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It’s martini time

I hate martinis, actually. Except on one occasion I had some chocolate martinis that were good. Real good. I like liquor in the form of girlie drinks. Cosmos, lemon drops, anything sweet. I wish I could say I had a few in me when I bought this “vintage” cocktail napkin off eBay. It was staring at me. Mocking me. If iwas in AA it would be mocktail-ing me. Still, it was a $2 “buy it now.” Right now there’s an unopened pack of 16 for $13. It says right in the damn listing that “This package of napkins is very collectible.” So it has to be. I mean, I collected one, so they aren’t exactly lying. I’d like to think this vintage napkin was of the vintage from when the office Christmas party was a punchline for a gag involving some poor schmuck with a lampshade over his head, and that would mean 60’s or 70’s if I had my druthers. Coincidentally, that was about the last time someone used the phrase “if I had my druthers.”

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  • When my Grandmother past away back in ’89 I found a few boxes of these in her basement when we were cleaning out her house. I’ve been giving them away as gifts over the years, and now I only have 2 left.

  • My version of the martini involved cheap gin and Mountain Dew, a high caffeine content being necessary to keep me awake long enough to appreciate the psychedelic effects of the gin..
    In my perfect world I wouldn’t be allergic to alcohol and could come to your office party without ending up in a lampshade…

  • A

    I don’t even know what’s in a martini, I mean, you just told me… but really it was just an excuse to reference to the Reverend Horton Heat.

    In a perfect world, I would be serving drinks at the Skate and Annoy office x-mas party on a gross of these napkins purchased off eBay. As soon as I get Colin selling those ads…

  • It’s only a martini if it’s gin with a splash of vermouth, and should be garnished with an olive. Your evil elf has what looks like a maraschino cherry with a holly leaf and doesn’t appear to be drinking just yet. He still has all his clothing…

  • A

    That skateboard is like a coffee table with wheels.

  • I’d order a dozen Bacon Martini’s right now!

  • jakeandannoy

    Good. Don’t ever question my manhood tit’s. They are my manhood tits and I’ve grown them throughout my manhood and they are big healthy tits. Now, “that’s juicy”!

  • Prickly Pete

    Jake, we never questioned your manhood. “Tits”.

  • jakeandannoy

    Thank you, dgp. Wasn’t my fault I’ve had too much caffeine and I was disoriented.

  • voila is better than “that’s juicy”

  • jakeandannoy

    Tits. Interesting take on Santa’s “handlebar” mustache.
    Randy you did the right thing only buying the one,take it to a kinko’s color copier or scan it ad voila! You can make your own 16 pk of em’. Jesus, what straight guy sez “voila”? Not as bad as “druthers” I guess…

  • i know more guys than girls that drink cosmos!

  • Ha, nice post. Sounds like there might be a need for EA, Ebay Anonymous. Don’t forget Santacon downtown on Dec. 19th. Probably see some poor schmuck in a Santa suit skating along with a lampshade over their head. Ho, ho, ho.

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