Last orders
Things got rather morose down the pub the other night as conversation turned to the last drink you would choose before you died.
Friend 1: ‘a pint of Badger’s Hopping Hare’
Friend 2: ‘oh, it’s got to be a plain old pint of London Pride. Or maybe a whiskey…’
Me: ‘a martini, definitely’
Friend 3: Some kind of lager, probably Carlsberg’
Friend 1: ‘Are you kidding?!’
Friend 3: ‘Well, I like lager… but really, if I was about to die I’d try heroin.’
Friend 2: ‘Yeah, why not? I mean it’s got to be good.’
Me: ‘And that’s probably one of the most practical times to give it a go.’
Friend 1: ‘Hmmm… a pint or a wrap? It’s a tough one…’
So what do you think? What would be your last drink? Or are you going to go for the heroin?
Tags: late night conversations
May 28th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
I’d probably have a nice up of tea. Or a large glass of sauvignon blanc.
Then again, I might plump for the heroin.
May 28th, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Tough call – the best pint I’ve tasted was brewed onsite at the The Riverhead Brewery Tap, Marsden. Although I can’t remember the name. Perhaps Adnams Broadside – but has to be in Southwold where it’s still brewery fresh.
Or our local Crouch Vale Amarillo.
Having said that I’d probaly go for champagne (Veuve) the bubbly buzz would lift the mood.
May 28th, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Easy. I’d go up to my beloved Lake District, have as many pints as I could manage of my favourite tipple Jennings Snecklifter then wander out onto the fells in the middle of the night, obviously fall off a cliff somewhere and that would be that but what a way to go.
May 28th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Depends if I was shuffling off in the Summer, in which case it would have to be a Moscow Mule. Or, if I was being read my last rights during the dark days of winter it’d have to be a pint of the black stuff. With a shamrock on top. Obviously.
May 28th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Aspalls Suffolk Cyder, the mellow fruityness always leaves me feeling happy and that’s how I want to feel when I shuffle off this mortal coil.
May 28th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Only one person for the smack then?
And SimonB, I have some Aspalls Suffolk Cyder just waiting for me at home. That’s tonight’s plan – cider in the garden, then some opera!
May 28th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Aspalls ~ love the Premier Cru
May 28th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Always the posh, strong stuff, eh Mondo?*
Yes, it takes one to know one (especially after a few…)
May 29th, 2010 at 2:50 pm
I’d have a pint of Guinness with a measure of Tia Maria in it, dribbled little by little into my gaping, gasping mouth. By Michael Portillo.
May 31st, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Hmmm, I think I might leave you alone with that fantasy ISBW.
May 31st, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Been out of action for a few days with ‘net related’ probs (bloody TalkTalk…)
Still it gave me a few days to think about this one. Am I allowed to finish the drink before I croak, or could I go at any time? I mean is it like the condemned man’s last ciggy? If the grim reaper is going to wait then I’ll have a yard of ale (and I HATE ale!), maybe 20 or 30 yards if it’ll buy me some time…
If it’s a ‘get it down quick, you could go any minute’ jobby, i might join 5 centres with the tea, or if it’s a nice warm day, one of my elusive Root Beers!
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June 1st, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Piley, I’m impressed that you’ve given such careful consideration to this question. I am thinking that it’s like a last cigarette, so you probably shouldn’t be taking the mick by drinking say, several vats of the stuff. It should be something that you can enjoy though and perhaps linger a little over, so maybe root beer would be the way to go? You might risk burning your tongue if you’re sculling down a cup of tea anyway…
June 14th, 2010 at 11:45 pm
A bottle of Williams Bros Midnight Sun. The greatest Porter ever brewed.
June 15th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Hmmm, don’t know that one Ill Man but I’ve just googled it and know some of the other beers Williams Bros produce. The marketing blurb describes it as ‘rich, dark and spicy’. Spicy? Really? I’m definitely looking out for it though.
June 15th, 2010 at 9:13 pm
It’s got a nice gingery aftertaste. Very moreish. Let me know if you find it, I would imagine you’ll get it in those deli/offy type places or possibly in a large Tesco, though that’s maybe only in Scotland. Oddbins don’t stock it, but they’re a bunch of twunts anyway…. ;)