Wednesday, March 31, 2010

A Tribute to the Black and Tan

Although I do love th’ Black and Tan
It’ll shorten, by half, my lifespan.
It’s chock full of flavor2
But it’s killing my liver
And makes me . . . forget what I’m doing.

NOTES
1. Technically, a drink composed of half Guinness and half Harp is called a Half-and-Half, not a Black-and-Tan. However, (a) I really don’t care, and (b) I found it a lot easier to rhyme with “tan” than with “half.”
2. When using your worst fake-Irish accent—and trust us, we know your Irish accent sucks—this comes out as “flivver,” thus preserving the rhyme scheme. Another option is to pronounce “liver” as “laivor.”

2 comments:

  1. So what is the half Ale and half Cider called? Other then half bile?

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  2. I believe, Jake, that that would be called "a mistake." There is such thing as a half-lager/half-cider called a "Snakebite." It tastes pretty good 'til you get to the cider part.


    . . . I don't actually know that, I've never had one. Just looked it up on Wikipedia.

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