Many Years Ago… The Carnation Milk people were looking for a slogan to go with the brand new concept of condensed milk. They held a contest. The prize was £2000… A milkmaid in England came up with this humdinger.
They gave her the money… But they didn’t use it.
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Foggy Day
Foggy Day
2 oz gin
¾ oz Absinthe or Pastis or Anisette
½ teaspoon sugar
Dash Lemon Juice
Shake. Pour Into Old-fashioned Glass, garnish with lemon twist.
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Cursed be your mother’s anus. Cursed be your father’s testicles. -
Traditional Yoruba verbal duelling curse
An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. -
Traditional Turkish proverb
He lied like an eye witness. -
Russian proverb
I shit on the balls of your dead ones. -
Traditional Spanish gypsy curse
May the curse of Mary Malone and her nine blind illegitimate children chase you so far over the hills of Damnation that the Lord himself can’t find you with a telescope. -
Traditional Irish curse
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