Friday Night Vodka Buzz. Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

Couple of shots, followed by the very first Sidecar I made for myself.

So I don't know exactly which is causing the buzz. But I don't ask questions.

But please, go on...

[underpants]

1. WTF is up with my in-laws?

[Aristus]

2. This is Earth.

We're all puzzled by and ashamed of our in-laws.

[underpants]

10. ✅

Long drive tomorrow. Missing the big game.

[Aristus]

11. HA!

[Wolf Frankula]

20. You are aware that Abraham Lincoln invented the term Michigander.

He used in Congress to refer to Lewis Cass, implying that he was just a silly goose. Since then there have been Michiganders, Michigeese and Michigoslings.

Wolf

[underpants]

22. No. I didn't know that.

[Xipe Totec]

3. What's your brand, and why did you chose it? nt

[Aristus]

4. I spread the love among a lot of brands.

But currently, I'm drinking Smirnoff. It's a pretty good vodka all by itself. But Smirnoff is also anti-Trump, and I support these kinds of businesses.

A Russian friend of mine said that for the full Russian vodka experience, the brand Russian Standard is the only way to go.

And with its Cyrillic lettering and frosted glass design, it looks cool on your liquor shelf.

[Xipe Totec]

7. I like Standard; best Russian vodka methinks. Stolichnaya is grossly overrated.

But you should also try Sobieski it is modestly priced Polish vodka that competes with the premium vodkas.

[Aristus]

8. I think you mentioned them before.

I looked for it and couldn't find any.

I once had a bottle of Polish vodka. Pretty good with a very low hangover index. But I can't remember if it was Sobieski.

[Xipe Totec]

9. I usually find Sobieski at the liquor store next to Costco

Like I said, It's not considered premium but it is.

The other Polish vodka I recommend is Wyborowa. Same category.

[Wolf Frankula]

21. Have you ever had Reyka,

the Icelandic vodka? If not, well I haven't either.

Wolf

[kimbutgar]

5. How old were you the first time you did it?

Mine was 18 the guy was not endowed. I asked him if it was in. After that I didn’t have sex until I was almost 20. I didn’t have to ask that question.

[Aristus]

6. 17.

It was a frantic, fumbling, embarrassing experience.

Same with you, I didn't have sex again until I was 20. That experience was sublime. I'll never forget it...

[panader0]

23. "Is it in?" are the three worst words a man can ever hear.

A friend told me.

[MontanaMama]

12. I'm enjoying a short glass of Basil Hayden bourbon at the moment.

I took a li’l edible that should allow my brain to not keep me up all damned night puzzling over things I can’t control. Is it only my brain that does that?

Happy Thanksgiving Aristus.

[Aristus]

14. Nope. I have a similarly restless brain.

Hence my frequent use of Indica tincture. The only way to get uninterrupted sleep...

Happy Thanksgiving to you, as well!

[cilla4progress]

13. Not only your brain,

MM.

[Aristus]

15. Great minds and all that...

[Ocelot II]

16. I have a bottle of Stolichnaya that came with my house

when I bought it 30 years ago. The bottle has been opened (by the former owner) and it's about half full. I don't like vodka very much so I never drank any of it, but now I'm wondering whether it would be drinkable at all by anybody. Would the alcohol have evaporated by now?

[MissB]

17. Real-ish question

I never realized that drs will turn off a defibrillator at the end of life. I guess that makes sense. Struggling with the concept.

Maybe I should just grab a drink.

Not sure there is a question in there.

[Aristus]

18. The end of life as it appears in a hospital setting is called asystole.

That's the straight line and the uninterrupted beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep that happens right before the TV doctor says "Somebody call 'time of death' ."

IRL, we never use a defibrillator for that. Defibrillating is for atrial or ventricular fibrillation, which looks on an EKG nothing like a straight line.

If you see TV doctors using the electrical paddles and the dramatic "CLEAR!" on asystole, they're doing it wrong.

[MN2theMax]

19. I too like the Sobieski

Very reasonable and smoother than the Smirnoff I think. It is made from rye. If I feel like living large I go for Tito’s.