Comments on: The Night the Lights Went Out in Tulsa

By: Dale

Dale — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:34:42 +0000

For drinking gin neat, sipping does not work. Tossing it back from an half-ounce shot glass does work. :) An ounce-and-a-half shot glass is too much, though.

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:38:40 +0000

“Playing”, good sir?! Avast ye! Choose yer words with more care matey lest you find your stature painfully shortened by my blade.

But yeah, getting out of the event with a minimal number of scars and scarred children is a plus.

And no, David, despite the poor lighting I managed to avoid the yellow ice, though that might improve the taste of Batavia Arrack, yeesh…(another post to come soon)

By: Darryl

Darryl — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:03:39 +0000

I’m with Marleigh on this one – playing mixologist in a blackout and sub-zero temperatures is one psychotic step too far for me. Kudos on performing admirably and not killing everyone in their sleep.

By: David Currie

David Currie — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:38:13 +0000

About #3, you didn’t use the yellow ice, did you?

By: Jay Hepburn

Jay Hepburn — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:01:46 +0000

Good to see you back Gabriel! Sounds like you had a tough time. Glad to see you had your priorities right though… mixing up Aviations with or without a supply of electricity.

Even if you do use the wrong brand of Maraschino… ;-)

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:28:55 +0000

Fortunately the in-laws have a gas-burning fireplace that kept the family and I in dark and mildly drunken comfort (not so much with the drunken for the kids, for the record).

It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience I’m glad to have had… well, hopefully once-in-a-lifetime.

By: erik_flannestad

erik_flannestad — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:21:39 +0000

Oh, man I thought we had it bad with lights out for 18 hours after the recent West Coast storms. One night of our house down to nearly 40 was about all we could take.

My condolences, man, sounds like you learned some important lessons, thanks for sharing them!

By: Gabriel

Gabriel — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:20:24 +0000

Ugh, ghastly thought Blair…

I had about three glasses of delicious Egg Nog that I’d made and then tore into a half bottle of Champagne shortly afterwards. It was an extremely uncomfortable and nauseating experience.

A Nog Royale would be a hell of a betting or ‘dare’ drink. Much like the ‘Duck Shit Inn’.

Marleigh, I’ve had a pathological aversion to buying Jaegermeister to this point because of its association with tasteless and tactless drinkers frequently found in State College bars. But, I’m close to taking it on because of it’s use in the ‘Oatmeal Cookie’ drink and I’d like to try it out as a dessert cocktail.

By: Marleigh

Marleigh — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:18:59 +0000

You’re a brave man, Gabriel, but I think I would’ve skipped the mixing after I tested out number three and just gone straight to those saints at the liquor store and bought up their entire stock of Jagermeister (to store in the otherwise useless ice outside). Between that and straight whiskey, you might not have noticed the Egg Drop Wassail’s chunkiness…

By: Blair, aka Trader Tiki

Blair, aka Trader Tiki — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:11:11 +0000

#6 – wouldn’t that make it a Nog Royale?