Comments on: The weird & the wintry http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/ Bars, bartenders and imbibing in Beantown. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: MC Slim JB http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/comment-page-1/#comment-26924 MC Slim JB Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:13:28 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/#comment-26924 When I hear the words "Stoli Raz", that's when I reach for my revolver. We already have a drink for folks who like the flavor of children's cough syrup: it's called Jägermeister. When I hear the words “Stoli Raz”, that’s when I reach for my revolver.

We already have a drink for folks who like the flavor of children’s cough syrup: it’s called Jägermeister.

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/comment-page-1/#comment-26664 ljclark Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:25:10 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/#comment-26664 Cleve, you have all the answers, as usual. Josh, hello -- are you familiar with Sizurp, then? Cleve, you have all the answers, as usual. Josh, hello — are you familiar with Sizurp, then?

]]> By: Josh http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/comment-page-1/#comment-26661 Josh Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:52:39 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/#comment-26661 Silly white people and their pretend cough syrup drank. Silly white people and their pretend cough syrup drank.

]]> By: Br. Cleve http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/comment-page-1/#comment-26658 Br. Cleve Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:22:33 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/#comment-26658 I'd say drink the bottle of Robi and then go to the party. I’d say drink the bottle of Robi and then go to the party.

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/comment-page-1/#comment-26587 ljclark Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:08:07 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/#comment-26587 Wow, Adam, thanks for the info. Now I want to drink a whole bottle of Robitussen just to see what happens. V-man, take a closer look. *I* didn't denigrate that Puritan sensibility. I quoted a magazine article that describes a feminist philosophy that finds prurient behavior liberating. I agreed with the Salon article that argued that men and women shouldn't be held to different standards when it comes to such behavior. And I didn't denigrate sex workers; I criticized a party invitation that asked me to pose as one. Wow, Adam, thanks for the info. Now I want to drink a whole bottle of Robitussen just to see what happens.

V-man, take a closer look. *I* didn’t denigrate that Puritan sensibility. I quoted a magazine article that describes a feminist philosophy that finds prurient behavior liberating. I agreed with the Salon article that argued that men and women shouldn’t be held to different standards when it comes to such behavior. And I didn’t denigrate sex workers; I criticized a party invitation that asked me to pose as one.

]]> By: V_man http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/comment-page-1/#comment-26567 V_man Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:05:55 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/#comment-26567 In the last post you denigrated the Puritan/Victorian sensibility that holds that women should not engage in less than prurient behavior, and in this one you denigrate sex workers in a manner that recalls our Puritan past. Which is it going to be? In the last post you denigrated the Puritan/Victorian sensibility that holds that women should not engage in less than prurient behavior, and in this one you denigrate sex workers in a manner that recalls our Puritan past. Which is it going to be?

]]> By: Adam http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/comment-page-1/#comment-26564 Adam Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:47:30 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/#comment-26564 The reason is dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DXM) -- the main active ingredient in Robitussen ... drink the whole bottle and you won't have a cold anymore, nor any perception of reality: http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dxm/faq/ The reason is dextromethorphan hydrobromide (DXM) — the main active ingredient in Robitussen … drink the whole bottle and you won’t have a cold anymore, nor any perception of reality:

http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/dxm/faq/

]]> By: ljclark http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/comment-page-1/#comment-26556 ljclark Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:07:00 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/#comment-26556 Ewww. Oh, yeah: Recently, I bought Robitussen, which doesn't even have any alcohol, and I was carded! I'm still not sure exactly why ... something about medicine being over-dispensed to children. I think. Ewww.

Oh, yeah: Recently, I bought Robitussen, which doesn’t even have any alcohol, and I was carded! I’m still not sure exactly why … something about medicine being over-dispensed to children. I think.

]]> By: Br. Cleve http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/comment-page-1/#comment-26552 Br. Cleve Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:21:33 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/#comment-26552 All old time Boston punk rockers will fondly remember the song "NyQuil Stinger" by Baby's Arm (the record was released after they'd changed their name to The Classic Ruins). Interesting drink -- you sub NyQuil for the Creme de Menthe and mix it with brandy. Cures a freakin' cold or flu, that's for sure! That was before you had to sign a dozen government forms to get NyQuil, though (if you buy a million bottles you can evidently make a drop of crystal meth with 'em), so we probably won't see this one on the list. Too bad. All old time Boston punk rockers will fondly remember the song “NyQuil Stinger” by Baby’s Arm (the record was released after they’d changed their name to The Classic Ruins). Interesting drink — you sub NyQuil for the Creme de Menthe and mix it with brandy. Cures a freakin’ cold or flu, that’s for sure! That was before you had to sign a dozen government forms to get NyQuil, though (if you buy a million bottles you can evidently make a drop of crystal meth with ‘em), so we probably won’t see this one on the list. Too bad.

]]> By: dany http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/comment-page-1/#comment-26550 dany Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:05:12 +0000 http://drinkboston.com/2008/12/17/the-weird-the-wintry/#comment-26550 I concur, while the drinks may be great tasting, the names are enough to prejudice any palette. Yuck.... I concur, while the drinks may be great tasting, the names are enough to prejudice any palette. Yuck….

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