# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/41 "2009-12-01T20:44:02Z")
Merely a quick stop in to throw some love out for Thomas Handy rye. Also to say **MeanOldLady** only lives up to one-third of her name with the things she did for Some Woman. ---
**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, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/42 "2009-12-01T21:30:05Z")
> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > [Here she is, in all her wickedness](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/WryOnRye/h2009.jpg) Just as I expected. 🆒 ---
**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, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/43 "2009-12-01T21:47:22Z")
You expected me to be a witch? :dubious: ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/44 "2009-12-01T21:51:46Z")
A not mean, not old, gin drinker. ---
**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 2, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/45 "2009-12-02T02:34:57Z")
Do you ever get the feelin’ ya killed a thread and wondered if you did or not? (Psst: Never shake the martini. It bruises the gin.) ---
**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 2, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/46 "2009-12-02T03:21:17Z")
Oh, you totally killed it, and that’s cool. We’ll still let you post here. I walked past the spot where I ran into the lady, which is the spot I pass almost everyday, and I thought about her. I used to think, “Ooh, I hope I see a bunny!” (the spot is in front of a church where shitloads of bunnies hang out), but instead I thought, “I hope that woman is okay.” Then I thought, “Oh crap, I didn’t put my gin in the freezer last night.” No worries, that’s why god invented ice and all, plus it’s in the freezer now. I don’t shake martinis. James Bond may know lots about screwing loose women, but he doesn’t know shit about making a martini. ---
**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 2, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/47 "2009-12-02T03:29:13Z")
And he likes **vodka** martinis. Vodka has as much place in a martini as **cranberry** Just because you pour it in a martini glass does NOT make it a \*\*\*\*ing martini. ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/48 "2009-12-02T03:32:33Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > Just because you pour it in a martini glass does NOT make it a \*\*\*\*ing martini. Testify. ---
**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 2, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/49 "2009-12-02T03:36:31Z")
NO SHIT! I can be here all night about why there is no such thing as a chocolate martini, apple martini, banana hazelnut cinnamon martini. Folks, stop pissing me off. Gin. Vermouth. If you want coconuts and sprinkles in a cocktail glass, have at it, but it AIN’T a martini. It’s coconuts and sprinkles in a cocktail glass. ---
**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 2, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/50 "2009-12-02T03:42:11Z")
Olives. They’re about the only vegetables I get. And dammit, now I’ve gotta go make one. All this talk’s making me thirsty. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/51 "2009-12-02T04:30:36Z")
Now I feel bad. I bought a bottle of Hendricks the night I got out of the hospital because, hell, you deserve a drink after that, right? Turns out that whatever drugs they have me on make me not like gin anymore, so I gave it away on Saturday. If you had posted this last week I could have hooked you up. 😉 That was a good thing you did, MOL. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/52 "2009-12-02T10:15:16Z")
I normally don’t drink hard alcohol, but I do love me a good martini on occasion. I do believe I’ll have to buy a bottle of gin next time I see the likker store. Vermouth soaked olives? Why didn’t I think of that! I always get too much vermouth in the shaker. I do hope that woman’s OK, and she wised up. Sadly, many of the abused go back to their abusers, thinking ‘they’ve changed’. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/53 "2009-12-02T11:42:43Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > (Psst: Never shake the martini. It bruises the gin.) That’s OK. Once the gin is bruised, you can send it to **MOL** ; she’ll see that it gets to a place where it’ll be taken care of. 😃 Here’s the thing about martinis, though; I don’t like gin. I _despise_ olives. I do, however, have some martini glasses that I _luuurve_ (they’re very cool; the stem is narrow where it meets the glass, then gradually widens; the bottom of the stem is turned into a “well” (like the deep ‘punt’ at the bottom of some wine bottles, kind of) that hold _precisely_ 1oz. So it’s a martini glass; but if you turn it over, it’s a shot glass! Very, very cool. So sometimes I make cocktails in them (one of my faves is a Boston Cream Pie: equal parts chocolate liqueur, Irish Cream, vanilla vodka, shaken with ice). I’ll make ya a deal, though: whatever I serve in my martini glasses, I won’t call them martinis. Well, after the third one I might slip. . .😛 ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/54 "2009-12-02T16:30:18Z")
Eh, I find that the best martinis are a 3-1-1 mix of vodka, gin, and vermouth. Twist, no olives. Good vodkas have subtle flavor differences. I can’t name very many brands of good vodka I’ve seen for sale in the US. \*\*MOL \*\*is a saint for her actions, we can forgive her for her drinking habits being off. =P ---
**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 2, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/55 "2009-12-02T16:38:34Z")
My drinks as of late: Gin Martini, Ginnantonics Sailor Jerry’s Navy Rum + Eggnog or Coke Svedka Vodka + Clamato + dash A1 steak or HP sauce Oskar Blues Brewery’s Ten Fidy (holy crap is that a thick beer) ---
**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 2, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/56 "2009-12-02T19:55:17Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > I’ll make ya a deal, though: whatever I serve in my martini glasses, I won’t call them martinis. Well, after the third one I might slip. . .😛 I can live with this. > [@Zeriel](#): > > \*\*MOL \*\*is a saint for her actions… Flattery… my one weakness! > [@](#): > > we can forgive her for her drinking habits being off. =P _Hey!_ > [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > My drinks as of late: > > Gin Martini, Ginnantonics > Sailor Jerry’s Navy Rum + Eggnog or Coke > Svedka Vodka + Clamato + dash A1 steak or HP sauce > Oskar Blues Brewery’s Ten Fidy (holy crap is that a thick beer) This is how you drink: Bourbon + Glass. Consume. Irish whisky + Glass. Consume. Gin + Light rocks + Glass. Consume. Perhaps a splash of lime and/or bitters. Rum + Glass. Consume. Scotch + Glass. Consume. Tequila + Glass. Consume. If cheap tequila, add heavy rocks and lime. Vodka: Do not consume. ---
**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 2, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/57 "2009-12-02T20:03:07Z")
If I drank like that, I’d lose weight. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/58 "2009-12-02T21:28:51Z")
At least we can agree on the bourbon, whisky, and Scotch. Rum is on my “do not consume” list, though, as it’s froofy as hell. And I respectfully invite you to get good vodka. Something that hasn’t been distilled and filtered to hell and back. Probably you’ll have to find a specialty store that carries some of the more expensive Russian imports, although Lusokowa isn’t terrible. Stolichnaya is right out, it hasn’t been the same since the Soviet Union fell. And then you put it in a chilled glass and drink it. I’m not adamantly against mixed drinks, mind you, but if you need ice or mixers to make it palatable then throw it out and buy something you actually like. ---
**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 2, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553/59 "2009-12-02T21:31:33Z")
Sailor Jerry’s Spiced Navy rum isn’t really rum. It’s liquid Crack. 95 proof and goes with EVERYTHING. Cheap too, a 1.75 can be had around here for $17. Honestly, I was getting a little worried when that first 1.75 was evaporating an inch a night. [http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/279110](http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/279110) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gin-battered-ex-girlfriends-and-me/519553.md?page=2)