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You Are Beer!
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/beer.jpg)
You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars.
More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends.
And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper.
But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"
What Alcoholic Drink Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/ (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
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You Are Beer!
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/beer.jpg)
You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars.
More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends.
And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper.
But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"
What Alcoholic Drink Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/ (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
No surprises there... :beergrin:
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You Are Beer!
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/beer.jpg)
You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars.
More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends.
And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper.
But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"
What Alcoholic Drink Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/ (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
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You Are A Martini
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/martini.jpg)
You are the kind of drinker who appreciates a nice hard drink.
And for you, only quality alcohol. You don't waste your time on the cheap stuff.
Obviously, you're usually found with a martini in your hand. But sometimes you mix it up with a gin and tonic.
And you'd never, ever consider one of those flavored martinis. They're hardly a drink!
What Alcoholic Drink Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/ (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
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You Are A Martini
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/martini.jpg)
You are the kind of drinker who appreciates a nice hard drink.
And for you, only quality alcohol. You don't waste your time on the cheap stuff.
Obviously, you're usually found with a martini in your hand. But sometimes you mix it up with a gin and tonic.
And you'd never, ever consider one of those flavored martinis. They're hardly a drink!
What Alcoholic Drink Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/ (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
homo.
make sure that you keep your pinky out.
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a man can drink something that'll put hair on his chest.
You Are Absinthe
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/absinthe.jpg)
You are a sloppy drunk, purposely so
If drinking doesn't make you feel crazy, it's not any fun
Truth be told, you tend to prefer drugs to drinking
But you'd never pass up any absinthe that came your way!
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Absinthe is a drink for crazy French artists and poets.
;D
I usually drink beer and/or single malt Scotch. 8)
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You Are Tequilla
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/tequilla.jpg)
When you drink, you're serious about getting drunk!
You'll take any shot that's offered up to you...
Even if it tastes like sock sweat!
And you're never afraid of eating the worm.
What Alcoholic Drink Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/ (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
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Absinthe is a drink for crazy French artists and poets.
;D
I usually drink beer and/or single malt Scotch. 8)
french?
maybe i am the one who is ghey....
but you are a poseur.
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??? In which way?
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??? In which way?
think you are james bond?
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??? In which way?
think you are james bond?
No, but I think I'm a little braver and more speaking my mind than the average Swede, though, and not only on the internet but IRL as well.
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??? In which way?
think you are james bond?
No, but I think I'm a little braver and more speaking my mind than the average Swede, though, and not only on the internet but IRL as well.
so you deny your need for pussy galore?
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No, but what does that have to do with it? 8)
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i dunno.
i just like the name pussy galore.
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You Are Rum
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/rum.jpg)
You're the life of the party, and a total flirt
You are also pretty picky about what you drink
Only the finest labels and best mixed cocktails will do
Except if you're dieting - then it's Diet Coke and Bacardi all the way
What Alcoholic Drink Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/ (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
I am so not the life of the party and I am so not a flirt that this is funny.
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You Are A Martini
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/martini.jpg)
You are the kind of drinker who appreciates a nice hard drink.
And for you, only quality alcohol. You don't waste your time on the cheap stuff.
Obviously, you're usually found with a martini in your hand. But sometimes you mix it up with a gin and tonic.
And you'd never, ever consider one of those flavored martinis. They're hardly a drink!
What Alcoholic Drink Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/ (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
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You Are Tequilla
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/tequilla.jpg)
When you drink, you're serious about getting drunk!
You'll take any shot that's offered up to you...
Even if it tastes like sock sweat!
And you're never afraid of eating the worm.
What Alcoholic Drink Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/ (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
Hmmmm .... tequila is one of my favorite drinks and I've eaten plenty of mescal worms, but I don't think I have drunk enough to actually become tequila, yet. Maybe, some day.
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I prefer tequila, but this description is totally accurate! :eyebrows:
You Are Sex On the Beach
When comes to drinking, you like it to go down smooth.
You really don't like the taste of alcohol - just its effect on you.
So, you're proud to get drunk on fruity, girly drinks.
Because once you're liquored up, the fun begins!
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So, do you like tequila straight or in margaritas?
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So, do you like tequila straight or in margaritas?
Yes, of course.
:laugh:
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You Are Rum
(http://images.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/rum.jpg)
You're the life of the party, and a total flirt
You are also pretty picky about what you drink
Only the finest labels and best mixed cocktails will do
Except if you're dieting - then it's Diet Coke and Bacardi all the way
What Alcoholic Drink Are You?
http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/ (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
I am so not the life of the party and I am so not a flirt that this is funny.
You are the life of OUR party~ and maybe we wish you to be a flirt?
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/me loves margaritas
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(http://planetwill.jt.org/media/characters/art/ferrellcaray1.jpg)
Hay! If you were a beer, and you were thirsty, would you drink yourself?
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(http://planetwill.jt.org/media/characters/art/ferrellcaray1.jpg)
Hay! If you were a beer, and you were thirsty, would you drink yourself?
:laugh:
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ummm, Jack Daniels straight up
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This one's easy. No need for a quiz.
Mimosa.
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I prefer tequila, but this description is totally accurate! :eyebrows:
You Are Sex On the Beach
When comes to drinking, you like it to go down smooth.
You really don't like the taste of alcohol - just its effect on you.
So, you're proud to get drunk on fruity, girly drinks.
Because once you're liquored up, the fun begins!
ME TOO! :rofl: at the irony!
My favorite drinks, when I used to drink, were fuzzy navels and White Russians. White Russians will mess you up! :P
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I like fuzzy navels too, but I haven't had one in years.
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You Are Whiskey
(http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/whiskey.gif)
You're a tough drinker, and you take it like a man
That means no girly drinks for you - even if you are a girl
You prefer a cold, hard drink at the end of the day
Every day, in fact. And make that a few.
What Alcoholic Drink Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
Blogthings: We Have a Quiz for Almost Everything (http://www.blogthings.com)
:laugh:
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How did I miss this quizz??
You Are Beer!
(http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/beer.gif)
You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars.
More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends.
And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper.
But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"
What Alcoholic Drink Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself (http://www.blogthings.com)
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How did I miss this quizz??
You Are Beer!
(http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/beer.gif)
You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars.
More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends.
And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper.
But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"
What Alcoholic Drink Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself (http://www.blogthings.com)
How indeed? :laugh:
Were you surprised to learn that you are :beer: ?
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^^ Yeah, personally I've always felt that I was Scotch on the Rocks, but then I had an "incident" in College.
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^^ Yeah, personally I've always felt that I was Scotch on the Rocks, but then I had an "incident" in College.
Was it an incident involving :beer: ?
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You Are Whiskey
(http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/whiskey.gif)
You're a tough drinker, and you take it like a man
That means no girly drinks for you - even if you are a girl
You prefer a cold, hard drink at the end of the day
Every day, in fact. And make that a few.
What Alcoholic Drink Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
Blogthings: We Have a Quiz for Almost Everything (http://www.blogthings.com)
:laugh:
Jesus Christ...I'm having a visual of a female version of Dirty Harry!
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^^ Yeah, personally I've always felt that I was Scotch on the Rocks, but then I had an "incident" in College.
Was it an incident involving :beer: ?
No, a bottle of Jack Daniels. :emb:
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Ha, this is interesting! I don't even imbibe any more! :LOL:
You Are Absinthe
(http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/absinthe.gif)
You are a sloppy drunk... purposely so
If drinking doesn't make you feel crazy, it's not any fun
Truth be told, you tend to prefer drugs to drinking
But you'd never pass up any absinthe that came your way!
What Alcoholic Drink Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
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^^ Yeah, personally I've always felt that I was Scotch on the Rocks, but then I had an "incident" in College.
Was it an incident involving :beer: ?
No, a bottle of Jack Daniels. :emb:
Oh dear, a spillage perhaps? :P
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^^ Yeah, personally I've always felt that I was Scotch on the Rocks, but then I had an "incident" in College.
Was it an incident involving :beer: ?
No, a bottle of Jack Daniels. :emb:
Oh dear, a spillage perhaps? :P
You could say that. :emb:
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^^ Yeah, personally I've always felt that I was Scotch on the Rocks, but then I had an "incident" in College.
Was it an incident involving :beer: ?
No, a bottle of Jack Daniels. :emb:
Oh dear, a spillage perhaps? :P
You could say that. :emb:
I'm sure a good steam cleaning got that carpet good as new! :2thumbsup:
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^^ Yeah, personally I've always felt that I was Scotch on the Rocks, but then I had an "incident" in College.
Was it an incident involving :beer: ?
No, a bottle of Jack Daniels. :emb:
Oh dear, a spillage perhaps? :P
You could say that. :emb:
I'm sure a good steam cleaning got that carpet good as new! :2thumbsup:
It mostly got all over the bedsheets.
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^^ Yeah, personally I've always felt that I was Scotch on the Rocks, but then I had an "incident" in College.
Was it an incident involving :beer: ?
No, a bottle of Jack Daniels. :emb:
Oh dear, a spillage perhaps? :P
You could say that. :emb:
I'm sure a good steam cleaning got that carpet good as new! :2thumbsup:
It mostly got all over the bedsheets.
Well, they say you shouldn't smoke in bed, I guess you shouldn't drink there either. :police:
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You Are Whiskey
You're a tough drinker, and you take it like a man
That means no girly drinks for you - even if you are a girl
You prefer a cold, hard drink at the end of the day
Every day, in fact. And make that a few.
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You Are Whiskey
You're a tough drinker, and you take it like a man
That means no girly drinks for you - even if you are a girl
You prefer a cold, hard drink at the end of the day
Every day, in fact. And make that a few.
Somehow this seems to fit you! :laugh:
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i am an empty glass
there is no me
i will be what ever you want me to be
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i am an empty glass
there is no me
i will be what ever you want me to be
:orly: Actually, you seem to have a very well-defined personality and sense of self.
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You Are Beer!
(http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/beer.gif)
You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars.
More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends.
And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper.
But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"
What Alcoholic Drink Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
Blogthings: Our Quizzes Weren't Written By Bored 12 Year Olds (http://www.blogthings.com)
I don't even like beer :-\
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I don’t like drinking and none of the answers pertain to me. I’m a caffiend. I enjoy the coffee buzz and occasional high.
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I have not had any alcohol in many years. Not one hundred percent true, since I still add an occasional teaspoon or so to a toddy when I am sick or like last week I added a teaspoon of fairly expensive, extremely aromatic brandy to top off my steamed eggnog.
Not quite the same as "drinking" as I defined so well in the past.
My point is that I no longer imbibe to the point that I even drink a regular beer (I still like beer, but I drink non alcoholic beer - my favorite is St. Pauli Girl, but O'Doul's Dark is a pretty good substitute.), let alone ten or twelve shots of tequila on the way out the door of a club as I used to do.
My post was meant (way back when ever it was) to reflect this.
I got most of my drinking in many years ago.
I agree with you, though. I looked back at that game thing and I could not find many responses that ever would have applied to me.
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I got Sex on the Beach. Like that's ever going to happen!
Alcoholism runs in my family so I've always thought to stay away from it. A cider every now and then is ok though.
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You Are Beer!
(http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/beer.gif)
You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars.
More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends.
And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper.
But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"
What Alcoholic Drink Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
Blogthings: Our Quizzes Weren't Written By Bored 12 Year Olds (http://www.blogthings.com)
I don't even like beer :-\
Did you used to have a different name or avatar?I got Sex on the Beach. Like that's ever going to happen!
Alcoholism runs in my family so I've always thought to stay away from it. A cider every now and then is ok though.
What made you start this post 10 years after it stopped? Did you know I was returning?
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You Are Beer!
(http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/beer.gif)
You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars.
More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends.
And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper.
But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"
What Alcoholic Drink Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
Blogthings: Our Quizzes Weren't Written By Bored 12 Year Olds (http://www.blogthings.com)
I don't even like beer :-\
Did you used to have a different name or avatar?I got Sex on the Beach. Like that's ever going to happen!
Alcoholism runs in my family so I've always thought to stay away from it. A cider every now and then is ok though.
What made you start this post 10 years after it stopped? Did you know I was returning?
Worry, actually 8 years....
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Sex On The Beach
I still remember the night I had 20 of those at the Shangri La Hotel. I ended up lying in the bathtub singing "Feel" by Robby William.
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You Are Tequila
When you drink, you're serious about getting drunk!
You'll take any shot that's offered up to you...
Even if it tastes like sock sweat!
And you're never afraid of eating the worm.
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I'm not sure as it applies to me either.
Not really much of a drinker. The antiseizure med I'm on, chlormethiazole, interacts BADLY with alcohol, I can have a few drinks, but I have to be careful if I've taken it, and if I drink before it has worn off, it inhibits alcohol dehydrogenase, and causes a huge rise in blood levels of alcohol. I've read of hardened alcoholics on in patient detox using it, who've snuck in a few mini shot bottles, and ended up out cold on the floor after two shots. I don't react so much at the dose I'm on, but I still limit my drinking.
If I haven't taken it, or if I choose to drink more than a couple after the effective duration of the chlormethiazole, then for pleasure, it'd be a good beer or ale, or a margarita, sometimes a G&T. If it's just a case of deciding to get shitfaced drunk because I've a few hours to kill and need a short-duration knockout, then absinthe, dark navy rum, or if I'm just going to be practical, then undenatured (obviously) ethanol diluted down to about 80%. I get the latter imported from russia for about $20 a liter, azeotropic strength (95% EtOH/5%EtOH), oddly, it burns less when diluted to a drinkable concentration, as it is, it can't be drunk straight, or it'll burn, not just sting, but actually burn mucus membranes, but at 70-80% then it takes just a couple of inches height in a teacup to knock one out within just about enough time to enjoy a smoke before you drop.
Although a favourite, is a cocktail I invented myself, I call it a 'manhattan project', a bit of a sly joke on my part conflating the manhattan cocktail and the US nuclear weapons project. Kind of hard to find the key ingredient now though, it needs a specific brand of codeine cough mixture found in the UK, 'care+', although now its even more of a pain since it used to include chloroform as a preservative, and it no longer does, so a drop or two of CHCl3 needs to be added to get the flavour right, although that can easily be made via the haloform reaction on acetone using hypochlorite bleach.
Basically it's a tall glass, filled partly with the codeine syrup, after stirring in 2-3 drops of chloroform, then tesco own brand lime soda is poured in really carefully, with a few slugs of a good quality vodka mixed in, poured in so the soda/vodka forms a layer over the top of the thick sugary syrup on the bottom, then using a pair of slices of lime, and a slice of lemon, to trap a shot glass so the contents stay separate from the rest of the mixture, a little vodka is used to help dissolution of a shot of diethyl ether, plus the remaining juice from the rest of the lime and lemon, sugar added (brown sugar ideally) and a pinch of finely grated lime zest floated on top.
Sort of a variation on the theme of a jagerbomb. The ether goes down first, then the rest, and finally the codeine syrup on the bottom coats the throat and kills off any burn from the alcohol content. The ether gives it an almighty kick, although quite different from alcohol, despite it's being essentially two molecules of ethanol condensed together with loss of H2O, where alcohol is more sedative with a hint of dissociative action, ether has it the other way round. No hangover from it either, as it doesn't get metabolized to acetaldehyde as ethanol does.
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You Are Beer!
(http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/beer.gif)
You don't need to get totally wasted when you hit the bars.
More of a social drinker, you just like to have fun with your friends.
And as long as the beer keeps flowing, you're a happy camper.
But don't mix things up: "Beer Before Liquor, Never Been Sicker!"
What Alcoholic Drink Are You? (http://www.blogthings.com/whatalcoholicdrinkareyouquiz/)
Blogthings: Our Quizzes Weren't Written By Bored 12 Year Olds (http://www.blogthings.com)
I don't even like beer :-\
Did you used to have a different name or avatar?I got Sex on the Beach. Like that's ever going to happen!
Alcoholism runs in my family so I've always thought to stay away from it. A cider every now and then is ok though.
What made you start this post 10 years after it stopped? Did you know I was returning?
Yep, 8 years. Bastet was the first to post here this year and then DirtDawg posted after her. Sometimes it's interesting to see what was posted in old threads.
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I have to say, its good to see Bastet back. It ain't the same without DFG around (in a bad way, the place was lesser for her fire being absent)
Was worried about her for too long.
As for another favourite of mine, a mojito is tough to beat IMO. Although with a bit of freshly grown lemon balm (Melissa officianalis), bruised to allow the scented terpenes to be better extracted, its even nicer. And to one up that, freeze the same into a sorbet.
They even did a commercial frozen mojito sorbet in Aldi last time I was in there. Reminds me, I should go there again soon to see if they still have it, because those were SO damn tasty. Came in single serving foil pouches, just freeze, slash open and squeeze out into a bowl. And generous size portions too, not the sort of crap you see with ice cream etc. in restaurants, where its a few spoonfuls and gone. Enough to fill a bowl, and with 3-4 of them, a stomach too.
Lets see...quite like campari, just as is, on the rocks.
And not exactly a cocktail, but I quite like bitter shandy, although not if it's made with that sickly sweet vile shite known as sprite, or 7-up. Ew. R.Whites is the ideal one for it IMO, not actually HAD one in ages, but it used to be a staple of old family camping trips, or more likely as not, going camping or hiking in the middle of buttfuck nowhere with the ol' man, it might as well have been classed as a food group, ideally served with plenty sweet patries.
Just the sort of thing a kid that's bloody well exhausted from a day-long hike through dense woodland or else up steep animal grazing pasture in search of wild mushrooms grows to really appreciate, in the middle of a summer (odd season to go mushroom picking I know, but there are species out there to be had if you know where to look and what to look for). Probably appreciate it now as much for the memories as for the refreshment, technically, probably wasn't legal to serve me, at the young age of most of those trips, but I found that rural landlords generally don't give a stuff about serving something like a pint or two of half-and-half to a kid who's stopping there for a meal, with folks, since it isn't exactly pisspot fodder.
Brings back memories of some good hunts and some nice botanical finds, the ones I remember best being one particular camping trip near lake Bala in wales, big bugger of a hill/small mountain beside the lake, getting up at the crack of dawn, and making straight up there, to pick a bag of fresh oyster muhroom, alongside a load of larch boletes and slippery-jack (a pair of coniferous-associated Suillus species, which have slimy caps, that need peeling off before cooking, but when cooked well are really quite a favorite of mine, fried in garlic butter, and served russian style, with a squeeze of lemon; and found my first ever Hydnum specimens, quite peculiar fungi, that whilst shaped like the traditional 'toadstool' generally, the Hydnum genus has, instead of gills or pores, the underside, covered with spines, on which the basidia form, called hedgehog fungi in the vernacular, and the one found, Hydnum repandum, is regarded as a really good edible.
Bloody good meal was had with those, plus a few other finds, just taken back down to our tent, and fried up in butter with bacon, fried eggs, fried sausage, plus tinned baked beans, everything heated up on a little portable propane stove, little more than an upright-pointing blowtorch with a small pan stand on top really, easily portable with squat, compact gas canisters, but for a first meal of the day, the satisfaction coming back down to a cold one and a fry-up that I've spiced up with whatever tasty wild fungi nature has seen fit to provide that day, quite fantastic.
I swear, everything tasted better than usual, although a pre-breakfast hike up a mountain probably had something to do with it.
Another time, some really nice looking stands of hemlock (Conium, of Socrates infamy, not the water-hemlocks or the conifer of the same name, all rusty looking in age.
And something that really sticks in my mind, is this HUGE fucker of a thistle, a scotch thistle, most likely, with a thick primary stem inches thick and towering height, tall or taller than myself at the time, with four corners formed of fleshy ribs, that bore some truly vicious dagger-like spines.
And that sticks in my mouth...and my old man's. We'd been out somewhere in the countryside, and I'd spotted a blackthorn hedge, got him to bite into one of the sloes, tried it myself and fucking hell, the astringent effect is quite astonishingly powerful. Like sucking on a tarnished copper penny, if it were covered with superglue and dipped in battery acid.
Although the fruit are the same as used to make sloe gin, have been meaning to try making some for quite some time, buggering hell only knows how those things can be processed into anything fit for human consumption, let alone pleasure I do not know.
Should get myself some long pieces of the wood too when I next find it growing, as I need a new cane, and blackthorn wood is extremely hard and durable.