La vie est belle

[tjwmason]

Subtitled - I bought a new bottle of gin today.

As much as anything else it was an impluse buy - I was getting my newspaper and a couple of other things it was clear that the price was going to go over the few coins I had in my pocket, so I added a bottle of Plymouth Gin to the order and stuck it on the card. I did have to buy some new gin, I down to only one brand, and only half a bottle thereof too :scared:

Now (a few hours later), it's starting to sink into my veins - and all of the troubles of the world are melting away.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. lush

:P

enjoy ;)

[tjwmason]

2. Why thank you

That's the nicest thing anybody's called me all day. :*

I'd be more than willing to share - but if you like something else to drink, you'll have to give me a bit of notice so I can pop to the shop.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

19. lol

bad day, huh? :hug:

Id do gin for you :D

[tjwmason]

20. Nothing too bad about it

it's more that becoming a lush is top of my life's ambitions. :eyes:

But I'll play at anything to get a :hug: from you :evilgrin:

[swimboy]

25. You rakish, foppish gourmand, you!

Let's all be bons-vivants! :grouphug:

[tjwmason]

26. Too damn right.

:grouphug: :grouploveya:

[ZombieNixon]

3. Damn you, where's my whisk(e)y?

With or without the E! :grr: :P

[tjwmason]

5. The whisky's in the cupboard

Where it always is - damned eejit. :P

Now if you get your lazy arse over here I might pour some for you.

[ZombieNixon]

6. OK, hold on.

I have to go hold up the bank so I can afford the plane ticket. Be there in a minute. :P

[tjwmason]

8. I'm definitely not trying to stop you

But if your only motivation for coming to England is free booze from me - wouldn't the cheaper option be to buy some booze over there, rather than buy a plane ticket?

Sorry to be logical. :shrug:

[ZombieNixon]

10. Pff...logic.

It's not my money, I don't care. :crazy:

[tjwmason]

13. YAYS Z.N's coming to visit

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Time to kill off his liver, then get him deported for some bad behaviour whilst drunk - with plenty of incriminating pictures to post in the Lounge.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[ZombieNixon]

16. Oh, great.

I'm about to rob a bank and now you want to extradite me AND post pics in the Lounge? :eyes:

:P

[tjwmason]

18. I just you that I'd buy you alcohol

I never said anything else that I'd do to you. :P

[swimboy]

4. Did it sing when you opened it?

Or is that happening now?







(TJ's lost weekend, or, posting drunkel :rofl:)

[tjwmason]

7. Yes it did.

As it was sitting there surrounded by its new friends (the ice-cubes) and was tickled by the arrival of the tonic - it sang out to me in beautiful tones to thank me for buying it and drinking it.

I'm far from drunk matey :P this is only the first glass, my measures may well be triple what one gets served in absteemious places like pubs and bars, but it still takes more than one glass to get me drunk. What sort of light-weight do you think I am? :P

B.T.W. Have you managed to find any Plymouth Gin in the U.S.? It really is a heavenly nectar.

[swimboy]

12. Haven't found it yet, but the fact that they have a 'Navy strength'

is oddly motivating! I may redouble my efforts. I wish I were lifting a glass with you in the golden afternoon. :loveya:

[tjwmason]

15. I'll just have to visit then

and bring some with me.

I haven't found Navy Strength in the shops (this bottle was just bought at the village newsagent/shop) - but I'll see if it's available from their on-line shop.

I'd love to have you here - it would make the spring-time even more beautiful than it has been already this year. :loveya:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Ah, my dear TJ.........

Now HERE'S a nice civilized thread I can get lost in......

I love gin, with tonic, or with dry vermouth!

Enjoy, sweetie! :loveya: :hug:

:toast:

[tjwmason]

11. It's a pity you're not here.

I'd love to mix a perfect gin and tonic for you - or a perfect dry martini. In the case of the latter, I keep a bottle of gin in the freezer so that it's always at the right temperature.

:loveya: :hug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. How I wish I were too......

England is one of my favorite countries!

And you rank right up there as one of my favorite DU'ers! :loveya: :hug:

[tjwmason]

17. England really can be beautiful when she wants to.

But you're far too kind to me :blush: - but I suppose that that kindness is one of the things which makes you one of my very favourite DUers too. :loveya: :hug:

[miss_american_pie]

21. Life is beautiful because of gin?

Ever think you may want to visit a 12 step program? ;)

[tjwmason]

22. Life is beautiful anyway

When I was walking to buy my newspaper (and later bottle of gin), there were some blue-tits who had just learned to fly - they were the most adorable little tiny things flying around barely more than 2 inches long. I can still hear birds singing in the garden, and I've got some gorgeous (indeed beyond gorgeous) renaissance polyphony playing, and a glass of gin here.

All of it adds that little bit of beautifulness to life. I'm not quite in a Hogarthian stage yet.

[miss_american_pie]

23. Baby birds?

Yep, life is good. :)

[tjwmason]

24. In the past week or two

Spring really seems to have taken off (here in England at least).

Life really is good.

[billyskank]

27. Pished yet, mashon?

:rofl:

[tjwmason]

28. Certainly not.

I don't do drunk.

Two gins and a couple of mouthfuls of a glass of wine - that's not enough to get me drunk, not nearly enough. :P

[billyskank]

29. What, not ever?

What a let down! :P

[tjwmason]

30. As long as you're not in contact with any of my university friends

I'll say never ever ever... ;)

[swimboy]

31. What a charming way of posing the question!

ReaLLy!!

:rofL:

[billyskank]

32. I thought you Aussies appreciated directness?

:P

[tjwmason]

33. Are you calling swimboy an Aussie?

That's almost as bad as calling him a Yankee.

[billyskank]

34. Have I got my facts muddled up?

I thought swimboy was an Aussie ex-pat. Mucho apologies if that's wrong.

[tjwmason]

35. He's a Virginian.

I don't think he has any Aussie in him. :shrug:

[swimboy]

38. In fact, my mother's ancestor came over in 1669

to be indentured to one of my father's ancestors.

[swimboy]

37. Nothing really but Virginian since 1669.

and never risen to any distinction.

[long_green]

36. Plymouth? Read Travis McGee stories much?

nm