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Post #42,139 by Meerkat 6/12/02 9:06:54 PM Reply	Well we know them as spiders, I guess you folk call them something different. I think they originated in the 50's. It's really easy to throw one together. First grab one nice tall soda glass. Add some raspberry soft drink. Or to really get that 50's feel, add raspberry syrup and soda water. Or to really, really get that 50's feel, don a poodle skirt before any of the above. Then sing a few Grease songs for added effect. Now where was I? Apart from singing 'we go together like ramma-lamma-lamma a-dingity-ding-di-dong?' and having my cow-orkers look at my strangely... Aw yeah. Add a goodly scoop of vanilla ice-cream, and the aforementioned bendy-straw. Consume before the ice-cra/soda reaction causes too much of a mess. Run around flailing arms due to the ensuing sugar rush. John, who could have just said "It's soft drink with ice cream in it" but that removes all the fun...
Post #42,147 by ben_tilly 6/12/02 9:39:32 PM Reply	Poodle skirt? Somehow guys wearing poodle skirts doesn't seem very 50's-ish to me... Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #42,149 by Meerkat 6/12/02 9:53:25 PM Reply	Well hey, neither was 'Grease', really :-) For the record, no, I've never worn a poodle skirt :-) On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #42,220 by orion 6/13/02 1:02:38 PM Reply	We call them floats Like a Root Beer Float is soda and ice cream. I guess for the Raspberry Spider you could put in 8 bendy straws, then they will look like legs? Poodle Skirts for the gals, and Black Leather Jackets for the guys. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #42,247 by bepatient 6/13/02 2:59:15 PM Reply	Oh yes, we all float... ...and when you're down here with us, you'll float too! -Pennywise You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #42,289 by Meerkat 6/13/02 7:59:23 PM Reply	Eight legs - I like it :-) Doesn't just have to be Raspberry of course. Coke, Lemonade, Fanta (orange), whatever. There used to be a Sydney band called the Lime Spiders - but they weren't a 50's covers outfit :) I don't have a Poodle skirt, but I do have a black leather jacket. Phew :) On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #42,311 by static 6/14/02 12:22:23 AM Reply	Skirt vs jacket. > I don't have a Poodle skirt, but I do have a black leather jacket. Phew :) Actually, I'd be a bit worried if you said you did have a poodle skirt... (-: Wade. "Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #42,313 by Meerkat 6/14/02 12:35:48 AM Reply	But if I had a black leather poodle skirt... (boggle!) On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #42,321 by Ashton 6/14/02 2:26:52 AM Reply	Don' need no steenkin leather: T-shirts with.. your ciggies rolled-up in the sleeve (even if ya don't smoke) -- hafta look sultry (as in smouldering..) and a tad danger\ufffduse. (Absolutely forget the baseball caps worn backwards, unless ya like bein in Uniform) Everything.. is theatre
Post #42,323 by static 6/14/02 2:45:21 AM Reply	Sentient LRPD... "For Wade, it is to laugh." :-) "Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #42,248 by boxley 6/13/02 2:59:42 PM Reply	hmm add some rum and you have a punch recipe or my old favorite, cariboo 1 big bottle of canada dry gingerale one can frozen concentrate hawaiian punch 1 fifth sweet port 1 pint orange sherbert everclear to the edge of detection (about 1.5 pints (US pints)) thanx, bill TAM ARIS QUAM ARMIPOTENS
Post #42,257 by Ashton 6/13/02 4:21:21 PM Reply	I think Mexico has us all beat.. Street sellers with exotic tropical fruit 'ades', called licuados: guanabana, guayaba, mango, guava etc. Safe in any place large enough to have a water processing plant - y simplemente delicios -o or -a.. You could add your fav aguardiente, I guess - but if it's really hot outside: at own peril. Have long wondered how it is that US Yuppies haven't found these sufficiently One-Uppish -- to have imported the ingredients and augmented their supply of $3/liter Ee-lite Waters\ufffd for the pecunious (and pecuniary). Hmm maybe: Genuine Polo\ufffd Guayaba for the price of a mediocre Merlot? And for that Distinctive $100K wedding reception: import an entire seller's Cart of assorted flavors -- \ufffdBring el se\ufffdor along (y un trompetero, tambien) para el atmosph\ufffdrico! ..Lo siento - no fair teasin them Yuppies; they be a National Treasure for comedy material, along with Pols. Ashton ex-pat
Post #42,285 by Meerkat 6/13/02 7:31:53 PM Reply	Speaking of Fruit and Alcohol One idea that I've heard, but not yet tried, is to put a small hole in the top of a watermelon, and spend the next few days pouring little bits of vodka in it until the whole thing is one big red and seedy lump of alcoholic watermelonny goodness. Hmm ... can't wait til Summer, now :) On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #42,287 by ben_tilly 6/13/02 7:52:12 PM Reply	It is summer here :-) (attn: BePatient) So we could do it. And if someone wanted to experiment, a certain July 6'th party would make a lot of sense. :-) Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #42,290 by Meerkat 6/13/02 8:06:26 PM Reply	Proud to be a corruptive influence :) Also, a quick [link\|http://www.google.com/search?q=vodka+watermelon&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0\|GOogle search] yields a few recipes. Sorry I can't make it for July 6th - if ever I get myself over to the US again, I guess it'll just have to be around that time of year. On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #42,334 by drewk 6/14/02 9:24:56 AM Reply	Here's a tip When you open the hole, keep the plug and re-insert it after each addition of vodka. You really don't want dead-drunk bugs floating around in there. (Saw that in college. Eccch.) Tip the second: Get thee to a bar supplies place -- or a well-stocked homewares store -- and pick up one of the spouts bartenders put in bottles after opening them. When it's time to serve up the melon, bore a hole in one end of it slightly larger than the tube in the middle of the spout. Jam the spout into the hole. Pour. Once the liquid stops flowing, cut the top off and scoop out the mush. Yumm. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #42,371 by Ashton 6/14/02 3:58:44 PM Reply	..Thanksh ___[hic]______Drewski_____ol buddy ____ol pal thatsh a ffine ijeaski
Post #42,291 by orion 6/13/02 8:10:45 PM Reply	They did it at UMR UMR - University of Missouri Rolla, Vodka Mellons were very popular there. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #42,299 by Silverlock 6/13/02 9:49:31 PM Reply	Works with all melons 'Course We had a slight difference in preparation at the partys I remember doing this. You need a round melon (water', cantaloupe, honeydew, etc.), some kind of stand or brace to put the melon on, booze and ice. If you can remove seeds without disturbing the flesh too much, do it. Cut the melon in half and put it in a cavity-up position. Fill the cavity with rum or vodka or any favorite mixable liquor and ice. Prepare it at least an hour ahead of time, 3-5 hours is better (gives the booze a chance to invade the meat of the melon, poking holes helps) and keep it cold. Put a spoon out with (small) glasses and let people serve themselves with as much or as little melon mixed into the drink as they want. If you ask nice I can give my recipe for any number of appetizers. <grin> "As people do better, they start voting like Republicans... ...unless they have too much education and vote Democratic, which proves there can be too much of a good thing." KARL ROVE
Post #42,338 by bepatient 6/14/02 9:58:35 AM Reply	Vodka??? We always did it with Everclear 190 proof (95% alcohol) I haven't spiked a watermelon since the kids have been around...kind of hard to police everything...and also hard to explain why we'd be saying "Get away from that watermelon!!!" (being as both my little ones like the stuff so much) You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]

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