Switzerland has decriminalized absinthe

CoasterMatt · 03-24-2005, 10:12 PM

Hey everybody, looks like it's time for a Lounge trip to Switzerland...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/f...-absinthe.html

Name · 03-24-2005, 10:58 PM

I personally prefer to get my stuff mailed to me from here or here.

wendybeth · 03-24-2005, 11:04 PM

I really want to try it, just once. All my favorite lit types dabbled in it, and I have no frame of reference.

Okay, I realise they also dabbled in heroin and opium, but absinthe just sounds so exotic! Plus, I love the Degas painting.

It's probably a good thing I can't get it here.

Name · 03-24-2005, 11:09 PM

Hrmm, something to consider, but if anyone is up for a san diego absinthe meet, and is willing to throw in a few bucks, I could host a small gathering of folks interested in having a drink or 3.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-24-2005, 11:27 PM

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I personally prefer to get my stuff mailed to me from here or here.

Umm, what's the legal situation here?

Cadaverous Pallor · 03-24-2005, 11:28 PM

So now I have to ask - have you ever had real deal hallucinations from it? I'd love to try some.

€uroMeinke · 03-24-2005, 11:29 PM

Hmm I wonder how the Swiss side of the family is doing, perhaps its time to pay a visit. So any countries still producing Laudanum?

wendybeth · 03-24-2005, 11:32 PM

Oooh, laudenum!!!!

I would really like to try that- all the consumptive types swore by it! Damned FDA.

€uroMeinke · 03-24-2005, 11:38 PM

Confessions of an opium eater - ah De Quincy, those proper Victorian times

Name · 03-24-2005, 11:39 PM

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So now I have to ask - have you ever had real deal hallucinations from it? I'd love to try some.

never had any real deal hallucinations from it, but never had a buzz similar to it before. Of course I never drank more then 2 glasses in a sitting.

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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	I really want to try it, just once. All my favorite lit types dabbled in it, and I have no frame of reference. Okay, I realise they also dabbled in heroin and opium, but absinthe just sounds so exotic! Plus, I love the Degas painting. It's probably a good thing I can't get it here. __________________
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Name Title Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: here Posts: 779	Hrmm, something to consider, but if anyone is up for a san diego absinthe meet, and is willing to throw in a few bucks, I could host a small gathering of folks interested in having a drink or 3. __________________ Signature Last edited by Name : 03-24-2005 at 11:10 PM. Reason: or you could order a bottle or two from the links above and do it yourself.
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€uroMeinke L'Hédoniste Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A.S.C.O.T. Posts: 8,671	Hmm I wonder how the Swiss side of the family is doing, perhaps its time to pay a visit. So any countries still producing Laudanum? __________________ I would believe only in a God that knows how to Dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
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wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Oooh, laudenum!!!! I would really like to try that- all the consumptive types swore by it! Damned FDA. __________________
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