Do not annoy me
Does anyone actually order anything other than "Gin Tonic" on any Saturday night bar in any city? Or of course not just "gin and tonic". But: Please a Gin Tonic with XYZYZ-Gin (Please use any name here) a touch of lemon and the XYZ-Tonic. Oh, yes, without cucumber. "What's wrong with rum-cola? Or vodka-tonic? Campari or Korn Why does no one like wine or beer? It's like a plague, gin and tonic must be And all those hordes of start-up freaks and checked shirt wearers, accompanied by their bored blond high school girlfriends, enter the Gin Tonic intravenously, and then they talk shop about which gin is the best Yawn, and again and again, the anecdote that the Queen Mum also drank gin Yes, the British royal family are also largely proletarians, which is exactly what gin is - a drink for proletarians Shocking! Unfortunately, the zeitgeist does not even change that, as TC Boyle describes in his adventure novel "Wassermusik" the gin as "spoiler and grumpy of the lower classes, as clear as drunken piss and as spicy as juniper juice." Actually, gin was in his mother country Great Britain the cheapest variant of the brandy. This was caused by a wide variety of tax restrictions and the price decline for wheat-based alcohol. Therefore, dear Gin Avant-garde, do not feel too superior. And just order whiskey again. Or water.
