Did you perform said study in either Boston or San Francisco? Seriously
flawed, that study. Seriously . . .

"Overproof" wrote in message
Seriously??.... North Dakota, Montana, Seattle, Oregon, California,
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas (Real wimps there), Louisiana, Alambama,
Florida,
South & North Carolina, Washington, New York, Massachusetts, Maine....

Well, I've always felt that bragging about ho wmuch liquor you could
drink was proof of a wasted life. But in any event, you didn't do much
drinking in NC. Knock back some moonshine with some good ol' boys and
then (after a few days to recover) tell us again.

DSK

"Maxprop" wrote in message
That's what you get for hanging with bikers, the wimps. The real men down
here don't have to wear leather and H-D logos to convince themselves
they're
manly men.

Yeah... I guess all that practice at drinking has killed their abilities.

G I've been known to drink slivovitz and aquavit, and you're worried
about my palate . . . Yes, my attitude it poor on the subject, but I've
just never found high-proof liquors to be worth much beyond a quick and
sustaining drunk.

Good Grief... Lamb's is a sipping Rum... meant for taste. The drunk part is
entirely dependent on your particular tolerence level.

Do Belgian livers come pre-pickled?

They come built to handle alcohol intake..... for extended duration.

The only place I've known old timers with such tolerance is in Italy. How
does five bottles of amarone sound at one sitting. (wish the old *******
had shared some with the rest of us . . .)

You should meet a few of the fishermen from Lunenburg.... that's where
Angus Walters is from... the Captain of the Schooner 'Bluenose'. You know...
the one that beat the Americans

They generally bite *after* drinking, but one never knows when those teeth
might appear.

Damned.... here we been training ours to suck after drinking.

Yeah, they are such a convenient target, aren't they? Hey, you've got a
bunch o' em up there in the eastern sector, doncha?

Yeah... but even they hate the French from France!

Overproof, M.D.? Nah. You must have missed that chapter on Merkun
tolerance to alcohol. Page 431, paragraph 4, line 23-31: " . . . the
myth
regarding cultures outside the USA that possess unusual ethanol tolerance.
McGrady, et. al., discovered in their epidemiological study of North
American cultures vs. ethanol tolerance an inverse correlation between
latitude and the ability to withstand the deliterious effects of copious
ethanol imbibition. Subjects from lower latitudes demonstrated a greater
propensity for remaining conscious following 10 standard (2oz. 50%
ethanol)
drinks than those from higher latitudes. The conclusion that equatorial
proximity equates to greater tolerance and polar proximity equates to less
tolerance appears to be substantiated by McGrady and . . ."

That is erroneous.... the thicker blood of the northern dwellers radically
increases their tolerance to alcohol. The thinner blood of the southerners
is subject to extreme dilution.... and subsequent loss of consciousness.

Have you considered becoming a yoga instructor?

Not really..... but I'd be really good at it considering the positions I
can get myself into when pleasing a young lady

Around here we call her "Katy bar the door." Or is it "Bar the door, it's
Katy?"

I'm bettin' on the latter...

Is that so wrong?

It's neither right nor wrong.... it's a logical assumption based on
available data.

"Manly" ain't got nuttin' to do wid dat. Oh dear, but I've been possessed
of a most unpleasant mental image that simply won't abate.

The girls think it's sexy....

We don't have any o' that stuff down here. Well, okay, we got some of it
today, but it won't stay long.

Plus 8c here today... rain.... no snow or ice yet.

Aha, now I know why you want the ice--so the embers won't burn your feet
when you stagger backward. Gotcha.

No No.... I'll wear skates and drink.... while circling you until you get
dizzy and fall down.

CM

"DSK" wrote in message
Well, I've always felt that bragging about ho wmuch liquor you could drink
was proof of a wasted life.

Truley depends on your tolerence and if you got wasted!

But in any event, you didn't do much
drinking in NC. Knock back some moonshine with some good ol' boys and then
(after a few days to recover) tell us again.

Sure did... once at a roadside stop and then with some friends who own a
pottery business there.

CM

There's a reason they all have gout over there....

"Maxprop" wrote in message
.net...

"katysails" wrote in message

Uh, Max..the Brits aren't really known for having a good sense of flavor.
Their food is very bland....unless it's been influenced by Indian curry
cooking. Scones are about as palatable as eating wallpaper paste unless
a
pint of jam is poured on them to disguise the fact that there's no
flavor.
And most everything is cooked to rags.....so...do we make the conjecture
that 150 proof alcohol has damaged the nerve endings in their tongues, or
do
we think that maybe they're compensating somehow? Maybe the quicker you
get
drunk the less you have to worry about what your food tastes like?

Or perhaps if one gets immediately drunk, one doesn't have to eat at all,
exsanguinating gastric ulcers notwithstanding.

Max

Whale vomit? I didn;t know you were THAT eclectic!!

"Maxprop" wrote in message
k.net...

"Overproof" wrote in message

"Maxprop" wrote in message

Nope. Now, Cappy, re-read my post and tell me where, if anywhere, I
implied
that it is "too strong" or "too manly" for my "delicate palate." To
the
contrary, I'm perfectly confident I can spot you shot for shot with
anything, 151proof or not.

That... I doubt you could acomplish Max..... very few people can go
shot
for shot with me and win a gavity race. The very fact you stated that the
alcohol content masks the taste of the rum is a certain indicator of your
inability to handle the higher octane ratings with grace.

Balderdash, you Belgian Cannuck. It must be all that dry, cold air up
there
giving you the misimpression that you have a tolerance for ethanol.

But I prefer rum to taste like rum, not like
mineral spirits or paint thinner. It's a flavor issue, not one of
strength.

Balderdash....

Hey, that's my word, you plagiarist . . .

Lambs is very smooth, rich, mellow and I prefer it's taste
to the likes of Barcardi.

I prefer the taste of gasoline, kerosene, and whale vomit to Bacardi. No
sane rum drinker would be otherwise.

I don't drink the Bracardi 151 due to the fact it
tastes terrible. It's not an issue of strenght... it's an issue of
flavour... and obviously your 'delicate palatte' cannot tolerate the
strenght.of this much prized rum.

I've not tried Lamb's, but I have drunk Lemonhart, which is purported to
be
a better English rum of higher alcohol content. A rite of passage in my
fraternity was for one's brothers to buy straight shots of 151 proof
Lemonhart rum upon one's 21st birthday, either until the birthday idiot
passed out or cried "uncle." I drank 25 shots before ending up face down
on
the floor, after which they took me to the local horsepistol and had my
stomach pumped, which was entirely unnecessary as it seemed to be purging
itself quite nicely in the car. I still haven't forgiven the *******s for
using MY car.

In college I used to drink 190 proof grain alcohol (Everclear) straight
from
the bottle. But somewhere along the line I learned to imbibe for the
pleasure of the spirit, not for the purpose of killing brain cells and
puking on my friends' shoes.

Now you see.... that just doesn't happen to me. I get drunk but I'm
still
far from adolesent activities you recounted upon your inebreation
history.
It could be you have never learned to pace yourself, or that you have no
respect for the capabilities of the liquid you are consuming..... or
maybe
you might be sufferring a 'wet brain' syndrome.

None of the above. Today, a mature man of . . . well, never mind . . .
I'm
fully capable of imbibing mass quantities of ethanol-bearing fluids with
relative impunity. Provided I drink straight liquor and eschew mixers,
especially those of a sugary nature, I can absorb a surprising quantity of
said fluids and still maintain a modicum of alertness and coherency.
Interspersed with a small amount of food, I can drink all night and still
sing the Notre Dame fight song verbatim 'til the cows come home. And some
of those cows are damn big.

If alcohol content translates into great flavor, full-body, and
manliness,
as you chest-thumpingly claim, why then do the vast majority of superb
single-malt scotches range around 80 proof?

To make it paletable to women as well as men?

Tsk, tsk. Methinks we have a genderophobe in our midsts. I know women
who
can drink you under the proverbial table, you lambic-loving supra-Yooper.


Why are the very finest sipping
bourbons and ryes the same?

See above...

Why don't they make 150 proof cognacs and
armegnacs?

Those damned Frenchies.....

. . . who, normally void of reasonability and rationality, had the
decidedly uncharacteristic good sense to distill their national spirits at
the proper alcoholic content.

Only the Brits, for some arcane reason, choose to distill such
high alcohol content rums, but at a price: flavor.

No Max... the price is the seperation of Pansies and Men. I understand
this
offends your sensibilities... seeing you are squarely placed in the Fancy
Boy Corral.

Call it what you will, but we routinely eat Canadians for lunch in that
there fenced-in mudhole.

They simply don't taste
anywhere near as good as lower proof rums.

I heard this from ...Women!

Boy is Katy gonna open up a can of Whoop-Ass on you, boy.

For getting blasted, they are
almost without peer, if that's what floats your boat. You seem to
believe
that imbibing mass quantities of ethanol equates with chest hair and
balls.
Whatever.

I don't drink to get blasted..... I drink because I enjoy the taste of
the
beverage. I also believe you get better bang for the buck in buying a
higher
proof alcohol.... let's face it Max.... just drink less or mix it
lighter.

AHA!!! The truth emerges. The Cappy is a weenie who "drinks less" or
even--omigod, perish the thought--MIXES (forgive me, O' sainted
distill-masters of the Caribbean) rum with God knows what. The thought
brings bile to my tongue and a tightness to my chest.

So, doesn't that chest beating you did seem a bit silly now?

Absolutely not...... oh look... you just dropped your hanky. Now why
don't
you run along and discuss your situation with the other Dandies.....
they
might share your delicate tastes.

That wasn't my hanky, you Athabascan oil slick. That was the gauntlet,
and
I've thrown it down in challenge to you for a shot-for-shot contest of
wills
and stomachs. First to puke or pass out loses, and must certainly be
labeled a "girlie-man" for the remainder of his days. How do you look in
a
dress, CM?

Max

"DSK" wrote
Well, I've always felt that bragging about ho wmuch liquor you could drink
was proof of a wasted life.

Overproof wrote:
Truley depends on your tolerence and if you got wasted!

No, it just shows you have nothing better to do. What's the point? You
end up with fewer brain cells, less money, and they can make liquor
faster than you can drink it.



... But in any event, you didn't do much
drinking in NC. Knock back some moonshine with some good ol' boys and then
(after a few days to recover) tell us again.


Sure did... once at a roadside stop and then with some friends who own a
pottery business there.

You don't get moonshine at a "roadside stop."

Pottery... did you go to Seagroves?

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
. ..

You don't get moonshine at a "roadside stop."

Working a coal mine in WV one year, one of the locals had some shine,
offered me a sip, awwkkkkk God awful stuff! But then I'm not a
drinker. They loved it.

Scotty

Now we know why you are like you are...poor Scotty...a kajullion brain cells
went down he drain that day...

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...

"DSK" wrote in message
. ..

You don't get moonshine at a "roadside stop."

Working a coal mine in WV one year, one of the locals had some shine,
offered me a sip, awwkkkkk God awful stuff! But then I'm not a
drinker. They loved it.

Scotty

And I only had a Bajillion to start with.

SV

"katysails" wrote in message
...
Now we know why you are like you are...poor Scotty...a kajullion
brain cells
went down he drain that day...

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...

"DSK" wrote in message
. ..

You don't get moonshine at a "roadside stop."

Working a coal mine in WV one year, one of the locals had some
shine,
offered me a sip, awwkkkkk God awful stuff! But then I'm not a
drinker. They loved it.

Scotty

Is that a number bigger than two?

Cheers

Scott Vernon wrote:

And I only had a Bajillion to start with.

SV

"katysails" wrote in message
...

Now we know why you are like you are...poor Scotty...a kajullion

brain cells

went down he drain that day...

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...

"DSK" wrote in message
et...

You don't get moonshine at a "roadside stop."

Working a coal mine in WV one year, one of the locals had some

shine,

offered me a sip, awwkkkkk God awful stuff! But then I'm not a
drinker. They loved it.

Scotty