Official Drink of the Escapist (Webby Celebration Thread)
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I dunno, just saying "my homebrew" doesn't say much. I always like to see the coloration anyway.bdcjacko said:
Can someone please explain to me how this is not grammatical homicide?subtlefuge said:
Surely the correct words to convey the meaning you're trying to express are "If Frank Lloyd Wright had been".
This is a massive (i can't say pet hate, it's worse, it causes me to spew bile in utter rage, but let's go with pet hate anyway) pet hate of mine. I've noticed it a lot in Northern American speech, and I find it especially abhorrent from people who're otherwise well spoken (or well written?) according to wikipedia, this is not an acceptable usage of the word would. Source [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_modal_verb#Would].
Is this taught as correct grammar anywhere? I understand that some things vary from place to place "Zee" rather than "Zed", "Haych" rather than "Aych" (No "Huh" sound in the letter H when pronouncing it), "eether" and "iither", but most of these come down to pronounciation, not actual usages of words.
Please answer me.
Someone!
Edit: I left the bit about not drinking and driving in because it's worth leaving in.
OT:
Liquorish:
1 shot (15 mL) Cherry Absolut,
1 shot (15 mL) Ouzo,
1 shot (15 mL) Absinthe,
1 shot (15 mL) Galleano Black Sambucca,
A tea spoon of Star Anise,
Scoop of Ice
2 cherries connected by stalk,
Post mix cola.
Put ice into a shaker,
Add Star Anise,
Pour in all alcohol,
Shake well,
Strain into a tall glass over ice,
Top up with Cola
Garnish with cherries.
Anyone in Brisbane that would like to try this should go to Stone Restaurant in South Bank, it's the (or at least was) cocktail of the month in July.
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Never drink Fosters, that's fucking horrific!Zantos said:
Of course I'll answer you.StBishop said:
It was a grammatical oversight caused by me referencing a famous architect, only to remember he was dead. I then changed the tense without considering grammar, and posted it. The original phrase was "was" which I changed to "would have been".
It's a mild butchering, but one caused by a simple error. Do you scrutinize the grammar in all topics this heavily, or am I special?
Cheers.
Sorry, I just realised it may have come across as a personal attack, as I said it's a pet hate. I thought it was intentional. I hear it a lot on TV in shows from the States and in children's shows (of which many seem to be Canadian here) and I was hoping that someone would just tell me it's taught as correct grammar in North America.subtlefuge said:
I tend to pick up on "would have" being used incorrectly instantly because I hate it so much and because I'm aware of how frustrated it makes me. I do scrutinize most posts for grammar though, or anything I'm reading for that matter. You are still special though because I tend to try my best to avoid being a grammar Nazi on forums unless the post is directed at me specifically. I save all of my correcting for face to face encounters, complaining about advertisements, and Facebook.
"Would have" is correct when used as an impossible conditional (if...then) statement. "If I had won the lottery, then I would have bought a new house."StBishop said:
So my error was one of misplacement, "had" should appear where "would have" is and "would have looked" should replace "would look".
All in all, not the worst crime, but I understand pet peeves.
Fuck I don't have my massive amounts of booze here its at my friends house. I can show picture another day possibly if there is any interest.
Right now i'm drinking a lynchburg lemonade.(a sophisticated drink)
-2 part whiskey
-1 part orange liquer
-1 part sweet and sour
-2 parts sprite or something
Green lighting(fucking up till 4 am drink)
-1 part 99 bananas
-3 parts mountaind dew
if you can't handle that I understand increase mountain dew till you can stand the burn
red or green dragon(mellow drink)
-1 part watermelon vodka
-3 parts green apple(something its 15% liquor)
-1 part other kind of vodka
- a dash of red grenadine(optional but I inisist)
- 2 part sprite and watch the smoke rise from the center of the glass to the top off the light red liquid
Recently i've been mixing and matching with my favorite schnapps 99 bananas so here are two variations I haven't quite come up with a name but I'll list a few of contenders for that
The gringo, the german pirate, rum and coke gone bananas
-1 part 99 bananas
-3 part good flavored rum, so far i've tried strawberry, cherry, and vanilla but strawberry is my favorite. thats mostly because the strawberry was crozen, expensive but damn good rum low proof
-1 part coke
Right now i'm drinking a lynchburg lemonade.(a sophisticated drink)
-2 part whiskey
-1 part orange liquer
-1 part sweet and sour
-2 parts sprite or something
Green lighting(fucking up till 4 am drink)
-1 part 99 bananas
-3 parts mountaind dew
if you can't handle that I understand increase mountain dew till you can stand the burn
red or green dragon(mellow drink)
-1 part watermelon vodka
-3 parts green apple(something its 15% liquor)
-1 part other kind of vodka
- a dash of red grenadine(optional but I inisist)
- 2 part sprite and watch the smoke rise from the center of the glass to the top off the light red liquid
Recently i've been mixing and matching with my favorite schnapps 99 bananas so here are two variations I haven't quite come up with a name but I'll list a few of contenders for that
The gringo, the german pirate, rum and coke gone bananas
-1 part 99 bananas
-3 part good flavored rum, so far i've tried strawberry, cherry, and vanilla but strawberry is my favorite. thats mostly because the strawberry was crozen, expensive but damn good rum low proof
-1 part coke
Actually you have to do them as shots, 4 in a row, in order.Berethond said:
My Escapist drink is a cup of decent bourbon on the rocks. Usually a bourbon with an added rye content.
For example Bulleit Bourbon.
PS (/siderant): Jack Daniels barely tastes like whiskey. Its flavor is so weak it may as well be water in comparison to the good stuff. Not that I don't drink water or alcoholic water either, just that for it to be so many peoples favorite drink always astounds me. Then again some people prefer vodka.
As an Australian, the land where Fosters comes from I can safely say that it is one of the worst drinks in the world (and i think every Australian agree's with me)Zantos said:
for me
1 shot of Lemon Juice
1 shot of white rum
1 shot of vodka
1 shot of tequila
2 shots of Coca Cola
That'll get ya good and going
So Fosters really is Australian? I always thought that is was Faux-Aussie.Zenode said:
I always just go for the Coopers, but I'm not even sure that it's one of Australia's finest.
Yeah, I actually made it because I LOVE White Russians, and I was trying to get my wimpy friend to love them too. To that end I added Amaretto, thinking it would make it sweeter and therefore more palatable, but then it tasted too strong. The ice cream was meant to make it into an alcoholic milk shake, but once the ice cream melts it's just like a really rich White Russian with a coffee taste.ChildofGallifrey said:
As a side note, anyone citing Jack Danials as the manliest drink in all the land needs to have their man (or woman) card revoked. Jack Danials is piss water that is only good for getting alcohol poisoning. If you want to grow chest hair and not destroy your wallet, look no farther than Black Label. It's affordable, twice as mean as Jack, and has a flavor other than "cheap hooch."
Jack Daniels is roughly the quality of "well" whiskey, and twice the price. It tastes good with coke, but so does the cheapest of liquor.Harry Mason said:As a side note, anyone citing Jack Danials as the manliest drink in all the land needs to have their man (or woman) card revoked. Jack Danials is piss water that is only good for getting alcohol poisoning. If you want to grow chest hair and not destroy your wallet, look no farther than Black Label. It's affordable, twice as mean as Jack, and has a flavor other than "cheap hooch."
Anyways, whiskey's a decidedly winter drink for me. When summer rolls around it's all about:
Too bad there's no variety with gin. I'll drink it straight, or with tonic, but anything else sounds like something that one would use to induce vomiting.
I swear, someone suggested gin and milk on another forum I was reading. Just thinking about it makes me want to throw up a little, and kill the guy through my computer screen.