Martini time

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AMF.

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1. Pink Martini?

Je ne veux pas travailler
Je ne veux pas dejeuner
Je veux seulement oblier
Et puis je fume

Mad crush for China Forbes! :loveya:

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4. mmh

you and me both.

You know where you can run into those people? Well, Thomas anyway. That swank Chinese joint down across the street from Paddy's by the light rail. I've seen him twice there. His label office is on that block.

Good eggs, the lot of them.

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6. It's easy to run into Thomas

Just be a member of the church that his father pastors. Thomas comes in every four or six weeks to play piano for the Sunday morning service.

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7. You're right. He is one of Portland's ubiquitous citizens.

I do need to keep my peepers peeled for China. She's a hot tamale.

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12. Oh, I'm sure you've seen the video for "Sympathique,"

but here it is again.

http://64.157.30.206/pmmusic/sympathique.mov

So killer.

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19. Oh yeah

Actually, my earlier post was a subtle and clumsy attempt to invite you by Peace Church of the Brethren some Sunday morning for the service at 11. That is, provided you don't have a church home or are interested in checking around.

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20. Thanks for the invite. Very gracious of you.

I must respectfully decline, but perhaps we will have another occasion to meet up.

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23. You never know

Us old married guys don't get out and about much, but every now and then. Hmmm. Gay Pride Parade on the 19th?

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25. I'll be there.

I hope to stake out the old reliable spot down by Ms. Waters' reviewing stand.

Let's kick each other as the day draws closer.

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27. Outstanding!

I'll be marching in my resplendent rainbow vest with the contingent from Peace Church. I've given myself a reminder to IM you on Friday, the 17th and we can finalize plans.

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28. Very good.

I bet I've waved at you and cheered you in years past.

[El Fuego]

2. Bombay Sapphire!!!

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17. One for the pretty cartoon lady.

[terrya]

3. A chocolate martini sounds quite nice right now.

I've really developed a taste for those.

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16. I will have to try one

when I have a long, quiet weekend stretching out before me.

Thanks for the tip.

[cestpaspossible]

5. Citron Stoli with a soupcon of Lillet

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15. mais bien sur!

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8. I could use one now.

I feel like a gin-soaked popinjay. My hands are shaking. I badly need a drink.

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11. Not really,

I just wanted to say "popinjay."

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26. I'm a winesoaked slattern

with bees in her head!

;-)

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29. You're a barmy lass, all right,

but no moon-drunk calf.

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37. OMG! I noticed someone calling you "smooth" on another thread!

What's up with that?

;) :D

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38. Evidence of an extremely charitable heart

and a sweet disposition.

Not surprising, but delightful always, to encounter in her enchanting person.

Buy ya drinky-poo some day?

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39. YES, PLEASE.

"enchanting". You're too kind and beautiful, young rapscallion.

[SarahB]

9. Vodka Martini. Nice and dirty with 3 olives please.

:P

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13. Nice and dirty does it.

Does it every time.

[xultar]

34. My FAVORITE. Can also be served as a lunch or before dinner salad.

[MissMillie]

10. Appletini, please

use some good vodka

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14. Grey Goose for the mod

[MissMillie]

36. Many thanks

You know, there's a bar near where I live that named their Appletini after me.

[In_The_Wind]

18. sour apple

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22. One for Joan,

Don't drink it alone.

[Zuni]

21. could I just get a vodka tonic instead?

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24. Technically, my shift just ended, but since you're a Louvin lover,

of course.

Ta ta. Somebody else needs to pour the drinks now.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

30. Flavored martini's are the work of the devil...

At our first Roosevelt Day Dinner, I decided to deliver a toast to America's greatest president, and I thought it only appropriate that I do it with a martini in hand. So I went to the bar to get one...

Bartender: What flavor would you like it?
Me: I'd like it MARTINI FLAVORED!
Bartedner: Huh?

And as if I haven't done enough to start a flame war, here is the only acceptable method for making a martini.

1. Place ice in cocktail shaker
2. Drizzle a small amount of vermouth over the ice
3. Pour out any excess vermouth
4. Pour in gin (any brand above the fourth shelf at your local liquor store will do)
5. Shake. Yes I said SHAKE!. Shake It, You Magnificent Bastard!!
6. Pour into a martini glass that costs more than your textbooks for freshman year of college.
7. Three olives -- not one, not two.
8. Enjoy.
9. Repeat.

[tjwmason]

31. Seconded

You've hit the nail right on the head - except on the gin brand. Beefeater is generally reckoned as a premium brand, but I think that it tastes rather like nail-varnish remover.

I tend to keep Tanquery, Bombay Saphire and Plymouth in stock personally.

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32. Buyin' a round, then?

[tjwmason]

33. By all means

Just as long as they're all made properly. All getting mildly sloshed on martini sound like a splendid evening to me.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

35. Bombay Shaphire for me.

Yummy!