The Green Fairy

Kitsune · 11-15-2007, 10:03 AM

I didn't know this until a couple days ago, but it looks like absinthe is legal in the US for production and sale, again. Will anyone that has tried it care to comment on what they think of it? ...and does that whole wormwood/thujone delirium legend hold any weight?

lookout123 · 11-15-2007, 10:08 AM

it has been a bit since i had it, but i remember it tasting like butt. the feeling was similar to vicodin and vodka. didn't thrill me, so YMMV.

Shawnee123 · 11-15-2007, 10:11 AM

It makes you look like this. Oh wait, Miller lite does that too.

Sundae · 11-15-2007, 01:20 PM

I'm pretty sure that it was a tabloid scare of its time, and countries that didn't ban it didn't end up with the scary mindless people roaming the streets as predicted.

You may find the absinthe you can buy in the States doesn't contain the active ingredient anyway. I may poke about on the internet for you, but to be honest I'm not that interested myself - whatever's in it taste of aniseed and that puts it at the bottom of my things to drink list.

(yes I have had it - the story's around here somewhere)

Aliantha · 11-15-2007, 03:09 PM

I have some green fairy in my drinks stash. You've got to add sugar for it to taste any good.

You should watch out for the green devil though. That's the one that'll knock your socks off.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-16-2007, 01:42 AM

Nobody ever did settle if it was the absinthe or acute alcoholism that produced the shocking occurrences.

But I remember thinking the "heure verte" pictures from turn of the 20th France showed people in a striking condition of "not there -- lights on, nobody home."

Aliantha · 11-16-2007, 06:31 AM

there's lot of people in pubs that look like that after they turn on the ugly lights.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-18-2007, 12:55 AM

Which is why, all else being equal, that I like coffeehouses better. There the stuff people are consuming is a stimulant, not a depressant.

Aliantha · 11-18-2007, 04:18 PM

Then they look like this:

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TheMercenary · 11-18-2007, 05:13 PM

Good one Ali, I hate that fucking wacko.

Undertoad · 11-18-2007, 09:14 PM

ravenranter · 11-19-2007, 06:31 AM

Kitsune, I've tried a version called Absente (I like to call it "Absentee" - that's what it made me feel like.

Honestly, it reminded me very much of Arak, except it was green and overpriced.

Urbane Guerrilla · 11-19-2007, 01:39 PM

BTW Merc, which fucking wacko is that? I don't recognize her by sight.

Shawnee123 · 11-19-2007, 02:51 PM

I think it's Tootie from Facts of Life.

ravenranter · 11-20-2007, 06:38 AM

It's Representative Cynthia McKinney.

11-15-2007, 10:03 AM	#1
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	The Green Fairy I didn't know this until a couple days ago, but it looks like absinthe is legal in the US for production and sale, again. Will anyone that has tried it care to comment on what they think of it? ...and does that whole wormwood/thujone delirium legend hold any weight?

11-15-2007, 10:08 AM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	it has been a bit since i had it, but i remember it tasting like butt. the feeling was similar to vicodin and vodka. didn't thrill me, so YMMV. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

11-15-2007, 10:11 AM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Degas, Glass of Absinthe It makes you look like this. Oh wait, Miller lite does that too. Attached Images

11-15-2007, 01:20 PM	#4
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I'm pretty sure that it was a tabloid scare of its time, and countries that didn't ban it didn't end up with the scary mindless people roaming the streets as predicted. You may find the absinthe you can buy in the States doesn't contain the active ingredient anyway. I may poke about on the internet for you, but to be honest I'm not that interested myself - whatever's in it taste of aniseed and that puts it at the bottom of my things to drink list. (yes I have had it - the story's around here somewhere) __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

11-15-2007, 03:09 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I have some green fairy in my drinks stash. You've got to add sugar for it to taste any good. You should watch out for the green devil though. That's the one that'll knock your socks off. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-16-2007, 01:42 AM	#6
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Nobody ever did settle if it was the absinthe or acute alcoholism that produced the shocking occurrences. But I remember thinking the "heure verte" pictures from turn of the 20th France showed people in a striking condition of "not there -- lights on, nobody home." __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

11-16-2007, 06:31 AM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	there's lot of people in pubs that look like that after they turn on the ugly lights. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-18-2007, 12:55 AM	#8
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Which is why, all else being equal, that I like coffeehouses better. There the stuff people are consuming is a stimulant, not a depressant. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

11-18-2007, 04:18 PM	#9
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Then they look like this: __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-18-2007, 05:13 PM	#10
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Good one Ali, I hate that fucking wacko. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

11-18-2007, 09:14 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423

11-19-2007, 06:31 AM	#12
ravenranter Mystical Miscreant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: asteroid B-12 Posts: 46	Kitsune, I've tried a version called Absente (I like to call it "Absentee" - that's what it made me feel like. Honestly, it reminded me very much of Arak, except it was green and overpriced. __________________ "One never ought to listen to the flowers..." - The Little Prince

11-19-2007, 01:39 PM	#13
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	BTW Merc, which fucking wacko is that? I don't recognize her by sight.

11-19-2007, 02:51 PM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I think it's Tootie from Facts of Life.

11-20-2007, 06:38 AM	#15
ravenranter Mystical Miscreant Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: asteroid B-12 Posts: 46	It's Representative Cynthia McKinney. __________________ "One never ought to listen to the flowers..." - The Little Prince

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