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Absinthe = The Devil
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:53 am
by Rincewind
Any of our british friends aquainted with this?
... its bad for you
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:48 am
by Nathan
Very bad for you, yes.
On of my friend is in an ITV documentary on teenage drinking because of his fondness for absinthe shots.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:57 am
by [Syl]
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't absinthe illegal in England, also? I know you can find it in Spain and Portugal, but even then it's usually not real absinthe, as it isn't made with wormwood and doesn't have any trujone, usually has a lot of impurities, etc.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:07 am
by Nathan
It's legal in the UK.
Wikipedia wrote:In the 1990s an importer realized that there was no UK law about its sale (it was never banned there) - other than the standard regulations governing alcoholic beverages - and it became available again in the UK for the first time in nearly a century (though with a prohibitively high tax reflecting the high ethanol content). It had also never been banned in Spain or Portugal, where it continues to be made. Recent European Union laws have allowed absinthe and absinthe-like liquors to once again be made commercially; however, regulations place strict controls on the thujone level.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:42 pm
by Avatar
AFAIK, the way they make it now is not the same method that was used historically. (The one that made you blind and mad, that is.)
Awful bloody stuff. Can't stand it.
--A
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:23 pm
by CovenantJr
I recall an incident of a young bloke in Nottingham dying after chugging a yard of absinthe
Not surprising, but still...
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:14 pm
by dlbpharmd
How much is a yard?
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:16 pm
by The Leper Fairy
I bought a couple mini bottles of it for souvenirs while I was in Germany. Tried one of them (blech) and kept the others just to look at. *shrug*
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:17 pm
by I'm Murrin
dlbpharmd wrote:How much is a yard?
About three feet?
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:47 pm
by ur-bane
Hmmm.. a yard is what....6 Euro?
IIRC, it's about 2 pints, right?
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:52 pm
by Warmark
Horrible, possibly the worst stuff i have ever tasted.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:41 pm
by Alynna Lis Eachann
Isn't the whole point to pour it over sugar before you drink it, or something like that?
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:19 pm
by Nathan
I think the point of it is to make you horribly sick.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:51 pm
by Alynna Lis Eachann
High, not sick. Of course, to some people, it's all the same.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:57 pm
by Iryssa
You pour it over a sugar cube, then light the cube on fire. It looks cool...but yeah, that's about it. Blech.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:07 pm
by safetyjedi
I still find it hard to believe that some of us human beings would deliberately ingest or inhale narcotic poisons such as absinthe is.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:25 pm
by Cail
Come on, it's fun...
It'll make you feel good....
Everyone's doing it.....
It'll make you look cool......
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 7:40 pm
by Edge
...If you really loved me, you'd do it for me.
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:37 pm
by CovenantJr
Murrin wrote:dlbpharmd wrote:How much is a yard?
About three feet?
Exactly. If someone drinks something by the yard, it's usually beer, but it doesn't have to be. I've never seen it done, but I'm given to understand it's a glass tube a yard long. Or was, at some point; it may not be now.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:47 am
by Myste
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.
A yard of absinthe is a scary thought. But let's face it: Trent Reznor with his glass of absinthe in the video for "The Perfect Drug" was
hot.
