Re: Why do people still get married?

Peter Ward (me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:

> On Tue, 20 May 2008 18:53:22 GMT, bill van wrote:
> 
>>In article <d2t534p31ansfv7ipj2e6ath196c9vb1lk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> Peter Ward <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 19 May 2008 16:43:05 -0700 (PDT), Dana wrote:
>>> 
>>> >On May 19, 9:16 am, spam...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (S. Checker) wrote:
>>> >> Dana <dcarp...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> >> > I was bringing my father scotch on the rocks when I was,
>>> >> > what, maybe eight?
>>> >>
>>> >> "Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly, and
>>> >> they use too much vermouth." I think that's attributed to
>>> >> Fran Lebowitz. 
>>> >
>>> >Hah.  When I was 17 I was cooking dinner for my Dad a couple of
>>> >nights a week when my Mom was working.  I'd make his martini,
>>> >too:  Rinse a martini glass with vermouth(Noilly Prat) and pour
>>> >it back in the bottle. Fill glass with gin, and place in
>>> >freezer for a couple of hours.
>>> >
>>> >Dad always claimed they were the best martinis he'd ever had.
>>> 
>>> Sounds like straight gin to me.  I've never encountered so much
>>> bull**** as I have on this group about martinis, and I've
>>> attended management meetings.  If you don't want vermouth in
>>> your gin, it's gin.
>>
>>It's a joke, Peter. People have been telling martini jokes at
>>least 
> 
> It's a very worn joke.  I like old jokes if they're funny, and
> usually survival of the fittest means they are.  This was funny
> once, perhaps twice, but no more.

It's funny if you don't overdo it. I find it works best if I excuse 
myself, walk into another room, whisper "martini" and then come back 
and tell an unrelated joke.

-- 
Opus the Penguin
That is the thing that made it memorable, well to the extent it was 
memorable, as I can't remember much more than that. - Xho