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I've always advocated for the intake of only single malt whiskeys.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/03/12 at 12:32 PM
Well, a little tequila doesn't hurt now and again either.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/03/12 at 12:33 PM
Hey - at 85 he's entitled to whatever medicinal alcohol he likes.
I look forward to taking up whiskey when I'm 85.
I look forward to taking up whiskey when I'm 85.
Posted by Robert on 03/03/12 at 02:26 PM
I'll bet his grandchildren were real proud of having their grandfather's constipation advertised widely. At least they spared us the graphics.
Posted by Harvey on 03/03/12 at 02:37 PM
Tim O'Malley wasn't surprised when a nun entered his liquor store because those at the nearby convent knew he always donated to good causes. But he was flabbergasted when the nun leaned over the counter and quietly said, "A pint of your best brandy, if you please."
"Sister! I can't!" he said. "In all my years, I've never sold liquor to a nun. It'd be a sin."
The nun looked around to see if they could be overheard, and then leaned over further and whispered, "It's for the Mother Superior's constipation."
"Oh, yes, I see. Of course I'll do anything to help end her suffering." He slipped a pint of brandy into a bag and passed it over, waving away the nun's offer to pay.
After he closed up his shop for the day, O'Malley passed the convent on his way home, and he was shocked to see the nun who'd bought the brandy was on the lawn, as drunk as a skunk, doing cartwheels and singing dirty ditties.
"Sister, sister, how could you?" he demanded as he ran up to her. "You said that brandy was to relieve the Mother Superior's constipation."
"Oh, it will, it will," the nun said. "When she sees me, she's just going to sh.....
"Sister! I can't!" he said. "In all my years, I've never sold liquor to a nun. It'd be a sin."
The nun looked around to see if they could be overheard, and then leaned over further and whispered, "It's for the Mother Superior's constipation."
"Oh, yes, I see. Of course I'll do anything to help end her suffering." He slipped a pint of brandy into a bag and passed it over, waving away the nun's offer to pay.
After he closed up his shop for the day, O'Malley passed the convent on his way home, and he was shocked to see the nun who'd bought the brandy was on the lawn, as drunk as a skunk, doing cartwheels and singing dirty ditties.
"Sister, sister, how could you?" he demanded as he ran up to her. "You said that brandy was to relieve the Mother Superior's constipation."
"Oh, it will, it will," the nun said. "When she sees me, she's just going to sh.....
Posted by Phideaux on 03/03/12 at 02:57 PM
Liquor is the best medicine.(that's the way it goes right?) I like it Phideaux! :lol:
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/03/12 at 10:22 PM
Yup, old R83 is a good old classical joke.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/04/12 at 12:59 AM
If you look just to the left of the ad, you'll find the following news article:
SAYS WHISKY TODDIES FATTENED HER BABY
Springfield, Mo., July 26. -- Mrs. Jesse Fox says her baby weighed three pounds at birth and now at 19 months he weighs 77 pounds. The child drank nothing but whisky toddies until he got so fat he had to quit.
SAYS WHISKY TODDIES FATTENED HER BABY
Springfield, Mo., July 26. -- Mrs. Jesse Fox says her baby weighed three pounds at birth and now at 19 months he weighs 77 pounds. The child drank nothing but whisky toddies until he got so fat he had to quit.
Posted by ges on 03/04/12 at 01:57 AM
Nice catch ges. And 77 pounds at 19 months!? My 5 year old boy is the tallest in his class and weighs 47 pounds. I'm thinking it was mom that drank the toddies and confused her baby with another, much bigger, child in a whiskey haze.
Posted by Miles on 03/04/12 at 12:55 PM
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