Ritualistic = Sexy
Ever shot tequila? You know - lick, drink, suck?
Tequila is a fickle fucker. I had a few too many shots one night and swore off tequila for nearly 6 years. I know people who can’t even be in the same room with a bottle of tequila because just the sight of it makes them gag. It’s just not for everyone.
We had a friend over who when presented with a celebratory shot with a fresh lime wedge and salt shaker (all artistically arranged on a nice platter!) sneered at the lime and salt and said, “I don’t need that pussy crap.”
Of course you don’t. And, what is that I see you pouring into your Jack Daniels? Coke, huh. Ahem,Yes, I can certainly see why you might not want a slice of lime and salt with your shot of tequila.
The thing with tequila is that when it’s good it’s very, very good. It’s a social thing, I think. The lime and salt - while the perfect flavor side to the tequila, is as much rounding out the flavor of the drink as it is ritual. Toast, lick, shoot, suck and it’s usually followed by a high-five, cheer, or the grimace and gasp that a tart lime will bring. Of course, when you bring body shots into the equation it takes it all to a whole new, sexy level. I like to think of tequila shots as “mini margaritas” all the power and none of the dilution!
All of which is completely ruined when you have too many. And, the startling truth is that all it takes is one little shot to go from “yeah, this is fun” to “I am so sorry about your shirt… and your shoes… and the back patio.”
Not that I would know anything about that.
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April 7, 2008 @ 3:41 am
I can’t do shots without having to apologize to someone.
April 7, 2008 @ 4:41 am
Sounds like too much effort to me.
April 7, 2008 @ 5:57 am
Tequila and I used to be best friends. Then that bitch kicked my ass one night. I’ve tried to forgive her, but my body holds a grudge like nobody’s business.
April 7, 2008 @ 6:42 am
A back Patio, Huh?
So, this is after you made it past the front Patio.
Brinks back not so fun memories of a little drinking game I got into with My brother oh so many years ago. Tequila and I have have a much better understanding ever since.
Beamer :coldone: :cheer:
April 7, 2008 @ 6:43 am
Have had
April 7, 2008 @ 7:10 am
Darling darling darling - tequila is your FRIEND! Seriously, I don’t like beer (I know - I’m sorry), I am too thirsty to drink mixed drinks, so I content myself with dropping a shot of Cuervo or better and then drinking Diet Pepsi for the next hour. Never more than one an hour. Unless I’m pissed. Or stupid. Or someone buys me one because you know, nice at all costs. In that case….
April 7, 2008 @ 8:12 am
I always loved the lime because I can blame the grimace cough on the fruit instead of the tequila.
April 7, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
Well of course not… none of us really know anything about that… ya know…
April 7, 2008 @ 12:42 pm
Sadly, I cannot do tequila. One shot and I am rolling around on the floor with a migraine.
Yes, that includes margaritas. I know. It sucks to be me.
April 7, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
Tequila is my favorite–as long as it is THE GOOD KIND. The nasty gutter stuff passed off as tequila will kill.
April 7, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
i swore off Tequila after my friends found me talking to a mannequin at the local Sears.
no, mami.
April 7, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
Nanna, you should let me make you an ice cold lemon drop or cosmopolitan. then you won’t need no stinkin’ tequila!
April 7, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
I do naughty, Naughty, NAUGHTY things while “on” tequila. And round these here parts we call the lime and the salt, “Training Wheels”. Since my husband and I have (gack) drank so much tequila in our lives, we order it “without training wheels” and just knock it back neat.
April 7, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
Tequila with a baby dill pickle is the bomb. You get the salty and sour in one neat package. And you don’t have to fuss with an knife to cut the pickle. Makes it less dangerous.
April 7, 2008 @ 7:31 pm
Tequila makes me horny. It makes Geek green. Not the best combination for our doing anything fun after the shots.