Julius wrote:
> When we arrive we meet the JMDL's own Willy the Shake, who can shake it
indeed we find out, as he's dancing to the D'Amphibians, already in
progress. Diane and company are there too, so the JMDL party ensues in
earnest. We buy each other drinks left and right. Sweet Mary, who is also
from the UK, like Willy, is drinking a strange concoction of beer and 7up.
I have a cosmopolitan and a tequila shot, then switch to Cape Cods
midstream.
Wow, I wish I'd been there - it sounds like you had an incredible time!
But I just have to chip in here about the "strange concoction" of beer and
7up. This is known in the UK (and NZ) as a shandy. Beer (usually lager)
and lemonade. It tends to be my drink of choice in the summer (in bars,
that is) becaue (a) it tastes good, (b) the rate I drink beer when it's hot
is usually three times that of my companions, so it means I can stay
coherent a lot longer, and (c) it's generally cheaper! It also means that
if I'm driving and REALLY feel like a beer, I can have two or three weak
shandies, and still be under the legal limit, while indulging my craving for
the amber liquid. Very important for safety, and in view of our very strict
drink-driving laws.
Hope you're all feeling a little more enlightened with that mundane, and
utterly irrelevant message. Thank you, and I'll shut up now.
Hell
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