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In article <jqde8vkk4pmd8scji...@4ax.com>, 
br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk says...
> 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.

Beer before liquor,
  you've never been sicker
Liquor before beer,
  you're in the clear

> 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.

Please don't tell me you keep it in a jar.

> >> >> 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).

Welcome back to Stage One.

Bret