Is it true that one can't buy absinthe in the US? I thought it would make a neat gift for someone, but then there's all this mystery about whether customs can seize it.
Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty flowered bonnet, I will end you.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Aug 15, 2008 5:48:48 pm PDT #3613 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Steph L. - Aug 15, 2008 5:52:12 pm PDT #3614 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Allyson, I think Jilli and also Matt have bought (or know where to buy) absinthe.
Olympics: seeing Phelps' mom at the end of the race, holding up 2 fingers, and then just losing it when she saw the time -- was the cutest thing ever.
Tom Scola - Aug 15, 2008 5:57:11 pm PDT #3615 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Is it true that one can't buy absinthe in the US?
It recently became legal again.
Strega - Aug 15, 2008 6:00:01 pm PDT #3616 of 10003
absintheonline.com is what Matt (and I think Jilli) rec'd to me. I know that site has a disclaimer about how it can't ship to certain countries, but shipping to the US is fine.
It is expensive as fuck, though, because they're in the UK. Stupid exchange rate.
And yeah, there have been a couple of brands for sale in the US recently. I've heard mixed reviews, though.
aurelia - Aug 15, 2008 6:21:17 pm PDT #3617 of 10003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Dara Torres rocks.
Steph L. - Aug 15, 2008 6:21:58 pm PDT #3618 of 10003
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dara Torres rocks.
She *really* does.
Allyson - Aug 15, 2008 6:25:19 pm PDT #3619 of 10003
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Thanks for the info!
DavidS - Aug 15, 2008 6:36:12 pm PDT #3620 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Allyson, you can get absinthe at BevMo now. It's legal and widely available in California.
Trudy Booth - Aug 15, 2008 6:44:34 pm PDT #3621 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Dara Torres is just fucking magnificient.
sarameg - Aug 15, 2008 6:56:17 pm PDT #3622 of 10003
No shit. I'm saying that a lot.
I have old-school-illegal absinthe I got in Prague and smuggled back in. Or rather, put in my luggage.
So. I just started paying the difference in pre-school tuition for a friend who can't afford that difference. I've always been uncomfy with money and friends/family and that is raising all that, and I've had to give her money before as a "loan" I know will not be repaid, and I knew it at the time. But. But. It's the only option. So I do it. At worst, it is a couple K a year that I can plead out of if it becomes a breaker for me. At best, I'm giving a little girl an opportunity she'd not otherwise have. So.