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This piece on the cocktail by Robert Messenger is a joy to read. Beginning now, I am going to start a Twitter feed dedicated to exceptional non-fiction writing.
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Bah, another twitter feed to keep up with? I swear I will die of looking at the “Unread items” count everyday. I am kidding of course, but not really… :)
— scritic · Oct 21, 02:56 PM · #
After reading the first few paragraphs of the linked article I just keep thinking “fussy.” And not in a good way.
— Bob · Oct 21, 04:30 PM · #
Ah, the cocktail. Certainly a subject worthy of a six-thousand word essay in a political magazine because, as I live and breathe, our ability to appreciate the fine interplay of flavors and textures in these refreshing beverages is what separates us from the beasts. And by beasts, good sirs, I of course mean the mouth-breathing subhumans who, due to low character or indifferent upbringing, have no choice but to submit to my attentions as I berate them for befouling my Gin Rickey with carbonated water of insufficient freshness. Beasts, I tell you! Why, you can hardly find a barman anymore who understands that one need not garnish my Old-Fashioned with fresh orange slices. Which is when I says, I says, jesh ferget it, jesh gimme whatever ye got on speshel, you ‘en your idiot friends tellin’ ME how to make a cocktail, that’ll be the day, yeah, thass a laugh ‘n a half….
[Vomits on the bar]
— Charlie · Oct 21, 05:35 PM · #
How embarrassingly pedantic.
— Lasorda · Oct 21, 06:21 PM · #
Please. True, anybody who outs himself as a Jigger Enforcer is way too uptight about their booze habit, but I’d rather have a long, fussy article about booze than no article about booze — especially when that article presents useful facts about where to go to consume fine beverages…especially in the RAVA metropolitan area…and where to find classic texts on fine beverage-making.
— James · Oct 22, 04:23 AM · #
Shorter James, “I found it fussy, but in a good way.”
— Bob · Oct 22, 12:29 PM · #
More like “Fussy, alas, but also useful, and on a subject I like.”
— James · Oct 22, 07:26 PM · #