Unable, due to time constraints, to visit my usual tonsorial consultant,

[Sir C]

Did you see Wesley in the same barber shop ?

Wesley Sneijder? What with Sneijder meaning 'cutter'? wd s! You have made an excellent Dutch pun.

[Burney]

Wesley Sneijder? What with Sneijder meaning 'cutter'? wd s! You have made an excellent Dutch pun.

A Dutcher gave me a bottle of something called Schipper Bitter at Christmas because I'd drunk some with him while in Rotterdam and pretended to like it. It is of course, filthy.

[Sir C]

A Dutcher gave me a bottle of something called Schipper Bitter at Christmas because I'd drunk some with him while in Rotterdam and pretended to like it. It is of course, filthy.

I am unfamiliar with this substance, b. For which I am not a little grateful. Still, if it numbs the pain of existence for a few hours, it can't be bad.

[Ash]

A Dutcher gave me a bottle of something called Schipper Bitter at Christmas because I'd drunk some with him while in Rotterdam and pretended to like it. It is of course, filthy.

The perils of politeness. I was once given two bottles of home made Raki-like moonshine by French peasant neighbours of my ex's folks' country retreat after being complimentary about it.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

Guaranteed to give you the Schipps

A Greek friend gave me a bottle of Ouzu the other year
I don't know whether to drink it or dispose of it
Seems to be evaporating too

[Sir C]

Guaranteed to give you the Schipps

A Greek friend gave me a bottle of Ouzu the other year
I don't know whether to drink it or dispose of it
Seems to be evaporating too

Lovely stuff. Bit of ice, splash of water, liquoricey goodness follows.

[Ash]

Guaranteed to give you the Schipps

A Greek friend gave me a bottle of Ouzu the other year
I don't know whether to drink it or dispose of it
Seems to be evaporating too

Pour it down the sink!

Evil stuff.

[Burney]

Guaranteed to give you the Schipps

A Greek friend gave me a bottle of Ouzu the other year
I don't know whether to drink it or dispose of it
Seems to be evaporating too

Anything aniseed-based should instantaneously be cast into outer darkness, s. There is no flavour under the sun as foul imo.

Also, I have had literally the worst hangover of my life on Pernod. For some reason, a friend bought me a bottle that was blue and we consumed it one evening in his flat in Marseilles while the stifling heat and reek of the weeks of rubbish caused by a binmen's strike rendered the air particularly foul even for a southern French city.

[Viva Prat Vegas]

I find that free bottles of booze make for excellent Christmas presents

I gave my Dad a wrapped bottle of booze for Christmas last year thinking it was wine

When he opened it it was Vodka
:-/

[Burney]

I find that free bottles of booze make for excellent Christmas presents

I gave my Dad a wrapped bottle of booze for Christmas last year thinking it was wine

When he opened it it was Vodka
:-/

Next year, I shall be giving people homemade cider-based gifts.