fabulous restaurant in Norfolk VA called *The Dumbwaiter* --he would intentionally misspell his menu (le sigh, it is now in the great restaurant in the sky)--in which the (and this is important to get the feel for the place) very gay, Mississippi-born, kitsch-loving proprietor whose name is also Sid, would have "Damn Dollar Martinis" every night for happy hour. It was steps away from where we worked, so after a long day, we'd all take our meager earnings and spend very little to get very drunk. Those were good times. Glad you're having a blissful time. There used to be a fabulous restaurant in Norfolk VA called *The Dumbwaiter* –he would intentionally misspell his menu (le sigh, it is now in the great restaurant in the sky)–in which the (and this is important to get the feel for the place) very gay, Mississippi-born, kitsch-loving proprietor whose name is also Sid, would have “Damn Dollar Martinis” every night for happy hour. It was steps away from where we worked, so after a long day, we’d all take our meager earnings and spend very little to get very drunk. Those were good times. Glad you’re having a blissful time.

]]> By: JK http://www.winkie.org/2004/04/23/almost-5-on-a-friday/#comment-359 JK Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:35:20 +0000 http://www.winkie.org/?p=148#comment-359 I think it may have been Churchill who said that the only way to obtain the proper proportion in a martini is to let a ray of light shine through the vermouth bottle onto the gin. Enjoy, but stir rather than shake (as you'll bruise the gin). Sighhh, I could talk about martinis forever, but my university office frowns on having alcohol on campus. Back to it. I think it may have been Churchill who said that the only way to obtain the proper proportion in a martini is to let a ray of light shine through the vermouth bottle onto the gin. Enjoy, but stir rather than shake (as you’ll bruise the gin).

Sighhh, I could talk about martinis forever, but my university office frowns on having alcohol on campus. Back to it.

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