# Drinks on me (21 years on the SDMB) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887 "2020-08-12T14:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/1 "2020-08-12T14:57:26Z")
I notice that today I have a special anniversary cake next to my user name. I joined the SDMB on this date back in 1999. That means my account is old enough to drink! What’s the best drink for occasion? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/2 "2020-08-12T15:00:55Z")
🍻 ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/3 "2020-08-12T15:32:49Z")
Perhaps an Old Fashioned. > **[Old-Fashioned Recipe](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018343-old-fashioned)** > > The old-fashioned is one of the oldest mixed drinks in the cocktail canon (Original name: whiskey cocktail, which became old-fashioned whiskey cocktail, and then just old-fashioned.) It is a stirred drink, usually built in the glass in which it is... Cheers ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/4 "2020-08-12T15:38:32Z")
AH! I had a birthday cake by my name and I couldn’t figure it out. The first of this month was my 20th anniversary. Thanks for clearing that up! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/5 "2020-08-12T15:55:16Z")
Absinthe. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/6 "2020-08-12T15:59:40Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Absinthe. Wouldn’t this be appropriate if **Pleonast** were a long time lurker? Tripler I slay me. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/7 "2020-08-12T16:24:35Z")
Happy Anniversary! I’ll have a beer. I had that birthday cake icon shortly after the Great TubaDiva Migration and was baffled. So were a couple other posters. It wasn’t my birthday, not even close. I figured it out after I saw someone else with one and it had an explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/8 "2020-08-12T16:29:39Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > What’s the best drink for occasion? Water. Us 20+ers obviously have addiction issues. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/9 "2020-08-12T19:17:57Z")
Hopefully not hemlock. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/10 "2020-08-12T19:51:45Z")
Aztec hot chocolate. ☕ 🍹 Or a foo-foo alcoholic drink with an umbrella… ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/11 "2020-08-12T19:55:04Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Aztec hot chocolate. I don’t do Aztec style (with chile), but I do drink straight cocoa dissolved into hot water for my morning pick-me-up. I can’t stand coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/12 "2020-08-13T15:24:58Z")
Good on ya, **Pleonast** , and congratulations! Glad to have you here. :: raises a glass of Johnnie Walker Red Label :: ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/13 "2020-08-13T20:21:20Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > # [Drinks on me (21 years on the SDMB)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887) Just post your debit card number here, and we’ll take it from there. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/14 "2020-08-13T23:20:36Z")
This thread reminds me of that 70s TV show, The Waltons, and"the recipe" of the Baldwin sisters’ father, or something like that. With hundreds of channels now, there’s one that has those reruns. Drink up! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/15 "2020-08-13T23:21:32Z")
This. [https://www.themacallan.com/en/the-macallan-fine-oak-21-years-old](https://www.themacallan.com/en/the-macallan-fine-oak-21-years-old) Bottled just for you! I’d be happy to share if you don’t want to drink alone. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/16 "2020-08-14T00:49:13Z")
I joined well over 20 years ago. Perhaps we could get together for Rusty Nails, Rumrunners or White Russians (all popular in the 1950s). ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drinks-on-me-21-years-on-the-sdmb/917887/17 "2020-08-14T01:03:57Z")
I lurked in99 and 00, finally joining in 01. The SDMB was my first message board. \