giz

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.....from what I recall from experimentation decades ago Tequila also was capable of:

1) making me invulnerable;
2) making me invisible;
3) making me otherwise unaffected by Newton's Laws of Thermodynamics;
4) making me regard the possibility of death an attractive alternative to the
experimental ingestion procedures initiated during the prior cycle seeking to disconnect
one's frontal lobes from the "Drinking Gyrus" deep in the primitive Worm Brain center....

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Dum vivimus Vivamas

I know someone is going to say "This thread is worthless without pics" but Tequila makes my wife's clothes fall off!!!!!!!

This thread is worthless without pics. That having been said,---------?

One Tequila,
Two Tequila
Three Tequila,
Four

Five Tequila
Six Tequila
Seven Tequila
Floor.

Tequila will land you in jail faster than any drink available to mortal man.

Which reminds me, if you drink, do it reasonably. I just appeared at a parole hearing for a pal who has served 13 out of 30 years. It ain't what he did that I'm concerned about at this point. He did it while drinking and lost his head. Matter of fact, he lost a lot more than that. Not a good road to go down.

After nearly twenty years here in Bananaland, I can say without a word of a lie that I've run into the stuff a time or two. Fortunately, I have never liked it much. I guess a good Bourbon whiskey would be my choice, or one of the semi-dark beers that float around here ("Indio" is my personal favorite).
Mexicans I meet socially often go to great lengths to try to impress me with "Tequila lore", often unsuspecting that a blond-haired Canadian like me might actually speak Spanish and might also have toured a tequila plant or two.

Anytime I find "Tequila education" to start to be boring (it happens faster and faster these days as I become more impatient and tired of 'same-old, same-old') I like to point out that the nice amber color of good fine aged tequila comes most often because the tequila -- normally clear in color -- has been aged in oak casks originally used to make fine bourbon. Used casks from whiskey's like Maker's Mark or I would assume Jack Daniels or Jim Beam {and I say assume because I don't know that ALL bourbon casks from all makers come down here, but I know some do because I saw the casks being used in a plant I toured about 6 years ago during the "agave shortage") come down here to be used again to age tequila.

The nice amber color and the slightly distinctive taste come from the interaction of the bourbon impregnated burned oak casks over time changing the clear unaged fine tequila into "anejo" or "reposado" finer brand tequila.

Are Scotch casks ever used? Don't know.

Do all fine tequilas use bourbon casks? Don't know that either, but certainly many do.

I have actually irritated many Mexican "macho" men by pointing this out, as if it's some sort of insult to their National Heritage or something. On the other hand, there are usually just as many Mexican men hanging around that blurt out; "He's right, you know?" to calm the air down.

I remember, I went to a wedding once. I showed up and all the tables were out under the open-air, lit by the setting sun, at this ranch. I was the only blond-hair (read foreigner) there, and the gatedoor-guys were trying in pitiful English to get some mystical point across to me.

"Tell me in Spanish." I asked them. Their eyes lit up, and they immediately told me that the host had told them to watch for me, and that seating was by "family". Since I was not in either family or extended-family, I was to find my table by finding the "clue".

"What do you mean 'find my table?' " I inquired.

The doormen smiled and said that my table had been "marked" in a certain way that I was supposed to recognize.

"Oh, great" I thought to myself. "More Mexican games." So I walked out onto the stumbly grass and started inspecting each table. Eight set places, eight chairs, white table cloths, 4 bottles on each table -- 1 tequila Herradura, 1 Solera Rum, 1 red wine and 1 white wine. Fine, next table the same, and so on. As I got near the front table -- where the bride and groom were to sit -- I saw a table with 5 bottles. I walked over and aside from the 4 other bottles, this table had a bottle of white-label Jim Beam.

I had to assume that "this is the spot" and I plopped myself down for a night of festivity. Anywhere else would have used a place-name I suppose.

Rum makes my wife's clothes fall off-I don't let her drink it anymore
Tequila on the other hand releases my inner beast, my joive d'vivre, my carnal nature and other primal drives. It makes me strong, witty and a gift to the fairer sex. Men fear and respect me and cower in my presence-I take what I want and am completely versed on all knowlege since the dawn of time-my wife doesn't let me drink it any more .

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Now that you've stopped drinkin' the stuff....does she notice any difference......


giz

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I was in college and came home one weekend wearing a Jose Cuervo t-shirt, my mom asked me if it was a new shirt as she hadn't seen it before. I proudly told her it was and that I won it the other night at the Tap Room, they had a promo with Jose Cuervo, they lined up eight shots of Cuervo and if you did all eight they paid for the tequila and gave you a shirt, if you didn't do all eight, you paid for as many as you did and didn't get a shirt. Mom gave me a funny look and said, "well, I certainly wouldn't tell anyone!"

Hey, hey, hey! Looks like I'm going home with two tonight. Saweeeeet.

Tequila is nothing but trouble in a bottle.
I'd explain, but the details are still a bit hazy to this day.

well I have learned the hard way tequila is death juice, either you die or I die and I really don't care but I am fighting anyway!

I think I know that girl in the first post.......

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Regards,
Lee Jarrett

did we have a coyote ugly moment lee?

Howdy,
I avoid it at all cost. The only reflection I see in a glass when I drink that stuff is me naked and tazered.
What is it about that stuff that sets a person free?
I am fairly experienced with Canadian whiskey and cant consume enough to make me as goofy as tequila.
An old gentleman friend of my Dad's used to tell me it did not matter how much you drink as long as you behave like a genleman.
I dont drink like I did years ago but allways found his advice to be sound but I just cant do it with tequila.
Thanks
Mike

One New Year Eve back in my younger days Tequila almost killed me,twice.A bunch of friends and I are sitting at the bar and some guy offers us some jerky and horse radish sauce,but this is no ordinary horse radish sauce-it's mixed 50/50 with nueclar waste and then diluted with pepper spray.By this time I was well into my bottle and didn't notice until I was almost done with my second piece of jerky(topped with a liberal scoop of horse radish sauce) that the first piece had caused me to stop breathing and nearly stopped my heart.
Later on at the American Legion in a small town where everyone knew everyone else,except us,and they apparently wern't to fond of interlopers,one of my friends had words with one of the locals.It stopped at words and everything was fine until...another friend tells me about it and then points the guy out.By now I'm done with my bottle and am pretty sure I'm gona live forever.I stagger over to this guy and do my best to knock him thru the wall.As every able bodied male in the place started to close in around me I started to realize that not only am I not going to live forever,I'm probably going to die in the next minute or so. Luckily for me when seconds counted,this time at least,the cops were right there.We got a police escort to our cars and a friendly invitation not to come back.
Now whenever I see a bottle of Jose Cuervo I break into a cold sweat and have to leave the room.

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Chad

Tequila is the devil, or so I've heard.

One's the best.
Two's the most.
Three you're under the table.
Four you're under the host.

You're a lucky man. The first time I ever drank tequila, I had twelve more than you. Really haven't much of a taste for it after that.

But don't worry, I can drink other stuff and act like a dumb ***.

By taking a sip of water and holding it in my mouth while add a slug of tequila I can attest even the cheap stuff goes down just fine.

Add a cup of hot coffee after every 6 or 8 ounces of tequila to ward off the sleepys and look out!

Bad tequila, like Jose Cuervo is the devil's drink and will cause you to do things you never would at any other time.


Good tequila like Don Julio 1942 is smooth, tasty, mellow, hangover free, and will make you sit back and go "Duuuuuuuuuude."

I once had a young man on one of my crews that was on work release and needed some paper work filled out to work on the weekend. I asked how he got it trouble. He said he wasn't really sure, he started drinking tequila with a couple friends and woke up in jail wearing an "I love me jacket"

I remember a tequila night at a bar in Detroit back in the 70's.It was a 50 cents a shot special I was washing it down with Jack on the rocks.OK I do t really remember it I was told what I did.and one of the many stupid things I did that night was walk up to the bouncer and tell him I think I can take you.In my defense I was 21 and worked the door there.I was young
and strong but he was a Detroit cop who helped teach self defense tactics at the police academy.I didn't remember but my friends said it was funny how quick he kicked my drunk butt.The hangover was terrible also.I can not even look at a bottle of tequila to this day.

One night in college my roomate who had the top bunk got himself plastered on Mezcal. As he recounted the meaning of the universe and how he had achieved total elightenment, he exploded.

After a long shower that moment, I slept in a recliner in the lounge, and the next morning obtained a new room, roomate, wardrobe, text books.

Never really had a taste for the stuff afterwards (will be 41 years ago this year).

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Jose Cuervo is no friend of mine.....
Worse hangover ever from two bottles my wife came back with from Mexico.
A dark and a light.....

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Only difference Fool/Mule-ears

This pretty much describes my tequila drinking in my younger days. Then stayed away from it for years but do enjoy a good margarita. 1800 tequila is my choice.

Tequila, especially mezcal make me feel different than anything I ever drank. I didn't even eat the worm.

Had a bottle, gave half of it away.

I DO love nasty, salty, bug juice Marguaritas though. Not that frozen dessert stuff people drink. I can't believe that Ernest Hemingway drank those things. They are for girls.

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"He was kinda funny lookin'"

More than Jack???? Pu-lease. I am growing tired of all this focus on Mexico. America First! Sour Mash for the patriotic win.

I know I haven’t felt that awesome burn as JD goes down since 11/9/2007. Not that I think about it or miss it at all.

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Just hanging with my dogs

Is this the oldest Zombie Thread evah?

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I've still got it made.

9years, aged to perfection. Joe

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I was stationed at Camp Pendleton in 1969. A three day liberty could easily prompt a trip to Tiajana, which was a very bawdy town in those days. I did on one such adventure proabaly drink a bottle of the stuff in one night. At least that is what my buddies told me. I can only remember the early stage of the the night. I was stationed there after being released from the SanDiego Naval Hospital after some surgery to repair the damage from the wound I got in Hue City. My next deployment was to be back to Nam in a few months. I wanted to have fun before going. I think I had fun but I cannot remember. Semper Fi, do or die, and give some tequila a try.

I sure wish that the picture was still visible.

Must've been a good one.

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DAV in honor of POP

1976 stationed at NAS Coronado Island and started drinking tequila in the barracks with 2 other guys. We woke up the next day on a beach halfway between Tijuana and Ensenada. I was missing my shoes, one of the other guys had a bloody gash across his forehead and the other bloody knuckles. Not one of us had any memories of what happened or driving there. Us and the car stunk of tequila and puke. Not the most pleasant drive back and I remember it taking days to recover. I have not touched tequila since.

one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, FLOOR

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Early '70's, I was a newly promoted LTJG, 3 Chiefs E7, E8 and E9 that I worked with (for) took me to the Chiefs Club to celebrate. I'd never done tequila shots before so they taught me how. To this day I won't touch the stuff.

They don't call it "ta-kill-ya" for nothing.

I don’t drink a lot of tequila. In three trips tp Mexico during the past decade, I did my part to work through three bottles of the local stuff, but no more than my part, and did no serious damage. I managed to bring back a 375ml bottle of Cabrito, which has sat on my shelf since.

I also brought back a plastic pop bottle of lechuguilla, moonshine from the bottom of Batipilas Canyon. Not only did it taste terrible, it made everything you drank afterwards taste terrible too. My stepdaughter called it “dirt on fire”. I donated that to my son’s blind pig, to be offered to unsuspecting victims. Somehow, they managed to finish it off, but it took months.

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I was 19, and my younger cousin had just graduated from high school. We went to a graduation party where copious amounts of adult beverages were being consumed, including tequila. I tried to pick a fight with six guys. Not six guys individually, but six guys all at once. Luckily for all of us, they thought I was crazy and backed away from me. After the party, I spent the night at my aunt and uncle's house. I had a hangover for a week.

Good tequilas, like good bourbon or scotch, is made to be sipped and enjoyed. 4 small snifters full will erase all the day's troubles. Now you guys shooting that white tequila by the glassful, deserve what you get. No different than doing repeated shots of cheap whiskey.

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Robert
SWCA #2906, SWHF #760

Was at Chili's the other day and they had KILLER Margaritas. I love the salty taste, with a good tequila kick in the background.

I don't think I've ever tried tequila but from the above posts it seems to have the same effect that Everclear 190 proof grain alcohol had back in my college days. You guys remember the infamous PJ or Purple Jesus?

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Why duck?? It's a 9mm!

Seeing as I had the original pic saved, I thought we could enjoy it once again. Joe

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We would cut a plug from a watermellon pour in a pint of 190, and reseal watermellon. Store in 'fridge till ready to serve.

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Yep, or one pint of Everclear to a gallon of mix. You could get a whole bunch of college kids drunk with that mixture.*s*

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Why duck?? It's a 9mm!

Or inject oranges with Everclear........
It's healthy that way