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- Original-From: Ken Wolman <mhwpa!ktw>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 08:59:11 EST
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- From: ktw@MHWPA.ATT.COM
- Subject: Re: Thunderbird
- In-Reply-To: <no.id>; from "Jim Thomas" at Jan 27, 93 5:02 am
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- > >>> 3) Thunderbird == is a really *cheap* wine, was about 50 cents a
- > >>
- > >>Well, none of us <admit> to it anyway.... Thunderbird was part of the
- > >>pantheon of rotgut wines that included Gypsy Rose (drink a bottle and
- > >>take off your clothes) and Night Train.
- >
- > "Bali Hai, I hear you calling....."
- > That stuff was even cheaper (and, as I recall, fortified)
-
- I forgot Bali Hai. Probably because I never tried it. I think they
- probably were all cooked up in the same greasy vat, bottled, and given
- different labels.
-
- Recipe for the Skid Row Martini: Everclear Pure Grain Alcohol and
- Gypsy Rose....
-
- Ken
-