A quick un
I realise that i've not posted much of late, so here's a quick pic...
Me on my 30th birthday in Jerry's Diner, Miami Beach. It was 8.30am and all the staff thought I was nuts.
The diner itself was very cool. It's menus had 6 sides, and were about 2 foot tall (I jest thee not). Breakfast burrito anyone? "Yes please", retorts fatty Lord G.
I think the tradition of alcohol early on a birthday goes back to the old Cudeth days. My birthday invariable fell around August bank holiday monday. This typically meant that we started drinking around 11am in Cudeth before progressing on to Spunk Bretton (no, that's not its real name). Due to it being our birthday, me and another lad, known here as "the horse" were treated by the lads to a magnificent brew monickered a "power pint". The power pint was a pint pot - oddly enough - into which was poured a Castaway (remember them?), followed closely by 5 or 6 shots of vodka. Needless to say, I was ver... ver drunk..
Me on my 30th birthday in Jerry's Diner, Miami Beach. It was 8.30am and all the staff thought I was nuts.
The diner itself was very cool. It's menus had 6 sides, and were about 2 foot tall (I jest thee not). Breakfast burrito anyone? "Yes please", retorts fatty Lord G.I think the tradition of alcohol early on a birthday goes back to the old Cudeth days. My birthday invariable fell around August bank holiday monday. This typically meant that we started drinking around 11am in Cudeth before progressing on to Spunk Bretton (no, that's not its real name). Due to it being our birthday, me and another lad, known here as "the horse" were treated by the lads to a magnificent brew monickered a "power pint". The power pint was a pint pot - oddly enough - into which was poured a Castaway (remember them?), followed closely by 5 or 6 shots of vodka. Needless to say, I was ver... ver drunk..
posted by Lord G at 4:36 AM
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Thats what birthdays are for. I think Moon might be paying me a visit for mine this year, although we never get drunk. ahem.
never heard of castaways I'm afraid.
Yes, countdown to Frankie's birthday boozing!
castaway = the original alcopop. My first proper drunken session was down to those things. They tasted like lemonade, which was a blessing because at that time I hadn't yet found anything alcoholic I actually liked. hang on, blessing? I could be living the life of a tee-totaller if it wasn't down to them Castaways!
G - a belated happy birthday. careful, though, you sound as if you're having a nice time in the grand US of A! At least when you return you can revel in the jet lag, thus justifying drinking at 11am again.
I'm convinced that Castaways were really alcoholic Lilt. My first drinking sessions were on terrible lager, and 'mad dog' (20/20) - a horrendously fruity-flavoured brand of (apparent) paint stripper, that tasted just as bad on the way back up as it did on the way down.
Don't enjoy it at all. In fact it's the antithesis of enjoyment. Odd occasions and different environments (e.g., miami, NYC, arizona, etc) have been cool, but that's it...
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Do you dislike the grand US because you can't get 20/20 there? I'm pretty sure you still can here, although admittedly I haven't tried in a long time. Hope all is going well with trying to find a way out, btw.
Ta moon. Gutted that I can't get 20/20. Also gutted that I can't get 'Quite Frightening' (white lightening), 'Diamond White', 'Strongbow' cider, 'Tabboo', and Special Brew. I know that Frankie sups all of those, so perhaps she'll send some to me.
Anyone ever submarined a bottle of Castaway [or any other bottle of alcopoop]? I've never tried but one of my housemates in 1st year used to do it. Truly amazing: must have taken him no more than 3 seconds.
Shotgunning from a can is better.
Shotgunning from a can is better.
Say it again, G! And then explain what shotgunning is...
Submarining: I still can't work out how people don't drown. One loser I used to know tried it and was immediately sick, which made me laugh. Because I was sufficiently distanced from the antics.
We drink buckfast up here
Shotgunning - hole in the bottom of the can, over which the mouth is placed. The ringpull is then ripped off, and the drink is guzzled at a frantic pace. Burps follow.
Whilst a hall rep (here again!) we also made all the kiddies do funnels. In fact, we were very evil to one, though i won't go into details.
Buckfast - my mum has a really small bottle of that from the mid 1970s. Tonic wine isnt it?
I was most excited when I first saw homeless person drinking buckfast. The wikipedia entry is most enlightening-you mean to tell me it doesnt actually possess any medicinal properties? I wasnt convinced by their definition of buckaroo- I thought this was buckfast and irn bru.
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