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a kennedy

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2. Oh my......my husband was the laughing stock of a dinner party of 5.....

Reply to Aristus (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2024, 08:38 PM

Oct 2024

a couple of wine snobs and two just regular dinner drinkers, a cosmo and 2 brandy old fashions, but then the lemon drop came up, and my husband ordered one. You would have thought he ordered a Shirley temple. He has never heard the end of it. He’s not here any more, or I would have told him about this. They never let him forget he ordered it.

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Enjoying my first try at a Lemon Drop tonight. [View all] Aristus Oct 2024 OP

Yum...Lemon Drop. I watched a championship football game once with friends doing those.. Deuxcents Oct 2024 #1

Let me mix one for you. Aristus Oct 2024 #3

They are soo dangerously good 😊 Deuxcents Oct 2024 #7

My drink-history regrets are mostly what I wasted my liver on when there was much better out there. Aristus Oct 2024 #8

Yeah, when I was young n stupid I could have really hurt myself but thankfully, I came to my senses Deuxcents Oct 2024 #9

I already have champagne in the fridge. Aristus Oct 2024 #10

Well, I'm gonna indulge and enjoy every bit of it. We'll have to have some kind of schedule where we all Deuxcents Oct 2024 #18

I'll never forget Election Night 2012, when they called it for President Obama. Aristus Oct 2024 #21

MD 20/20. That brings back memories. Not all of them good. Lochloosa Oct 2024 #11

Same here... Aristus Oct 2024 #12

Oh my......my husband was the laughing stock of a dinner party of 5..... a kennedy Oct 2024 #2

Oh, to hell with them! A man orders what he wants! Aristus Oct 2024 #5

They are excellent. Lochloosa Oct 2024 #4

Definitely! Aristus Oct 2024 #6

Oh lemon drops- how I miss you Sun-Moon Oct 2024 #13

That sounds yummy! ShazzieB Oct 2024 #14

Enjoy them in whichever way works best for you. Aristus Oct 2024 #15

Lovely cilla4progress Oct 2024 #16

Hey, cilla! Aristus Oct 2024 #17

Hi, bud! cilla4progress Oct 2024 #27

I'm more confident than in 2020. Aristus Oct 2024 #28

Yes, I'm confident.. cilla4progress Oct 2024 #30

Wanna try making one, but don't have any Grand Marnier. Wonder if Triple Sec would work? Ziggysmom Oct 2024 #19

Triple sec is a fine substitute. Go for it! Aristus Oct 2024 #24

It was great! TOO good. I woke up this morning next to the man I've spent the last 16 years Ziggysmom Oct 2024 #29

Glad I could help. Aristus Oct 2024 #31

A sugar rim is popular with the ladies AKwannabe Oct 2024 #20

I always pay attention to what is popular with the ladies. Aristus Oct 2024 #25

When I made these at a fern bar... Bobstandard Oct 2024 #22

That's a little more trouble than I like to go to when mixing a drink. Aristus Oct 2024 #26

Sounds like what I use when I run out of traditional rocket fuel. n/t DFW Oct 2024 #23