The Adventures of Roberta X: Preferred By Lovecraft And Poe Fans?

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Preferred By Lovecraft And Poe Fans?

Hey, it's no absinthe, but you've got to give the stuff points for style:

Yep, it says "Curiosity Cola." Tastes pretty good, too. A bit spendy.

9 comments:

charles said...: That cola wouldn't happen to be at Locally Grown, would it?; August 26, 2010 at 2:35 AM
Roberta X said...: You bet, Charles. Where else?

Also: MUSLIM SPAMMER, BEGONE! I was a-gonna mark it spam, but hell, I'll leave it for now. D00d, you have reached a new level of cultural cluelessness. Also? I ain't readin' your collection of crazy-talk; the results (poverty, abuse, hunger, fear, ignorance, filth) speak for themselves. I'm female, armed and not inclined to be forgiving, understand?; August 26, 2010 at 2:43 AM
Stranger said...: Most of the Lovecraft fans sat alone at the bar across from the library and ordered double malt Scotch. The ones browsing, and chuckling over, Poe's comments on a critic preferred Cognac.

Personally, I prefer high octane corn squeezings, made my preacher friend Alvin Greene, but I would settle for a real Orange Crush.

Stranger; August 26, 2010 at 7:23 AM
Joe Allen said...: I found Fentiman's Dandelion and Burdock soda at World Market. Deelish! But at $3.50 a bottle it's not for everyday guzzling.

And, I didn't think spam would be Halal...; August 26, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Drang said...: Holy crap. So to speak.

Hmmm, I drink single malt scotch, can't stand Lovecraft. (Despite some enjoyable evenings spent playing Call of Cthulu...)

Don't drink cognac, or read Poe.

I do drink absinthe, however, although I have yet to find that it makes the heart grow any fonder, assuming that were possible.

Anyway, I think that Lovecraft's writings would discourage curiosity.

Dunsany, now...; August 26, 2010 at 12:45 PM
Tam said...: "I do drink absinthe, however, although I have yet to find that it makes the heart grow any fonder... "

It's "absence" that makes the heart grow fonder. "Absinthe" makes the head go yonder. Don't get 'em mixed up. ;); August 26, 2010 at 2:32 PM
Roberta X said...: I was amused (while eating BACON) that when some of my co-workers visited Italy, they were freaked out that would could buy absinthe. So, of course, they bought some, opened 'er up and took a big sip....

Funny, they had nothing good to say about it, and were quite, quite befuddled when I explained there were a few ways to drink it, none of which were "straight up."

Ignorance: it'll fuck you up. Also, you'll miss out on kewl stuff, like a thujone high. No Green Fairy for you!

I, too, have enjoyed Fentiman's Dandelion and Burdock, though at $3.50 per each @, you're payin' $0.56 American more per bottle than I do, and that includes any taxes. H'mm, they've got that flavor at Locally Grown Gardens, too. Or they did last time I checked.

(Fentiman's Shandy and their Dandelion and Burdock first showed up here at Kahn's, a liquor store. When they ran out, Tam and I asked after it. "Oh," they said, "That's all there'll be. We don't know where the first batch came from." Er, what?); August 26, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Andrew said...: Curiosity Cola: tasty, but deadly to cats.

wv: baninen -- Curiosity Cola needs baninen. Do it for the kittens!; August 26, 2010 at 4:12 PM
Fuzzy Curmudgeon said...: I can get you a recipe for a Sazerac cocktail, if you happen to have some absinthe sitting around.

I don't intend to indulge, myself; I'll just sip my Maker's and let others fry their brains :); August 26, 2010 at 4:41 PM