Pete_H Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 " ... While a little absinthe can be quite pleasant, a lot, as with any other strong spirit, will make you drunk. Perhaps, if you are of an Oscar Wilde bent, too much absinthe will do to you what it did to him: 'After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were,' he said in one of his many disquisitions on absinthe. 'After the second you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world ...'" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/13/dining/reviews/13wine.html?pagewanted=1&em Quote
G-spotter Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Check the thujone content before you drink - much of what is sold in the States is low-thujone. Quote
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Absinthe makes you crazy and criminal, provokes epilepsy and tuberculosis, and has killed thousands of people. It makes a ferocious beast of man, a martyr of woman, and a degenerate of the infant, it disorganizes and ruins the family and menaces the future of the country. Quote
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Well, the point is you might want to hold off on feeding that stuff to your dog. Quote
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Here is yet another case: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1080182.cms Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 Absinthe makes you crazy and criminal, provokes epilepsy and tuberculosis, and has killed thousands of people. It makes a ferocious beast of man, a martyr of woman, and a degenerate of the infant, it disorganizes and ruins the family and menaces the future of the country. You make that sound like a bad thing... Quote
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Posted May 14, 2009 You might want to hold off on bottle feeding your infant with that stuff, as they might become a degenerate. Quote
fallabit Posted May 15, 2009 Posted May 15, 2009 Y'all haven't tried my home made carrot wine. Absinthe is a purring lil pussycat:P Quote
korup Posted May 15, 2009 Posted May 15, 2009 POPULAR LORE HAS IT that absinthe, the potent wormwood-flavored alcohol, causes hallucinations, epileptic-like attacks, and bouts of madness for those who drink it. Scientists studying absinthe in recent years have shown that modern versions of the spirit contain too little thujone, the key psychoactive chemical present in the wormwood herb, Artemisia absinthium, to cause the reported psychedelic effects. But the myths about absinthe being more drug than drink persist in part because of century-old tales about famous artists and writers who heavily imbibed absinthe and vacillated between periods of high creativity and insanity. http://pubs.acs.org/cen/email/html/cen_86_i18_8618sci2.html Quote
G-spotter Posted May 15, 2009 Posted May 15, 2009 Biblical warning about absinthe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwood_(star) OMG2012! Quote
mankato Posted May 15, 2009 Posted May 15, 2009 I started drinking absinthe after reading Hemingway years ago. So far I haven't gone insane......... As far as I know it's still illegal in the US, but there are many places to get it. Check out spiritscorner.com Deva is a good brand. Quote
EWolfe Posted May 17, 2009 Posted May 17, 2009 Absinthe of Mallet http://www.mountainproject.com/v/arizona/cochise_stronghold/sheepshead_area_southwest/105738803 Quote
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