Ah ha A man who knows his geography!

I missed the Caribbean, and having played pirates I have no defence.

So about half the problems are due to changes since the film was made, and half were taking liberties to get it to rhyme.

There was an interesting article on the BBC News web site about what constitutes a country... I'll have a quick look and send you the link if I find it.

p.s. Got it http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20131212-bribery-and-brandy-in-a-country-that-doesnt-exist

Transnistria not quite the subject I remembered, but that was the article I was thinking of.

And that's the point. When you take shots, you are not taking them because of taste. You need a shot of alcohol, fast and taste is there to either mask the alcohol or make it easier to swallow. We taste less when it's chilled. Have you tried to bounce two fingers worth of any alcohol when it's luke warm? I do agree that it's a waste to use good whiskey like single malts (not all of them are good) but hey, if you can afford it, why not? No one should have to sink to bourbon, blended whiskeys are for that use (and are often smoother too, since they are blended)..

When it's time to enjoy the taste, then small sips and around that magical 15C (it gets warmer all the time) it's about aroma and how to maximize what is in the liquid. I would actually prefer the good stuff to be just under 40% alcohol, 35-38% would be better, brandy/cognac can be stronger than whiskey. Whiskey stones are quite neat, specially if the shot is brandy (which i like more and more each year, starting to pass whiskey, lets say brandy is often smoother without it bankrupting you)..

OUTSTANDING !

Cheers my friend.

I just had a challenging few hours and sat down to the 'puter only to have to launch and relaunch the browser six times as someone left a slew of windows full of tabs open for hours and low and behold the nicest occurrence of my day, truly so.

I am about to retire. I will get three hours sleep then getting up to drive to the Tx Renaissance Festival for the day. It will be about an hour and a half drive.

My drinking days are long since gone now. I did verily enjoy my Courvoisier and wine for that matter. I do still miss El Dorado 15 year rum occasionally. I am, though, raising a St. Pauli Girl NA to you. I hope not to be slighting you...Salute Rougy. Never had the pleasure of Mexican brandy. Sounds intriguing.

I Ching? Rougy, you surprise me. From what translation is that quote? It does not ring of the Wilhelm Baynes. That is my default translation since '72 though I have a large collection. Do you use the sticks?

Your simian statement reminded me of the Principia's, and I paraphrase, a monkey looks into a mirror, an apostle does not look out.

You are ever the poet, sir.

As for me, I am the happiest of my life and happy when I have the sense to be. Healthy, my years weigh heavily but I am better than in years and intend to be better yet.

And you my friend? Healthy? And happy? I hope both for you.

I think of you often as a matter of fact,...and well if I may add. The are a few here that have touched my life, mind and heart, interestingly so, and you are not among the least of those. I think quite often of your last missive.

And finally, to your owing me one, thank you so much for the sentiment, and the gift of hearing from you my friend.

Cheers, unmet friend. Socking down a shot of Mexican brandy in your honor. Gonna chase it with some vino of indiscriminate origins.

Salute! May happiness be yours, now.

(shudder...good stuff....)

I consulted the "I Ching" today. It told me, and I quote:

"What unnecessary melancholy! You put your imagination and your soul aside and say: 'Look how sad I am!' This is what closes the way. It has no value whatsoever."

A gorilla can't very well buy the book of I Ching a drink, so I am at a loss as to how to pay my compliments.

Hope you're happy. Healthy. Not necessarily in that order.

Above all else...thanks for thinking of me.

You poured a little water on this cactus I call a heart.

It will sustain me....

And I owe you one.

We don't know shit about what works and what doesn't. We just want someone that can assure the majority of people that they have the solution.

And there's NO WAY the majority of people will accept Brandy boy. I think I can lead earth better than all politicians. Would you vote for me? Hell fucking no. HAHAHA

I don't think they actually are equipped with brandy - sadly. An old episode of Q.I revealed that IIRC.

Pretty impressive I guess. A St. Bernard would have brought some brandy as a treat though.

That nog 'n brandy looks 10 hrs tapped!...Best fluid for the holidays!

Sidecar
1 part brandy/cognac
1 part triple sec
juice of one lemon
sugared rim
rocks or martini glass

I'm gonna pop some tags
only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I'm I'm hunttin, looking for a come up
this is fucking awesome

Now, walk up to the club like what up I got a big cock
I'm so pumped i bought some shit from the thrift shop
Ice in the brandies so damn frosty the people like
damn, that's a cold ass hunky
rollin and hella deep had it to the..in me
dressed in all pink cept' my gator shoes those are green
drapped in a leopard mink girls standing next to me
probably shoulda washed this smells like R. Kelly sheets
Pisss

But shit he was 99 cents, bug it copin and washin it
bout to go and get some compliments
passin upon those mochassins someone else is been walking
and bout me and grudgie fuckin man I'm stuck in a closet
and say but my money in the ..I'm happy thats a bargain
bitch I'ma take you grandpa style, I'ma take you grandpa style
no for real ask your grandpa can i have his hand-me-downs
thank you my Lord jump suit as house slippers
doukie brown leather jacket that i found diggin
They had a broken keyboard, I bought a broken keyboard
I bought a ski blanket then I bought a knee board
hello hello my ace man my mellow
John Wayne ain't got nothing now my friends game hello
I could take some pro wings make em' cool sell those
this sneaker head will be like, awww he got the velcro

I'm gonna pop some tags
only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I'm I'm hunttin, looking for a come up
this is fucking awesome

Whatcha know bout rockin the wolf on your noggin
whatcha knowin about wearin a fur fox skin
I'm diggin, I'm diggin I'm searching right through that luggage
one man's trash that's another's man's come up
make your grand dad were donatein that plaid button
up shirt 'cause right now I'm up and looking her stuntin
I'm at the GoodWill you can find me in that
I'm not I'm not searchin in that section
your Grammy your auntie, your mommy your mammy
I'll take those flanel zebra jammies seconhand I'll rock that mother fucker
they built the oneesie with the socks on mother fucker
I hit the party and they stop in that mother fucker
they be like oh that Gucci that..tight
I'm like y'all that's fifty dollars for a T-shirt
limited edition lets to do some simple addition
fifty dollars for a T-shirt that's just some ignorant bitch she
I call that getting swindled and perished
I call that getting tricked by business
that shirts hella dope and i bliss im one
in six other people in this club a hella dome
eat game come take a look through my telescope
tryin to get girls from my brand man you hella wont
man you hella wont

I'm gonna pop some tags
only got twenty dollars in my pocket
I'm I'm hunttin, looking for a come up
this is fucking awesome

I wear your grandest clothes
I look incredible
I'm in this big ass coat
from that thrift shop down the road
(Little Girl)
Is that your grandmas coat?

Brandi looks like a catfish.

any bets on what the queen was drinking?

my guess would be coffee brandy

http://allenscoffeebrandy.com/

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*promote. Just made eggnog- with lot's of nutmeg. This was the kid's version - I'll spike it with brandy later.

I LOVE Brandi Carlile. And this song is amazing.

"Feces. You know... feces?"

"Brandi, meet Feces. Feces, Brandi"