Apparently, it's 2.5 pints, or 1.4 litres. Even drinking beer out of the damn thing is pretty stupid, and when you start drinking spirits out of it, it's more like suicidal. Gotta get alcohol poisoning at the very least.
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Absinth is made throughout Europe, even spain, although illegal there, it is produced there correctly.....with the distilled biproduct THUJONE. It is illegal through out most of Europe, but is legally obtained in the Czech republic,
Thujone, the biproduct of the distilleration process, makes you insane, truly. just ask Mr Van Gough
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Thujone, the biproduct of the distilleration process, makes you insane, truly. just ask Mr Van Gough
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It seems my reputation preceeds me....Myste wrote:A yard of ale is indeed still a yard of ale. Also, it is a glass tube three feet long, with a bulb at the bottom, and a bell-shaped opening at the top. There are special stands for them. I haven't personally had one, but I've seen it done, and it's definitely impressive. Cail can probably tell you.
I actually owned a yard my last year of college, and absolutely loved drinking out of it. No one over here had really seen tham before, so it was quite the novelty. IIRC, it held just a bit more than 4 12 oz. beers. Here's a picture of a half-yard... www.groomsonlinegifts.com/hayaofaleinw.html , now double that, and you've got the full yard.
The fun part is getting the beer out of the bulb at the bottom. Just tip it over and it goes glug, and you end up wearing it. You've got to spin it as you're drinking to get it to come out evenly.
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I told a guy I work with about the title of this thread. He had some pretty harsh things to say about absinthe. He's a mentor, or RA, or whatever they're called, in college, so he had to go to some lectures about such nastinesses. About as nasty as it gets, I guess.
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And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Finally got around to reading the rest of this thread...Very interesting!
And how. Basically, thujone is the opposite of Valium, and toxicity is typically manifested by hyperexcitability and seizures. Thujone also binds to the same receptor as marijuana, which also explains some of it's hallucinogenic effect.thujone is very toxic.
Absinthe was banned all over Europe because, back in Vincent van Gogh's day, it contained wormwood, a powerful hallucinogen. Presumably the methanol content varied quite a bit too, hence the blindness.
To be fair, there's nothing sinister or dangerous about modern absinthe. Provided that it's treated with a degree of respect. When I first started university one of my friends heard about absinthe and started getting bottles imported (at £40 a pop too) so we'd take shots of it on a fairly regular basis. We always did it the proper way; teaspoon of sugar dipped in the drink and flamed, then dropped in with an equal measure of water, then down in one. A shot each before going out would really start the night off with a buzz, and we almost never did more than two shots in one session. Even then I've seen a few people not take it very well, usually resulting in little more than a bruised ego/backside, an empty stomach and/or soiled linen.
The problem is when people decide to show off in front of their friends by chugging a spirit that's 80% proof.
To be fair, there's nothing sinister or dangerous about modern absinthe. Provided that it's treated with a degree of respect. When I first started university one of my friends heard about absinthe and started getting bottles imported (at £40 a pop too) so we'd take shots of it on a fairly regular basis. We always did it the proper way; teaspoon of sugar dipped in the drink and flamed, then dropped in with an equal measure of water, then down in one. A shot each before going out would really start the night off with a buzz, and we almost never did more than two shots in one session. Even then I've seen a few people not take it very well, usually resulting in little more than a bruised ego/backside, an empty stomach and/or soiled linen.
The problem is when people decide to show off in front of their friends by chugging a spirit that's 80% proof.
Q. Why do Communists drink herbal tea?
A. Because proper tea is theft.
A. Because proper tea is theft.