# Gonna get drunk, right about.... now. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2012, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859 "2012-08-18T07:08:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/21 "2012-08-19T15:54:39Z")
it’s Sunday and I plan to put off any drinking until after noon. because I’m good like that. _smug_ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/22 "2012-08-19T15:57:07Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > You all are inspiring me to drink. I have rum but no coke. Anything else go well with rum? Actually it’s a pretty damn good rum, I could just drink it straight. > > ETA: I have margarita mix but no tequila. Anyone ever tried rum and margarita mix? Rum goes exceedingly well with fruit juices of all kinds. I can’t recall if I’ve had it with margarita mix, but I like the way you’re thinking… ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/23 "2012-08-19T18:17:27Z")
I’m gonna mess it up, but I liked the “last poster” and thread title combo - “Gonna get drunk, right about…now” and **WhyNot**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/24 "2012-08-19T19:30:31Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > You all are inspiring me to drink. I have rum but no coke. Anything else go well with rum? Actually it’s a pretty damn good rum, I could just drink it straight. > > ETA: I have margarita mix but no tequila. Anyone ever tried rum and margarita mix? Any juice or powdered drink mix along with ice in a blender. Bonus points if whatever color the drink turns out to be makes you say. “Oh…! Pretty!” ---
**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:** [August 19, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/25 "2012-08-19T19:37:19Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > You all are inspiring me to drink. I have rum but no coke. Anything else go well with rum? Actually it’s a pretty damn good rum, I could just drink it straight. > > ETA: I have margarita mix but no tequila. Anyone ever tried rum and margarita mix? Oh Jesus Christ… Squeeze in some lime and ice, and if you must, maybe some simple syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/26 "2012-08-19T19:58:32Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Oh Jesus Christ… > > Squeeze in some lime and ice, and if you must, maybe some simple syrup. Hey, now! Just because I like fruity drinks doesn’t mean I can’t take it straight. Straight tequila is my favorite, though, and I don’t have any tequila. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/27 "2012-08-19T20:16:55Z")
If you don’t have any Coke, you probably also are out of ginger ale, but rum & ginger (over ice, maybe a twist of lime) is the World’s Finest Cocktail, at least as far as drinks mixed with carbonated soft-drinks go. (Try Vernors or Reed’s ginger ale/brew for optimum results, but Canada Dry is also perfectly fine) ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/28 "2012-08-19T22:36:00Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > Hey, now! Just because I like fruity drinks doesn’t mean I can’t take it straight. Straight tequila is my favorite, though, and I don’t have any tequila. Herra Dura, sipped neat. Mmmm. I don’t have any either, but since me and a friend put away a whole bottle between us the other day, I guess I don’t need any today. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/29 "2012-08-19T22:57:31Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > If you don’t have any Coke, you probably also are out of ginger ale, but rum & ginger (over ice, maybe a twist of lime) is the World’s Finest Cocktail, at least as far as drinks mixed with carbonated soft-drinks go. > > (Try Vernors or Reed’s ginger ale/brew for optimum results, but Canada Dry is also perfectly fine) Yup, you can’t go wrong with a Boston Coolah! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/30 "2012-08-19T23:46:43Z")
My liver fell off! ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/31 "2012-08-20T00:11:30Z")
Damn I’m jealous. Haven’t even had a sip of whiskey for two or three weeks and it’s a nice day and four fine examples of West-coast breasts in the pool. Now I’m getting too excited, not helped by finding Grados in my shoulder bag to listen to real up-tempo chicken pickin by Danny Gatton. Summer drinking! Some are home, some are not! Do it! Get to the chopper! Run! Drink for the temporarily indigent! Drink out of a bag and into it. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/32 "2012-08-20T00:13:03Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > If you don’t have any Coke, you probably also are out of ginger ale, but rum & ginger (over ice, maybe a twist of lime) is the World’s Finest Cocktail, at least as far as drinks mixed with carbonated soft-drinks go. > > (Try Vernors or Reed’s ginger ale/brew for optimum results, but Canada Dry is also perfectly fine) A customer in a local liquor store chain asked me if anything went with rum besides coke. I offered ginger ale (Canada Dry probably, gotta go to specialty places for Vernor’s). He acted like I had two heads. His loss. I don’t really like rum and coke too much, too saccharine. A Cuba Libre is somehow better, rum+coke+a little lime juice. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/33 "2012-08-20T00:40:34Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > My liver fell off! I warned you about that! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859/34 "2012-08-21T08:06:33Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I warned you about that! It’s cool. I hot glued it back on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gonna-get-drunk-right-about-now/631859.md?page=1)