# Gin, battered (ex)girlfriends, and me **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553 "2009-12-01T03:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/21 "2009-12-01T14:45:46Z")
Oh, you all are thinking **MOL** is a decent person, but that is not so. She is drinking that awful, horrible affront to humanity, gin. It is vile and disgusting. Vodka is the way to go, scotch if you’re elite and worldly. I can even accept rum if you’re lighthearted and fun. Gin drinkers? Mean and nasty. 😃 Seriously, she did the hardest thing. She left her abuser. You helped her with that. Do sleep well tonight. The rest is up to her. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/22 "2009-12-01T15:13:16Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > I salute you and your need for Gin. > > (Sapphire’s, okay. New Amterdam if I’m slumming and Citadelle if I wanna feel moneyed, Hendricks is a fave, dija know it comes in _Six Liter Bottles_? [http://www.invisibleguild.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=158.0;attach=34;image](http://www.invisibleguild.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=158.0;attach=34;image)) > > Sapphire is to ‘good gin’ as ‘Guinness’ is to Dark Beer. It’s okay if it’s the best thing the Bar’s got, but it ain’t no Imperial Stout. Six litre what now? I clicked your url, and was told I have to log in. I will scour the planet looking for six litre Hendrick’s bottles now! I agree with your assessment and Sapphire and Guinness. Sort of like how Knob Creek is a fine bourbon, and likely the best you’ll have if you only buy your bourbon from Albertson’s, or whatever your local grocery chain is. > [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > It might not have been to you, but in the state she probably was in, an extension of kindness from a total stranger may have meant the world. Yeah, I think a small thing feels like a big deal after you’ve had the crap beaten out of you by someone who likely tells you he loves you. > [@VunderBob](#): > > Well done, **MoL**. The only thing I would have done differently is dress her wound. I have a trauma bag handy 90% of the time. All I had on me was my wallet, keys, cell phone, pressed power compact, and 1.75 litres of Bombay in a paper bag. I could have attempted to dress her wounds, but I probably would have made things worse. > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > Gilbey’s? I am not above bottom-shelf gin! > [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Instead, I’ll raise my coffee cup to Hendrick’s, the arrest (we hope) of abusive assholes, and you. The arrest of me?! :eek: > [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](#): > > Oh, you all are thinking **MOL** is a decent person, but that is not so. She is drinking that awful, horrible affront to humanity, gin. It is vile and disgusting. Vodka is the way to go, scotch if you’re elite and worldly. I can even accept rum if you’re lighthearted and fun. Gin drinkers? Mean and nasty. > 😃 > > Seriously, she did the hardest thing. She left her abuser. You helped her with that. Do sleep well tonight. The rest is up to her. Vodka is fine, but is insipid. It’s grain alcohol and water filtered. Where’s the love in that? Edit: Here’s another thing that’s kind of funny about what you say. I’m reading Raymond Chandler’s “Farewell My Lovely,” and there was a line some pages ago that said something like “Good people don’t drink gin.” Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/23 "2009-12-01T15:20:08Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Vodka is fine, but is insipid. It’s grain alcohol and water filtered. Where’s the love in that? > > Edit: Here’s another thing that’s kind of funny about what you say. I’m reading Raymond Chandler’s “Farewell My Lovely,” and there was a line some pages ago that said something like “Good people don’t drink gin.” Ha! Chandler is genius . Ha. Gin is flowers, come on , are you a pussy girl with rose petals? Vodka has vegetables, let’s get real, here. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/24 "2009-12-01T15:20:36Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > All I had on me was my wallet, keys, cell phone, pressed power compact, and 1.75 litres of Bombay in a paper bag. I could have attempted to dress her wounds, but I probably would have made things worse. And you didn’t offer her a shot? You really are a mean old lady. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/25 "2009-12-01T15:22:26Z")
**MoL** , I’m not gigging you for not dressing the injury, I was roundabout praising you while indicating I have the hypothetical means to do so. I will take issue with your choice of alcohol, however. Only well-aged bourbon will do. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/26 "2009-12-01T15:39:03Z")
Good on ya, **MOL**. Although I have to deduct points for gin. You do know that rubbing alcohol is cheaper and tastes the same, right? ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/27 "2009-12-01T16:01:27Z")
crap crap crap. I am my name for a reason. Please note the standard sized silverware for scale: [http://www.millertwinracing.com/biggin.jpg](http://www.millertwinracing.com/biggin.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/28 "2009-12-01T16:13:01Z")
> [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](#): > > Chandler is genius . Ha. Gin is flowers, come on , are you a pussy girl with rose petals? Vodka has vegetables, let’s get real, here. Hey, a juniper isn’t a flower! > [@corkboard](#): > > And you didn’t offer her a shot? You really are a mean old lady. It may have lightened her mood. > [@VunderBob](#): > > **MoL** , I’m not gigging you for not dressing the injury, I was roundabout praising you while indicating I have the hypothetical means to do so. > > I will take issue with your choice of alcohol, however. Only well-aged bourbon will do. I know you’re not, but the idea of dressing a wound with gin and pressed power is kind of amusing to me. Gin fixes _almost_ everything. I do agree that well-aged bourbon is key. Elijah Craig 18 is my lover. > [@jayjay](#): > > You do know that rubbing alcohol is cheaper and tastes the same, right? Wrong! > [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > crap crap crap. I am my name for a reason. > > Please note the standard sized silverware for scale: > [http://www.millertwinracing.com/biggin.jpg](http://www.millertwinracing.com/biggin.jpg) This goes in my porn stash. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/29 "2009-12-01T16:15:24Z")
> [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](#): > > Oh, you all are thinking **MOL** is a decent person, but that is not so. She is drinking that awful, horrible affront to humanity, gin. Hey, since someone has to drink that thing in order to keep gin mills employed, better someone who enjoys it than me! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/30 "2009-12-01T16:30:22Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Hey, since someone has to drink that thing in order to keep gin mills employed, better someone who enjoys it than me! Amen! I will stick with my rum, thank you. Or a decent bottle of wine. Or maybe a nice Black Russian. . .Hmmmmm. So many choices, so few occasions to get wasted! 😉 **MOL** , ya done good. Don’t worry, though, we won’t spread the word around! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/31 "2009-12-01T16:54:35Z")
> [@Always Brings Pie](#): > > Yes, perhaps you should change your name. She doesn’t seem mean, I think she needs to take part in the Picture Thread, that would let us address the ‘Old’ part. And she drinks gin, therefore, she’s no lady. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Discipline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/82dd89/32.png) [@Discipline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Discipline)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/32 "2009-12-01T17:05:09Z")
> [@GameHat](#): > > Sure, if you only like white bread, and you only like your steak “well done”, and you only like ketchup as your only condiment, sure, you’ll hate Sapphire. As for me, I like complex flavors. So eat it. Sapphire is pretty decent. \ Try Hendrick’s. White bread it isn’t. People dislike Sapphire for all the reasons you listed. Branch out a bit, you’ll be pleasantly surprised \ ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/33 "2009-12-01T17:26:03Z")
Do yourself a favor and DON’T try Rangpur. It’s Gin with Lyme™…meaning it’s _supposed_ to taste like it’s already got lime in it, but it’s not lime like we know it. Leopold’s is good, Tanqueray 10 is good, Hendricks is devine, Bellringer tastes like ass. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/34 "2009-12-01T17:28:01Z")
Well, good grief , I think we’ve pinpionted why the Lady is Mean. She drinks gin. That’s the kiss of death. Vodka drinkers are full of sunshine and light. We love people. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/35 "2009-12-01T17:46:13Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Amen! I will stick with my rum, thank you. Or a decent bottle of wine. Or maybe a nice Black Russian. . .Hmmmmm. So many choices, so few occasions to get wasted! 😉 I adore rum. I’m pretty much open to anything but vodka. It’s just so terribly uninteresting. > [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > She doesn’t seem mean, I think she needs to take part in the Picture Thread, that would let us address the ‘Old’ part. > > And she drinks gin, therefore, she’s no lady. 😃 There are pictures of me floating around some place. I’d add to the picture gallery, but I’m rather lazy. > [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > Do yourself a favor and DON’T try Rangpur. It’s Gin with Lyme™…meaning it’s _supposed_ to taste like it’s already got lime in it, but it’s not lime like we know it. > > Leopold’s is good, Tanqueray 10 is good, Hendricks is devine, Bellringer tastes like ass. Oh dear godd, what is this? Kindergarten? I like gimlets as much as any other dame, but I’m adult, and people trust me with knives now. I can cut up my own lime and squeeze it into my drink. > [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](#): > > Vodka drinkers are full of sunshine and light. We love people. I like gin distillers. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/36 "2009-12-01T17:51:13Z")
I meant to address this upthread, but vodka isn’t actually a drink. It’s a means if conveying alcohol to something else. (orange juice, cranberry juice, _pasta\_sauce_) Anybody trying to tell you Vodka is an “experience” is trying to sell you something…most likely vodka. ( [http://crystalheadvodka.com/](http://crystalheadvodka.com/) ) ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/37 "2009-12-01T18:05:35Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Oh dear godd, what is this? Kindergarten? I like gimlets as much as any other dame, but I’m adult, and people trust me with knives now. I can cut up my own lime and squeeze it into my drink. Merely extending my experiences (unfortunate as they may be)…and sounding gruff to back up that ‘meanoldlady’ moniker? Not working. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/38 "2009-12-01T19:57:03Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > I’m pretty much open to anything but vodka. It’s just so terribly uninteresting. See, that’s the _good_ thing about vodka too, though; if I want a little cocktail to take into the bathtub with me (I have a long soak in my Jacuzzi tub most nights; I take a book; sometimes I take a glass of wine, sometimes something a little more. . .potent), I often like something sweet and girly, like some Butterscotch Schnapps, but then if I want to “kick it up” a little, I can add some vodka; doesn’t change the taste of the Schnapps so much (other than slightly watering down it’s otherwise syrupy texture, which I also consider a good thing about the vodka), but it sure does kick more ass! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/39 "2009-12-01T20:04:16Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > She doesn’t seem mean, I think she needs to take part in the Picture Thread, that would let us address the ‘Old’ part. > > And she drinks gin, therefore, she’s no lady. 😃 [Here she is, in all her wickedness](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/WryOnRye/h2009.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![InappropriateHumor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eb8c5e/32.png) [@InappropriateHumor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InappropriateHumor)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/40 "2009-12-01T20:11:46Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > [Here she is, in all her wickedness](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/WryOnRye/h2009.jpg) Uh, MeanOldLady is hawt. Name and image are in critical discord. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553.md?page=3)