Yeah that is something. 5 martinis. Wow. The way I make them it would be 30 ounces of gin. Plus vermouth. Wow.
I think that would kill me. Or make me wish for death.
I like how he’s a friendly drunk. A person’s true nature comes out when liquored up. I truly believe that.
-k
That’s not right you make martinis as you go, not in bulk. You need martini glasses and a narrow mouthed tall tumbler. In the tumbler put two ice cubes. Poor in one measure of extra dry vermouth. Add two measures of good gin (vodka for Bond fans). Stir quickly with a knife blade (good agitation - chills quickly and prevents melting ice diluting drink). Pick up tumbler with knife blade across mouth of glass. Pour martinis leaving ice behind. Squeeze thin sliver of lemon into each martini. Wipe sliver around rim of glass. Throw sliver in. Drink.
By weird coincidence what I was drinking last night, after reading this thread, was the first bottle of Absolut Mandarin Vodka I’ve ever bought. Not with Coke though with bitter lemon.
Ooh, that reminds me, I have to start drinking more. Thanks, FordPrefect. 
Heh. I think Kempis was referring to thirty ounces of gin plus vermouth… for EACH martini don’t ask.
Whoooooo-hoooooo. Remind me to try to wangle an invite to one of HIS parties, OK?
A good drunk never forgets to drink!
But…five martinis? What the hell are you thinking!!!
shouldn’t you have had five pan-galactic gargle blasters instead?
And if you DO forget, you’ve probably had too many anyway. 
I don’t think so.
However, you could be a dear and get me another drink…we’re way overdue for a drunk thread around here
If I ever gather enough courage, I’ll tell you what two bottles of Martini did to an 18 year old Clog Boy. :eek:
Clog Boy, please try to keep up. We are talking Martini’s here, not vermouth. Although I would like to hear your story about drinking two bottles of “wine”. I was drinking Manhattans at that age, but I guess those clogs makes one a bit unsteady. 
I think it’s a cultural difference here. AFAIK, and it’s been a LONG time since I was over there, what the Americans name “a martini” – two to four parts gin with one of vermouth, adorned with olives and onions–never took off in Europe. When I was there, asking for a martini got you glass of vermouth, much the same kind of glass that people used to drink champagne out of in old movies.
The higher the proportion of gin, the “drier” the martini is said to be. As the old joke has it, those who like them especially dry put the gin in and merely think about vermouth while they look at it from across the room.
I just wanted to say that I think this thread is real cute. I hope to be gettin’ my drink on after awhile so maybe I’ll pop back in here and check on things then. In the meantime, y’all get to drinkin’ and postin’. We ain’t seen enough misspellin’s, refeltions on life, and general silliness up in here.
I haven’t had a drink in at least two months! Ain’t I gotta live a little?
Seriously, I’m a terrible drunk. I can’t count the number of times I’ve gone out, partied all night long, come home the next morning and realized I completely forgot to drink! It’s really frustrating.
Judging by the what was left in the bottle, I make my martinis a little smaller than yours. I think I “only” drank about 15 ounces or so of gin, hence why I am still alive
I like my martinis fairly wet (3:1), and a little dirty (a teaspoon of olive juice), just like (as I tell my wife) my women (slap) oops, I mean my woman!
Meros I almost didn’t, but as I said earlier, I was having so much fun trying to type, that I felt it would be a waste to not submit. However, now I fear I will have to drink more often, if only to reach my “posting stride” so as to post here more often.
Well, back to nursing a beer on this beautiful Sunday, 32 degrees outside, and a good book…
Please don’t get too upset at me for this, but memories aren’t that short…I’m not linking, but I haven’t forgotten.
Isn’t it a good thing to party and forget to drink, however?