On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, Chris Olson - SunPS wrote: > >Ah, my guess would be Steve chose something else to >drink that night, didn't wish to steal Robert's Tully, >or was sly and ninja about drinking it when you weren't >watching. The last time I saw him, Steve still enjoyed >a nice glass of Tullamore Dew. (Unless he found >something better, in which case he better share the info!) > >Hmm... I wonder if I still have some at home for >tonight. All this Tully-talk has made me thirsty. <grin> Spaekin o' tirst, I chust raicently heard the poem o' "The SS Politician", on the "Thistle and Shamrock" radio programme. Apparantly based on a true happening. http://www.rampantscotland.com/poetry/blpoems_politician.htm http://www.searoom.com/veleda/politician.htm "Och, times are hard in Barra" You'd hear the Badochs cry. "No food to feed a sparra! And effery bottle dry." Old men, once fresh and frisky, So full of ploy and play, Dropped dead for want of whisky, The blessed Uisque Bae. [...] The great ship "Politician" Her hold stocked high with grog, Steamed proudly past the island, And foundered in the fog. A case was rent asunder, Twelve bottles came to grief, When the Barra surf - like thunder - Came pounding on the reef. And like that. >"The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration >about it which the cheering influence of the >afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected >to reproduce." > ~ Oliver Wedell Holmes, Sr. - "Over the Teacups" (1891) ^ Surely you mean Oliver *Wendell* Holmes?