Comments on: LBDs of Delight! http://www.parsingnonsense.com/lbds-of-delight/ This is what I do when I should be working... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:55:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Erika http://www.parsingnonsense.com/lbds-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Erika Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:42:00 +0000 http://parsingnonsense.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/lbds-of-delight/#comment-609 -Dane, Aw, don't bring FACTS and LOGIC to this discussion! They're such party-poopers! Go instead with your feelings, your perception of the situation. Use your feelings, Obi-Wan...<br/><br/>I mean, I can't even begin to argue against this barrage of facts. For all I know, you made them up just to win this argument.<br/><br/>What I can do, though, is rely on the English language and American culture assassination. We have an amazing ability to rob words of their original meaning, thereby practically nullifying them. Take, for instance, the word "Gentleman."<br/><br/>It used to denote a man who was titled and had land, but now it can mean practically anything, from a guy who opens the door for you to a guy who doesn't throw up on your shoes.<br/><br/>The word "martini" has been cannibalized into a colloquialism and now, in common parlance, merely means any drink served in a martini glass.<br/><br/>Oh, and also: torts. Just because I like the word :) -Dane, Aw, don’t bring FACTS and LOGIC to this discussion! They’re such party-poopers! Go instead with your feelings, your perception of the situation. Use your feelings, Obi-Wan…

I mean, I can’t even begin to argue against this barrage of facts. For all I know, you made them up just to win this argument.

What I can do, though, is rely on the English language and American culture assassination. We have an amazing ability to rob words of their original meaning, thereby practically nullifying them. Take, for instance, the word “Gentleman.”

It used to denote a man who was titled and had land, but now it can mean practically anything, from a guy who opens the door for you to a guy who doesn’t throw up on your shoes.

The word “martini” has been cannibalized into a colloquialism and now, in common parlance, merely means any drink served in a martini glass.

Oh, and also: torts. Just because I like the word :)

]]> By: Dane http://www.parsingnonsense.com/lbds-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Dane Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:42:00 +0000 http://parsingnonsense.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/lbds-of-delight/#comment-608 I'm not disparaging the Cosmo. It is not, however, a Martini anymore than a Long Island Ice Tea is a Cuba Libre.<br/><br/>1) A Martini is made of gin, a couple of olives, and a quick look at a bottle of vermouth. While vodka martinis have surpassed gin in popularity, even that is technically not a martini. A cosmo contains neither gin nor vermouth.<br/><br/>2) Even if a vodka martini is considered a martini, vodka is not the predominant ingredient in a cosmo. When you factor in triple sec, cranberry, lime juice, and the dilution of water that comes from the shaking, vodka, while the single largest ingredient, does not compose the majority of the drink. Further, a properly made cosmo doesn't contain straight vodka, but a citron vodka of some kind.<br/><br/>3) The Cosmo was specifically invented as an anti-martini. Lots of people were ordering martinis, manhattans, etc, who didn't like them but wanted a drink in a martini glass. So the cosmo was in part a response to that; a milder cocktail in a hard-core glass.<br/><br/>Alright, I'm done. And if next time I see you, you call a cosmo a martini, I won't even say anything. I've said my peace. What's important is that you're enjoying a myopicaly pleasing cocktail with a heck of a kick in an admittedly cool looking glass. Mine are the ones without stems.<br/><br/>And that being said, go have a cosmo. The weather is perfect for it. I’m not disparaging the Cosmo. It is not, however, a Martini anymore than a Long Island Ice Tea is a Cuba Libre.

1) A Martini is made of gin, a couple of olives, and a quick look at a bottle of vermouth. While vodka martinis have surpassed gin in popularity, even that is technically not a martini. A cosmo contains neither gin nor vermouth.

2) Even if a vodka martini is considered a martini, vodka is not the predominant ingredient in a cosmo. When you factor in triple sec, cranberry, lime juice, and the dilution of water that comes from the shaking, vodka, while the single largest ingredient, does not compose the majority of the drink. Further, a properly made cosmo doesn’t contain straight vodka, but a citron vodka of some kind.

3) The Cosmo was specifically invented as an anti-martini. Lots of people were ordering martinis, manhattans, etc, who didn’t like them but wanted a drink in a martini glass. So the cosmo was in part a response to that; a milder cocktail in a hard-core glass.

Alright, I’m done. And if next time I see you, you call a cosmo a martini, I won’t even say anything. I’ve said my peace. What’s important is that you’re enjoying a myopicaly pleasing cocktail with a heck of a kick in an admittedly cool looking glass. Mine are the ones without stems.

And that being said, go have a cosmo. The weather is perfect for it.

]]> By: Erika http://www.parsingnonsense.com/lbds-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-607 Erika Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:53:00 +0000 http://parsingnonsense.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/lbds-of-delight/#comment-607 -Mrs. Higrens, I do that too! I'll be wearing a scarf and decide that the puppy needs more water and, inevitably, my scarf ends up wading in his water bowl. It's a clothing conspiracy, I tell you! -Mrs. Higrens, I do that too! I’ll be wearing a scarf and decide that the puppy needs more water and, inevitably, my scarf ends up wading in his water bowl. It’s a clothing conspiracy, I tell you!

]]> By: Mrs. Higrens http://www.parsingnonsense.com/lbds-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-606 Mrs. Higrens Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:43:00 +0000 http://parsingnonsense.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/lbds-of-delight/#comment-606 Ohh, I am SO jealous. Shopping for self with double success. <br/><br/>In our house, since our laundry room coat rack is over the dog's food and water bowls, I'm the one who ends up dropping things (usually a coat sleeve) in the water bowl. It's not so cute when I do it. Ohh, I am SO jealous. Shopping for self with double success.

In our house, since our laundry room coat rack is over the dog’s food and water bowls, I’m the one who ends up dropping things (usually a coat sleeve) in the water bowl. It’s not so cute when I do it.

]]> By: Erika http://www.parsingnonsense.com/lbds-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-605 Erika Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:15:00 +0000 http://parsingnonsense.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/lbds-of-delight/#comment-605 -Genay, That sounds endearing and cute until it's your job to clean up the mess, don't you think? How unusual that your kitty likes to play with water, does she like to take baths...? I agree with your cheers! There's absolutely nothing better than a hot little black dress :) -Genay, That sounds endearing and cute until it’s your job to clean up the mess, don’t you think? How unusual that your kitty likes to play with water, does she like to take baths…? I agree with your cheers! There’s absolutely nothing better than a hot little black dress :)

]]> By: Erika http://www.parsingnonsense.com/lbds-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-604 Erika Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:13:00 +0000 http://parsingnonsense.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/lbds-of-delight/#comment-604 -Dane, Whoa. WHOA. Just back. the heck. up. How can you even SAY that a cosmo isn't a martini?! It's served in a martini glass and the main component is vodka. Sure, it's jazzed up a little with some cranberry juice (so you can pretend it's healthy because it has vitamin C, yo) but for the most part it's a steaming hot asteroid of BOOZE delivered straight into your bloodstream via expressway.<br/><br/>Does that not qualify as a martini, sir? -Dane, Whoa. WHOA. Just back. the heck. up. How can you even SAY that a cosmo isn’t a martini?! It’s served in a martini glass and the main component is vodka. Sure, it’s jazzed up a little with some cranberry juice (so you can pretend it’s healthy because it has vitamin C, yo) but for the most part it’s a steaming hot asteroid of BOOZE delivered straight into your bloodstream via expressway.

Does that not qualify as a martini, sir?

]]> By: Genay http://www.parsingnonsense.com/lbds-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-603 Genay Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:12:00 +0000 http://parsingnonsense.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/lbds-of-delight/#comment-603 Cheers for awesome days and cut dresses!<br/><br/>One of my kittens likes to put things in her water bowl. A sock. A hair band. Her mouse toy. She will attack said toys and then run, every playfully, towards the water bowl. And then DROP! Then comes the joy of trying to get them out.... there is usually water EVERYWHERE!<br/><br/>Oh, the animals that we love and care for. Cheers for awesome days and cut dresses!

One of my kittens likes to put things in her water bowl. A sock. A hair band. Her mouse toy. She will attack said toys and then run, every playfully, towards the water bowl. And then DROP! Then comes the joy of trying to get them out…. there is usually water EVERYWHERE!

Oh, the animals that we love and care for.

]]> By: Dane http://www.parsingnonsense.com/lbds-of-delight/comment-page-1/#comment-602 Dane Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:31:00 +0000 http://parsingnonsense.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/lbds-of-delight/#comment-602 Now, let it be said that I make a GREAT Cosmo. I really do. Lots of practice. But I am personally of the opinion that you can't call a Cosmo a martini anymore than you can call a Manhattan or a Lemon Drop a martini. Maybe that's just me.<br/><br/>Nevertheless, sounds like you had an awesome day! Now, let it be said that I make a GREAT Cosmo. I really do. Lots of practice. But I am personally of the opinion that you can’t call a Cosmo a martini anymore than you can call a Manhattan or a Lemon Drop a martini. Maybe that’s just me.

Nevertheless, sounds like you had an awesome day!

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