I tried Absente yesterday

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no wonder they saw "green fairy"
;-)))

Forest, MikeW,
prime your livers for Saturday
;-)

[JohnV]

Serge,

That stuff is pure EVIL....we'll it's evil when you decide to have some after drinking vodka all day ("The Day that NEVER Happened" as we like to call that one) or as we did in Canada once after drinking Gibsons rye whiskey all night. Anyway, sounds like your in for an insane Saturday evening :hic:

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Originally posted by JohnV@Apr 28 2004, 12:47 PM
Serge,

That stuff is pure EVIL....we'll it's evil when you decide to have some after drinking vodka all day ("The Day that NEVER Happened" as we like to call that one) or as we did in Canada once after drinking Gibsons rye whiskey all night. Anyway, sounds like your in for an insane Saturday evening :hic:
JohnV, I DID see the "green fairy"
;-)

..and this stuff is legal in USA, at least in their new version, first time since 1915
;-)

The only side effect I can think of is I woke up 3:30 in AM
;-)

...but my woman is happy, very happy
;-))))

[JohnV]

Waking up at 3:30am after drinking the EVIL Green sauce, I bet your woman is very happy, VERY happy :bdance:

[EvilFubAr]

I still have near a half 1.5 l bottle left to drink... it scares me just thinking about drinking more of the EvilGreEn :hic:

[Vick]

Serge - can you give details please
What's the name and where did you find it?

I vaguely recall drinking some at Mardi Gras 2003 in Pirate's Alley

[MikeW]

Uh oh ... so what you're saying is "dont make any fuckin' plans" for sunday?? ;-))) :hic:

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Originally posted by MikeW@Apr 28 2004, 01:11 PM
Uh oh ... so what you're saying is "dont make any fuckin' plans" for sunday?? ;-))) :hic:
MikeW, au contre....MAKE fucking plans for Sunday,
it's ALL good
;-)))

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Originally posted by Vick@Apr 28 2004, 01:09 PM
Serge - can you give details please
What's the name and where did you find it?

I vaguely recall drinking some at Mardi Gras 2003 in Pirate's Alley
I found it at the local ABC Liquer, at "international" section, where they sell Averna, Jagermaister, Campari and other "exotic" drinks..

it's called:
Absente, about $40 per bottle, and if it's sold in a box- it has Van Gogh portrait on it
;-)

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Vick, side note:
it's STRONG!
110 proof!

[Vick]

Thanks Serge

:hic: :agrin:

[JohnV]

Originally posted by Vick@Apr 28 2004, 10:09 AM
Serge - can you give details please
What's the name and where did you find it?

I vaguely recall drinking some at Mardi Gras 2003 in Pirate's Alley
Vick,

This site is damn good...

http://www.absinthebuyersguide.com/

[pushpills]

this is the stuff wit wormwood extracts yes?

what was the buzz like? were you hallucinating?

[JohnV]

Originally posted by pushpills@Apr 28 2004, 10:34 AM
this is the stuff wit wormwood extracts yes?

what was the buzz like? were you hallucinating?
Correct, wormwood. Buzz was heavy...literally, I felt heavy both times I drank it....prolly drank way too much or not enough...I forget how that works :hic:

[DrGuile]

Absinthe as always been legal in Canada....

makes for interesting evenings...



Last edited by DrGuile at Apr 28 2004, 02:35 PM

[Vick]

Great link JohnV - thanks



What does absinthe do to you?
Absinthe is a strong alcoholic beverage.

Absinthe can have an effect that has been described as a "clarity" and a full-body high.

Chemist and absinthe expert, T.A. Breaux describes it as a push-me, pull-you effect of the various herbs, some have a heightening effect while others have a lowering effect.

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Vick, just keep in mind that the one we can buy in US and what guys drink in Canada- are two different drinks,
one has halucigens and another doesn't...we are CHEATED!
;-)))

[Mike AI]

Absente used to be huge in NO back in the day.

I have never tried it.... Guess I need to soon!

[TheEnforcer]

Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Apr 28 2004, 01:20 PM
Vick, side note:
it's STRONG!
110 proof!
I used to drink Goldschlagger like it was water back when it was like 126 proof. They pussified it a couple years ago and depending where you are it's anwhere from 73-86 proof now :(

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Originally posted by Mike AI@Apr 28 2004, 03:39 PM
Absente used to be huge in NO back in the day.

I have never tried it.... Guess I need to soon!
you have my address, don't you?
I'll be keeping the bottle home from now on
;-)))

[Forest]

I had the real stuff in Prauge last year

Ill just watch you guys drink it

:blink: :okthumb:

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Forest, did I ever tell you that you are a pussy boy?
;-)))

[dantheman]

ALL I have to say is, after 3 times drinking it in japan in the early 80's and waking up in 3 different places, I havent touched it since :hic:

[Forest]

Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Apr 28 2004, 04:13 PM
Forest, did I ever tell you that you are a pussy boy?
;-)))
I am what I eat

:rolleyes: :groucho:

[JohnV]

Originally posted by dantheman@Apr 28 2004, 01:23 PM
ALL I have to say is, after 3 times drinking it in japan in the early 80's and waking up in 3 different places, I havent touched it since :hic:
Yup, your story sounds about right....drinking the real deal from Eur. or CAD is a little rough on your system. I'd do it again though :ph34r:

[dantheman]

Originally posted by JohnV+Apr 28 2004, 05:02 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JohnV @ Apr 28 2004, 05:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--dantheman@Apr 28 2004, 01:23 PM
ALL I have to say is, after 3 times drinking it in japan in the early 80's and waking up in 3 different places, I havent touched it since :hic:
Yup, your story sounds about right....drinking the real deal from Eur. or CAD is a little rough on your system. I'd do it again though :ph34r:[/b][/quote]
yeah, I would prollly have to also : ) The 3 times were all three in a small jap bar in okinawa. woke up once in another unit's quarters :( then one morning at homeplate of our softball field and the worst was awoken one morning in a real qutter in town with a local going though my pockets...that was enough :hic:

what a man does for his country :salute:

[Peaches]

If you watch Carnivale, it's what the blind guy (who used to be in "The Pretender") who can read minds drinks. Maybe it's what helps him read minds :)

[Vick]

Is it true that Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder?



Sorry I had to do it

[Peaches]

Originally posted by Vick@Apr 28 2004, 06:55 PM
Is it true that Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder?



Sorry I had to do it
:wnw:

[$tanDaMan]

Serge, i get shivers just remmembering it :)

Dig you light it up before drinking it?

[Billy]

Saw a bottle on a store on Decatur St the other day.. glad I did not get it : )

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Originally posted by Vick@Apr 28 2004, 05:55 PM
Is it true that Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder?



Sorry I had to do it
I dunno about heart, but it definatelly has a growing effect on one's dick
;-)))

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Originally posted by $tanDaMan@Apr 28 2004, 07:02 PM
Serge, i get shivers just remmembering it :)

Dig you light it up before drinking it?
nope...I know it burns
;-))

Russians do it in the dark
;-)))

[joshuawk]

i just overnight express ordered a bottle for AFTER the timerwolves VS the nuggets game 5 friday night

hmmmmmmmm

[Fletch XXX]

have had it many times

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Originally posted by Fletch XXX@Apr 28 2004, 08:35 PM
have had it many times
and it shows......brain cells are irreplacable,
once they are killed - they are dead forever
;-)))

[Fletch XXX]

Originally posted by Serge_Oprano+Apr 28 2004, 06:55 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Serge_Oprano @ Apr 28 2004, 06:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--Fletch XXX@Apr 28 2004, 08:35 PM
have had it many times
and it shows......brain cells are irreplacable,
once they are killed - they are dead forever
;-)))[/b][/quote]
Yeah yeah yeah.

Im not the one bragging about drinking Absinthe am I?





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Originally posted by Fletch XXX+Apr 28 2004, 10:08 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Fletch XXX @ Apr 28 2004, 10:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by -Serge_Oprano@Apr 28 2004, 06:55 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Fletch XXX@Apr 28 2004, 08:35 PM
have had it many times
and it shows......brain cells are irreplacable,
once they are killed - they are dead forever
;-)))
Yeah yeah yeah.

Im not the one bragging about drinking Absinthe am I?[/b][/quote]
I am NOT bragging, I just shared my first time expereince.

[cj]

Originally posted by Fletch XXX+Apr 28 2004, 10:08 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Fletch XXX @ Apr 28 2004, 10:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by -Serge_Oprano@Apr 28 2004, 06:55 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Fletch XXX@Apr 28 2004, 08:35 PM
have had it many times
and it shows......brain cells are irreplacable,
once they are killed - they are dead forever
;-)))
Yeah yeah yeah.

Im not the one bragging about drinking Absinthe am I?[/b][/quote]
Fletch, would you rather experience as many things as possible in life only once each, or your favorite activity over and over for your whole life?

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Originally posted by cj+Apr 29 2004, 12:14 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (cj @ Apr 29 2004, 12:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Originally posted by -Fletch XXX@Apr 28 2004, 10:08 PM
Originally posted by -Serge_Oprano@Apr 28 2004, 06:55 PM
<!--QuoteBegin--Fletch XXX@Apr 28 2004, 08:35 PM
have had it many times
and it shows......brain cells are irreplacable,
once they are killed - they are dead forever
;-)))
Yeah yeah yeah.

Im not the one bragging about drinking Absinthe am I?
Fletch, would you rather experience as many things as possible in life only once each, or your favorite activity over and over for your whole life?[/b][/quote]
cj, people who tipped the cows once in their life preffer it to any other activity
;-))

[sarah_webinc]

I have a friend that drinks it by the pint glasses. He is a big guy but still!

[JohnV]

Originally posted by Billy@Apr 28 2004, 04:05 PM
Saw a bottle on a store on Decatur St the other day.. glad I did not get it : )
Billy, come on dude.....go back and buy it!!! Bring it to Toolz house and make him drink the whole damn bottle will you...he needs off the wagon :okthumb:

[Toolz]

Got mine from Prague and it is PURE evil very rough to drink around 160 proof on the stuff John and I have drank.

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Toolz, what exactly have brought you into this thread?
;-))))

[JohnV]

Originally posted by Toolz@Apr 29 2004, 10:07 AM
Got mine from Prague and it is PURE evil very rough to drink around 160 proof on the stuff John and I have drank.
Maybe we can do a special little tasting of your EVIL Green when I see you in Mich in July :wnw:

[Nickatilynx]

absinthe......(shudders)

you starting off flaming it over sugar , then you say "fuck it" and drink it straight , next thing ya know ....black!!!!!

;)

I'd say "never again" , but I am old and know better.

;-))

[Billy]

Who is Toolz ??

[Biggy]

i took shots of that at mardi gras at like 5 AM - nasty stuff.

but does the job :)

[Meat]

We should have cracked open my bottle with the wormwood Serge:)

I am off to Prague soon, lmk if I should try grabbing the wormwood stuff for you:)

[Trev]

I've never tryed it but I would like to... Is it legal in the UK because I've never seen it anywhere...

[Petr]

Absinth is a fine liquor... Here in Prague we sometime mix it with RedBull to get even more buzz from it...

BTW a Czech online shop selling various absinth products (not just liquor) http://www.absintshop.com/

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Originally posted by Meat@Apr 30 2004, 03:12 AM
We should have cracked open my bottle with the wormwood Serge:)

I am off to Prague soon, lmk if I should try grabbing the wormwood stuff for you:)
Meat,
with everything what was going on at your house,
with that bottle opened we would have enough content to run a few paysites
;-)))

YES, please grab one for me and I'll pick it up from you, along with my coffee pot, in Miami during the show
;-)))

[Meat]

Joe cracked open one of my bottles last night, had a mouthful and then chucked it all up LOL, what a pussy:)

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Originally posted by Meat@Apr 30 2004, 01:13 PM
Joe cracked open one of my bottles last night, had a mouthful and then chucked it all up LOL, what a pussy:)
yeap, Joe is a pussy all right...but he is a SWEET pussy...when not drunk
;-)))

did you pass him along the pics we took at Stonehenge and Bath?

[Meat]

AYes pics passed on but hes still board shy:(

He will be in Miami I think so maybe we can force him into popping his board cherry then:)

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Originally posted by Meat@Apr 30 2004, 01:31 PM
AYes pics passed on but hes still board shy:(

He will be in Miami I think so maybe we can force him into popping his board cherry then:)
hahaahahhahaha,
his wife will kill us for that,
boards can be addictive
;-)))

[Vick]

Serge - think I saw it in the Liquor store by my house

Blue box with a interesting Van Gogh portrait, believe he had 3 eyes on one side of the box and is holding a green bottle

Passed on it tonight in favor of Dewar's

[GirlNinja]

Had some in New Orleans back in the fall. Stuff is INSANE. Love i.t :inlove:

[slavdogg]

i've been hearing about this stuff for the past year,
i've been wanting to try it

where can i get some? the one that makes you holucinate :)

[sarah_webinc]

Originally posted by Trev@Apr 30 2004, 12:26 AM
I've never tryed it but I would like to... Is it legal in the UK because I've never seen it anywhere...
yeah it is legal in the UK now..friends get it all the time.