Excerpt from "The Bar Wench From Hell"

GIN



As I was describing the taste of gin to someone, I likened it to distilled pine tress, with

a little kerosene mixed in for that extra flavor boost.

I remember talking to a young attorney one time, who started drinking martini's, because he

thought that sounded like something an attorney should drink. So he spent quite a while

choking his way through God knows how many martinis before he finally acquired a taste for

them. As a side note, I never was convinced that the attorney really acquired a "taste"

for martinis, I think he just numbed out his taste buds. My first clue was the fact that

he made a face every time he took a sip.

My first thought was, "Why bother?" Frankly I think gin stinks.I can't stand the taste

of it. If given the choice, I think I'd rather smoke the pine tree and use the kerosene to

light it.

You know, come to think of it, gin had a pretty good front man. Whoever did the P.R. for

gin, and made everyone think that martinis were cool did one hell of a marketing job

because I can't think of any other reason anyone would drink the stuff.

they say gin comes from England. I f you think about it, their food isn't any good either.

Maybe the gin is to dull the taste buds before digging into a bowl of gruel.