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On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 10:16:08 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
wrote:

>In article <dmae8vghl2vifllk5...@4ax.com>, 
>br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> On Sun, 30 Mar 2003 07:36:20 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> >In article <i29c8vkpqj8gkqt0s...@4ax.com>, 
>> >br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> >> On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:58:36 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> >In article <fmab8vo2q2je4cn83...@4ax.com>, 
>> >> >br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> >> >> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:52:46 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> >In article <un998vouegchn18kj...@4ax.com>, 
>> >> >> >br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> >> >> >> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:58:15 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
>> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> >In article <1v498vgs831i944ih...@4ax.com>, 
>> >> >> >> >br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> >> >> >> >> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 10:23:12 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
>> >> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> >> >In article <1rm88v4n7t0unofdh...@4ax.com>, 
>> >> >> >> >> >br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
>> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 05:34:12 GMT, Don Ertman <helms...@verizon.net>
>> >> >> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> >> >> >Lemming wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> >> >> >> I fear nothing except Br d's lemonade.
>> >> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >> >As well you should. I however fear the melon patch.
>> >> >> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> >> >> I fell in that once, and I er... can't think of anything amusing to
>> >> >> >> >> >> say about it.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >Then you didn't fall hard enough, my good man.  The Melon Patch(tm) can 
>> >> >> >> >> >be a numinously frightening place.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >Bret
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> >PSA -- IIRC, "taking a walk in the melon patch" typically involves a 
>> >> >> >> >> >generous splash of Midori, a copious amount of Vodka and a negligible-
>> >> >> >> >> >by-any-standard volume of grapefruit juice served in a genuine-queen's-
>> >> >> >> >> >stamp-bearing pint glass)
>> >> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> >> Ahh it's a cocktail! I'm afraid my alcohol choices have been somewhat
>> >> >> >> >> presbyterian, I only discovered spirits a couple of years ago.
>> >> >> >> >> But tomorrow (an England International) I intend to hit the lemonade
>> >> >> >> >> with vigour, so if I can find out what on earth Midori is,
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >Well, it's green for one thing.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> and if I
>> >> >> >> >> can remember where I keep the fridge, I shall try a Melon Patch in
>> >> >> >> >> honour of you and Don.
>> >> >> >> >> Salute!
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >Don -- you know, of course, we are going to burn in heck for this.
>> >> >> >> 
>> >> >> >> Until tomorrow then!
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I will join you in spirit, if not in spirits.
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> I've got it. Had to travel some for it though. It's green and it looks
>> >> >> and smells, well, odd. It's also 20 percent proof, so I will not be
>> >> >> drinking it from a pint glass, i'm trying to reach April for christ
>> >> >> sake. Also, I have company, so once things get going I will knock a
>> >> >> few up (in half pint glasses) and get the assembled's opinions.
>> >> >
>> >> >When done properly, it should look and smell like automobile anti-
>> >> >freeze.  Also, it is ideally a summer drink but please don't let that 
>> >> >dampen your evening.
>> >> >
>> >> >> I really must take my hat off to you and Don if you used to drink this
>> >> >> stuff with Vodka by the pint, little wonder you have such an
>> >> >> understanding of the liver. How on earth did Don reach the attic after
>> >> >> that? Or did you start in the attic so you could just fall down one
>> >> >> floor at the appropriate moment?
>> >> >
>> >> >IIRC, he used to end up passed out on the ceiling, so he only had to 
>> >> >roll over to get upstairs.
>> >> >
>> >> >> Get back to you a little later.
>> >> >
>> >> >If so, you didn't get the recipe right.
>> >> 
>> >> Right, heres the results.
>> >> 
>> >> Me, I think it's ok, but very green, tastes like a sweet, like a ten
>> >> penny chew from when I was a kid.
>> >
>> >It starts out that way.  You need to drink through that stage.
>> 
>> Rear Private br d reporting for duty sir!
>> 
>> I failed you Bret. I really didn't like it. It may be because i had
>> been drinking cheap lager for a few hours beforehand,
>
>This is simply unacceptable, full stop.
>
>> or it may be
>> that it resembled a glass of phlegm,
>
>Automotive coolant.

Well I wouldn't fancy driving a car filled with that.

>> I don't know.
>> 
>> >> Natalie, doesn't like it.
>> >> Sharon, hates it,
>> >> Paul, thinkls its ok.
>> >> Julie likes it
>> >> Emma really likes it, and is currentlky polishing of the remainder.
>> > 
>> >Wonderful.  To really do this right, you must now publish Julie's and 
>> >Emma's telephone numbers.
>> 
>> If i'd thought of it last night I could have put up some links. Emma
>> and Julie are on one of these sites where you put up photo's and
>> details and attract sad spotty gits trying to get a shag. I can't
>> remember what it's called but they wouldn't have minded, next time
>> they are round I will. They're both 22, and sexy as fuck! There's also
>> Nicola and Mandy who turned up later, same stuff (especially Nicola,
>> my god, especially Nicola!).
>
>Welcome to br d's p mp portal!  For Nicola, click here [ ].

I can't parse this.

>> >> I tried Bret, really did.
>> >
>> >Did you drink it by the pint, as instructed?
>> 
>> Yes, in the end I did,
>
>That is entirely the wrong approach, needless to say.

Well make your bloody mind up! There's simply no pleasing some people.
Tretch.

>> but I didn't get through it. But it was an
>> interesting diversion and for that I thank you. I still have half a
>> bottle of Midori downstairs, I might try it on the garden.
>
>I hear it's death on snails.

'Death on Snails', I like that, I may tattoo it on my foreskin.

>> >> You ever heard of a depth charge?
>> >
>> >Beyond WWII submarine movie references, no.
>> 
>> We used to drink these years ago, here's what you do: You get a pint
>> of lager and drink about the first quarter, then you get a small shot
>> glass and fill it with Coiuntreu(sp?), a french liqueur, and drop it
>> carefully in the glass, as you tip the pint to drink it the liqueur
>> gradually runs out and mixes with the lager. I've no idea what the
>> point of it is, but they certainly get you pissed double quick.
>> 
>> Anyway, a good night was had by all and my hangover is surprisingly
>> tame. The next one is scheduled for about a months time (i'm what you
>> might call a binge drinker,
>
>Uh huh.

Don't you dare take that tone with me! I may be a c*nt, but i'm a
sincere c*nt.

>> I will happily not touch the stuff for
>> weeks on end
>
>Welcome to Stage One.

I can't pass this ;)

>> but then when I do I go completely silly, I think it's a
>> safety valve,
>
>Welcome to Stage Two.

Lol! Fuck you Ripley! I deny everything (in a sincere way, of course).

>> you know work stress and all that), and you are all, of
>> course, invited. Even Major, as long as he promise not to speak.
>
>Heh.
>
>Bret

br d