Absinthe

[NotAllThere]

...turns you blind" stuff was actually negative propaganda by temperance groups and the winemakers association.

Despite a valiant rearguard action from Pot Noodle.

[OwlHoot]

doesn't that make people go loopey?... absinthe... not the Wall of course - or do they take the wormwood out now-a-days?

Used to, and maybe bootleg stuff still does. But one of the active ingredients thujone was banned when they discovered it damages the nervous system.

[DaveB]

doesn't that make people go loopey?... absinthe... not the Wall of course - or do they take the wormwood out now-a-days?

No wormwood in it these days, and it was never really that bad to begin with. Most of the "sends you mad, turns you blind" stuff was actually negative propaganda by temperance groups and the winemakers association.

Full history on Wiki

It was never actually banned in Britain.

[NotAllThere]

Watch out for the hallucinations ...

Oh, hang on. That was real.

[Troll]

Installing Suse via VMWare, while drinking asbinthe and listening to The Wall.

doesn't that make people go loopey?... absinthe... not the Wall of course - or do they take the wormwood out now-a-days?

[NotAllThere]

Shureley shum keybourd malfunkshon?

oops.

I'd only had the one at that point...

[sasguru]

Schflib flub ünd fleürble.

I'll let you know when I get to the good stuff at the bottom of the bottle.

Watch out for the hallucinations ...

[NotAllThere]

Are you a fully fledged alcoholic or only starting out?

Schflib flub ünd fleürble.

I'll let you know when I get to the good stuff at the bottom of the bottle.

[Moscow Mule]

Installing Suse via VMWare, while drinking asbinthe and listening to The Wall.

I'll be glad when my wife comes back from her course.

Shureley shum keybourd malfunkshon?

[sasguru]

Installing Suse via VMWare, while drinking asbinthe and listening to The Wall.

I'll be glad when my wife comes back from her course.

Are you a fully fledged alcoholic or only starting out?

[Spacecadet]

Installing Suse via VMWare, while drinking asbinthe and listening to The Wall.

I'll be glad when my wife comes back from her course.

Don't forget to clean up the tissues before she arrives

[NotAllThere]

Installing Suse via VMWare, while drinking asbinthe and listening to The Wall.

I'll be glad when my wife comes back from her course.