Fucking Butty.
Antique Diamond (Les Carres) Spoons:
Old bistro ware is becoming so difficult to find. This cache were discovered inside of an old spoon holder! Special price. Email for details.
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Fucking Butty.
Antique Diamond (Les Carres) Spoons:
Old bistro ware is becoming so difficult to find. This cache were discovered inside of an old spoon holder! Special price. Email for details.
Antique Swirl Glasses:
The name says it all. Used in bistros these glasses are sturdy and visually striking. The louche swirls in color as one is entranced by the movement of the mixture.
The name says it all. Used in bistros these glasses are sturdy and visually striking. The louche swirls in color as one is entranced by the movement of the mixture.
Antique Cordon Glasses:
These glasses are very rare. Only found every two or three years. Each has the cord of glass lining the circumference and, also, has a deep reservoir. These were created in particular just for absinthe. One matching pair left.
These glasses are very rare. Only found every two or three years. Each has the cord of glass lining the circumference and, also, has a deep reservoir. These were created in particular just for absinthe. One matching pair left.
Antique Topettes:
Topettes are lovely, elegant and have a unique purpose. Topettes hold the shots and each curve is a perfect measuring tool. In this way , you coordinate who is drinking how much! So when the party is over you will still have some absinthe remaining for yourself!
Topettes are lovely, elegant and have a unique purpose. Topettes hold the shots and each curve is a perfect measuring tool. In this way , you coordinate who is drinking how much! So when the party is over you will still have some absinthe remaining for yourself!
I need a fucking drink. 
One could only wonder about the prices...
I'm not gettin' the joke . . . As far as I know, Butty isn't known for fake antiques, just for high prices, yes?
I just love the way she writes.
I bet Sixer doesn't.
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In this way , you coordinate who is drinking how much! So when the party is over you will still have some absinthe remaining for yourself!
Blasphemy! Drink it all, and let the clanks sort 'em out.
QUOTE(Crosby @ Jun 3 2004, 02:17 AM)
I just love the way she writes.
Me too. You left out her heading though:
NOW LET US BEHOLD THE ELEGANT ABSINTHE ANTIQUES!
It's all reminiscent of a weirdly precocious nine year old.
More Butty bullshit:
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Swiss La Bleue is the HIGHEST esteemed absinthe in the world:
Swiss La Bleue is of clear color and exquisite in taste and purity, the "holy grail" of absinthe. It is traditionally distilled as was the original Eduoard Pernod. La Bleue is non-commercial, has the highest THUJ0NE available (we await testing but believe Swiss absinthe contains over 70mg/kg and is 56-60% alcohol). THERE IS NO TEST THAT ACCURATELY MEASURES THUJ0NE AMOUNT AT PRESENT. ANYONE WHO STATES A DEFINITIVE NUMBER IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.
The absinthe that the artists and poets drank contained approximately 260 mg/kg. Again that is only an estimate but it was quite potent. La Bleue absinthe has already been tested by hydrometer. It is "artisanal," a high quality product created in small batches by centuries old methods. High quality Swiss absinthe is a clear brew perfected to a fine art for over a hundred years, imparting old family artisan quality with no commercial alcohol and much higher THUJ0NE than ANY absinthe.
Swiss La Bleue is of clear color and exquisite in taste and purity, the "holy grail" of absinthe. It is traditionally distilled as was the original Eduoard Pernod. La Bleue is non-commercial, has the highest THUJ0NE available (we await testing but believe Swiss absinthe contains over 70mg/kg and is 56-60% alcohol). THERE IS NO TEST THAT ACCURATELY MEASURES THUJ0NE AMOUNT AT PRESENT. ANYONE WHO STATES A DEFINITIVE NUMBER IS NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.
The absinthe that the artists and poets drank contained approximately 260 mg/kg. Again that is only an estimate but it was quite potent. La Bleue absinthe has already been tested by hydrometer. It is "artisanal," a high quality product created in small batches by centuries old methods. High quality Swiss absinthe is a clear brew perfected to a fine art for over a hundred years, imparting old family artisan quality with no commercial alcohol and much higher THUJ0NE than ANY absinthe.
QUOTE(Oxygenee @ Jun 3 2004, 01:14 AM)
It's all reminiscent of a weirdly precocious nine year old.
I’ve never heard it put better.
"For the past seven years I have been at your service as the most highly recommended and trusted source in the exquisite hunt for the holy grail of antique absinthe collectibles and all its diverse accoutrements. Absinthe artifacts, labels, glasses, spoons, fountains, match strikers, French sugar and other requests will be searched at your beckoning across the international sphere in a professional and discreet manner.
All Things Absinthe was created in February 2001 for your reading passion and visual pleasure. Absinthe, which was banned for 85 years is now experiencing a resurgence...in Brazil...soon, in CanuckyFuckyLand, as well. As time spirals upward more enlightened countries will eventually follow the path of the faery wings! Those who should seek the green faery and me, surely do find us, among rare antiquities once lost to the world. I would like to extend a most gracious welcome to you and a wish that you be transformed and entranced by this mystical journey!"
QUOTE(TrainerAZ @ Jun 3 2004, 09:21 AM)
I bet Sixer doesn't.
Oh -- I like it. Every sentence is a balancing act on the edge of the abyss!
It's hard to write as awkwardly and induce splitting headaches without many straightforward errors -- it's the perfect example to illustrate there is something above and beyond the formal rules of grammar called style.
"Highest esteemed absinthe" is simply wrong, though: highest is not an adverb (or alternatively, esteemed is not a noun).
That is, unless she means delivery of the goods takes place at the top of the Mont Blanc, of course, which would make her Bleue the highest absinthe indeed.
QUOTE(Crosby @ Jun 3 2004, 11:48 AM)
All Things Absinthe was created in February 2001 for your reading passion and visual pleasure.
Yes -- though "entertainment" and "amusement" may be more fitting terms...
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As time spirals upward
Now *that's* a classic.
But it is just possible to do better:
"As time meanders in rising and ever-expanding circles, crossing the meridians of space" would have been much better...I mean, what is a sentence with "time" without an obviously incorrect reference to the physics and geometry of time-space, one wonders?
I actually got some practice at this a few years ago. I was asked to translate a desert dwarf styled essay on works of an artist (you know -- the kind who makes works with just a black background and two pointy triangles), and I'm pleased to report that everybody liked the translation, and the artist's girlfriend told us we really understood his work (which we only saw after finishing the translation, of course).
And absolutely none of the arty-farties got the irony, despite my attempt at crafting something as obscure as a Nostradamus poem larded with pseudo-scientific jargon.
QUOTE(Oxygenee @ Jun 3 2004, 11:14 AM)
NOW LET US BEHOLD THE ELEGANT ABSINTHE ANTIQUES!
Bah! It's missing something:
"Now Lo! Let us behold..."
Pity she hasn't managed to tell us to beware the Ides of March.
QUOTE(sixela @ Jun 3 2004, 05:50 AM)
QUOTE(Oxygenee @ Jun 3 2004, 11:14 AM)
NOW LET US BEHOLD THE ELEGANT ABSINTHE ANTIQUES!
Bah! It's missing something:
"Now Lo! Let us behold..."
Pity she hasn't managed to tell us to beware the Ides of March.
Now that is funny.
Yes it was, quoting it was not.
"Ides of March"!
OMG, that is the first time Six has made me laugh WITH him! Good one!
a worthy LOL.
OMG, that is the first time Six has made me laugh WITH him! Good one!
a worthy LOL.
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I need a fucking drink.
For a most modest charge, She Who Shall Not Be Named would be delighted, at no small risk on her own part -- and without any risk to yourself, to provide you with the "holy grail" of absinthe which you could behold in an elegant absinthe antique.
After a small, modest fee.
QUOTE(Crosby @ Jun 3 2004, 12:32 AM)
This cache were discovered inside of an old spoon holder!
I never would have thought... see, that is why she is so much cooler than the rest of us. Whoda thunk it to look there?
How can one even think about money when prsented with the opportunity to drink the holy grail out of an elegant antique?
i'm surprised that she doesn't have the holy grail that you can drink the holy grail out of.
for a modest price.
for a modest price.
It's a fine balance she achieves, all right.
If she has it, I don't want to drink out of it.
She'd probably let you lap it out of her
for a price.
Like licking it outtah a knothole.
for a price.
Like licking it outtah a knothole.
Well, I had no idea Butty was so obsessed with 2jones. Or with calling Ian and Ned liars.
She's lost all respect I had for her . . . granted, she hadn't far to go, but . . .
And I bet she really, really cares.
Remember Folks, Th-ujone-s sells!
the Princess of Paranoia's all about the $$$
the Princess of Paranoia's all about the $$$
Um, no.
She's about the beauty and poetry of
the experience.
She truly cares.
Heathens.
She's about the beauty and poetry of
the experience.
She truly cares.
Heathens.
Came across this the other day - not sure why it was openly posted on the web, but it's gotta be the longest reply to a two line query in recorded history...
http://www.burningsoulsforum.com/uploaded/...%20Absinthe.htm
http://www.burningsoulsforum.com/uploaded/...%20Absinthe.htm
Another book!
If you don't buy from her she says:
"the possibility of the law (FDA OR CUSTOMS) at your doorstep does exist."
Kind of like buying protection .
If you don't buy from her she says:
"the possibility of the law (FDA OR CUSTOMS) at your doorstep does exist."
Kind of like buying protection .
With what she charges, it would be cheaper to buy from someone else, get busted by customs, then pay a lawyer.
That looks like the standard letter she sends everyone...except instead of revising, she just adds to the old one.
E-Gads.
I couldn't even read 1/2 of that.
E-Gads.
I couldn't even read 1/2 of that.
Why would you want to?
It was only a matter of time before she added a green. I guess she picked up some food coloring in Amsterdam.
It was only a matter of time before she added a green. I guess she picked up some food coloring in Amsterdam.
Butty=Bucky???
That's using the ol' dome
OH NO!
Butty LIED!
I had an order from FSC get seized, they told me to have it destroyed and they re-sent it with no extra charge.
Butty LIED!
I had an order from FSC get seized, they told me to have it destroyed and they re-sent it with no extra charge.
Man.
I never, ever heard of a shipper giving anyone xit over a busted bottle or a customs snafu, unless they said that would be the case up front.
Never used to go in for B bashing. But
her. Capitalism is one thing. Outright lies are another. 
I never, ever heard of a shipper giving anyone xit over a busted bottle or a customs snafu, unless they said that would be the case up front.
Never used to go in for B bashing. But
her. Capitalism is one thing. Outright lies are another.
Moved and bumped.
I like Da Rabbit.
Too bad he hates your ass.
I'll agree,
it's not my best asset.
it's not my best asset.
Either is your stretched out ass, neither...
She ain't?
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