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To: Rambi who wrote (6908)	2/4/1998 10:15:00 AM
From: BlueCrab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

Penni -- <<Valentine's Day is coming. How can we pervert that?>> Dunno, but I will work on it. Feverishly. YIO

To: Rambi who wrote (6908)	2/4/1998 10:30:00 AM
From: jpmac	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

notes on the origin of cocktails: The settlers in America had, in spite of the harsh life also time to enjoy sports and games. It is known that riding and shooting was popular, as well as lassoing was a popular pastime. What was most sought in the scarce hour off, was the cockfight though. Just before the start of a cockfight, alcohol was mixed in the cocks food, the mixture kept as a secret by each team. This mixture increased the fighting spirit (which also happens for some humans when we get too much to drink), and then the fight began. It's from these cock-fights some mixologist think the term cocktail stems. If the men were to have a fist fight, they were beforehand agitated by a strong drink. This drink was called "cockpride", and many are of the opinion that this is the originator of the cocktail. This could be plausible, since there is a proverb from that time saying: "The cocktail blows him to a man". The mixologists leaning toward the cockfights also refers to a proverb from the time. When the fight was over. the owner of the winner cut the tail of the dead cock, and with raised glass he proudly proclaimed: "Let us have a drink on the cock's tail". Source: "Cocktail Bogen" af Aloisia og Hugo Jensen, 1967 (danish).

To: Rambi who wrote (6908)	2/6/1998 12:33:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Respond to of 71178

Valentine's Day is coming. How can we pervert that? At the College Art Association meeting about 6 years ago the organizers planned a Valentine's Day Gala. The high point of the evening was a piece by a performance artist, called "The Scream" or some such. It was about incest. I am not making this up. Unfortunately I didn't attend the meeting, and no one I know who did went to the gala. I mean, you wouldn't. Only the jerks do taht stuff. The rest of us give parties in our hotel rooms and gossip about people we don't like.