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Nothing like a Sazerac to take the taste of the diapers out of your mouth.

because that is how one gets through life. Especially if you live in a third-world hellhole like Nawlins.

I thought the state drink was Abita turbo dog in a dirty sneaker. Well, that's what I ended up drinking the last several times I was there.

and when you drink too many Sazeracs, you start to write things like "legsilation"

(and yeah, I know, my typos are rampant, too)

My state bird is the Goldfinch. I've never eaten one, Senator Shaw. Free the Sazerac!

is there legislation planned to honor beads too?

or would it "induce flashing on people not intending to do it..."

All of which raises the question: do they drink because they're state senators, or are they state senators because they drink?

Maybe they should have aimed a little lower, like making it the official drink of New Orleans. The rest of the state thinks cocktails are for fags.

@Serolf Divad: This classic condundrum is best explored after a few sazeracs

@Serolf Divad: they drink because they are sad that only Fed legislators get paid enough to afford the GOOD hookers?

I remember it well.It was my first taste of the distillers art, on my 21st birthday
I asked the bartender for a mint julep, the official libation of the state of Kentucky.
He said "here, kid. Try a sazerac." "Its much better than that stodgy 'ol mint julep."
Well, as a young man on my own in New Orleans, and desperately wanting to appear 'hip', I tried the sazerac.
And thus began my long sad trip down the road to ruin.
Bless you, Senator Shaw. At least ONE person understands the danger of this sazerac cocktail.

@Doglessliberal: "Legsilation" would make a good tag.

What if a police officer pulls you over and asks you what you've been drinking? How are you going to know how to say "sazeracs" without appearing plastered?

Important people working on very important issues.

@wheelie: Bootlegsilation

@Serolf Divad:
They're state senators because it's a gravy train of semi-legit state contracts/legal networking/future lobbying jobs.

There's not a single other reason to do it.

What's the state drink of Iowa, by the way?

I'd just like to point out that the Sazerac is possibly the greatest cocktail ever invented, and that pretty much all of Louisiana north of New Orleans is a cousin-fucking Baptist backwater, with none of the cajun/creole fun that makes the city so cool.

Unknown to the "unfun" state senators is that hidden in a spending omnibus bill, Louisianna's state motto has been changed to "Show us your tits!"

@thefrontpage: PBR, in a dirty plastic cup.

That's because everybody else in the state loathes New Orleans with a purple, green, and gold passion. Although I'd be willing to bet that the 27 who voted against the Sazerac were all from the northern part of the state, which is just a suburb of Arkansas.

This has probably set back Louisiana's "Official State Recreational Drug" legislation back by a couple of years.

@Botswana Meat Commission FC: There isn't much north of New Orleans, except for Mississippi. Now north of Alexandria is where you find the Baptist hotbeds (as oxymoronic as that sounds).

i still think the state cocktail should be a flaming moe

I'm in disbelief. The state cocktail should be the Mint Julep.

@TGY: That's Kentucky's (and it's awful, even when it's made right). I'm a little surprised there were no objections from the makers of the Hurricane or the Hand Grenade.

@thefrontpage:

Hey! You stole Senator Boomdog's avatar! Did he give you permission to use that?

having lived and bar-tended/flied there for the last 8 years, i would oppose this as well. everyone knows the state drink is the crown and coke.

In honor of Mardi Gras beads, I vote for the slippery nipple.

@queeraselvis: Hurricanes are for the tourists. Hand Grenades ... I'd have to agree with you, that 's some good drinkin'. However, nothing reminds me of home more than a sazerac. (That, or anytime I see some of Lafayette Square's homeless holding the true New Orleans drink: a fifth of the cheapest vodka in a brown paper bag. Mmmmm.)

Insulting to the Dakiri devotees! Less than 2 weeks after Katrina, the drive-through Dakiris bars re-opened and the good times continued to roll. Roll on 4 wheels that is.

@queeraselvis: Hm. Damn. Fuzzy Navel? For the peach-obsessed.

The state drink for Maryland is milk. WTF?

That drink sounds nasty, and I say this as a fan of both absinthe and substitutable licorice flavors. Are "titties" the official Louisiana state animal yet?