I'm bored...should I crack into the absinthe?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

Poll question: I'm bored...should I crack into the absinthe?

I don't have anything to do later or tomorrow, except to pick up a prescription and get my oil changed.

[Random_Australian]

1. K&R!

:rofl: :dunce:

[MaggieSwanson]

2. Crack into it

...then pass the bottle, please.

There needs to be a :green fairy: smilie!

[ZombieNixon]

3. Absinthe? I want some!

:(

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

4. My parents brought it back from Paris for me as my B-day gift in Feb.

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[ZombieNixon]

5. I wish my parents would do that for me.

:(

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

6. The lounge and my friend, Nancy, has spoken.

It's time to break into the absinthe. It was a tie here but my real-life friend added in a yes, for the final tie-breaker.

:crazy::crazy:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

7. Mmm....

Yummy.

[LostinVA]

8. Good grief, you sound like Jukes

Where the hell did you get that, anyway? It's illegal here.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

11. It's subject to the same import laws as other liquors.

It's weird. You can own it and consume it, but it's illegal to purchase or sell within the US. So basically, you can get two bottles off the internet no problem or buy two bottles in a country where it's legal and bring it back with you.

The first time I had it, I brought a bottle back from my trip to London. The second time, I ordered it off the internet and had it delivered in like two days from England. This time, my parents brought a bottle back from Paris as a birthday present for me.

[LostinVA]

13. Very interesting -- I thought you couldn't bring it back in

like Cuban cigars.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

17. The stores in London said I could bring in two bottles.

Customs saw it when I was coming into the US. They didn't care.

[Xipe Totec]

9. You know...

Absinthe has wormwood extract.

and the Russian word for wormwood is Chernobyl. :nuke:

Think about it...

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

12. Eh, I'm not worried.

It was made in France. I've had it before. Nothing bad happened.

[Xipe Totec]

14. Nothing bad happened to the Shuttle either

the first two times they had O-ring burn-through...

:evilgrin:

Just yanking your chain. The stuff they sell these days has been detoxified. The active ingredient has been removed.

Hey, Coca Cola used to have cocaine. What can I say... :shrug:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

16. The European stuff does have the thujones in it.

Cocaine in Coca Cola...those must've been the days. I'd be drinking more than my two cans of diet coke a day.

[Texasgal]

10. What exactly is it? n't

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

15. It's an herbal liquor.

It's really high proof and tastes like bitter anise. The added effects come from wormwood and the thujones it contains. Thujones are toxic and can build up in your brain. It was made illegal in the US because it was believe to make you hallucinate and go crazy. That is kind of true, but only if you drink massive amounts over a long time. If you just have a couple drinks, it's like a weird, clear-headed buzz. You're drunk, but you feel motivated, alert & creative. However, if you and your friends party with it for two days, you end up waking up and feeling like you're in "Fear & Loathing" when you look around the room. Yes, I did hold an absinthe weekend when I worked for Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. It was insane. After the second night, it extended into the hallway and onto the fire escape. Whacky theatre people.

It's nicknamed "the green fairy." It's a green liquor but it turns a cloudy white when you add water to it. The proper ritual is to pour the absinthe into a glass and lay a special slotted absinthe spoon (which I own) above the glass. Lay a sugar cube over the spoon and dissolve it by slowly pouring ice water over it. It's kind of a cool ritual.

On edit: You can legally buy a version of it within the US, but it doesn't contain any thujones.