Post #27194 by Thor on Tue, Mar 18, 2003 9:18 PM

I think laney was on to something.

We need to totally change our strategy. Why invent a new drink, that will only catch on at a few bars that we personally frequent, that will lose popularity in a few months because we are all sick of drinking it?

I suggest a total PR spin rehaul: "Operation Tiki Freedom"

We should get the word out that shots of rum are now called Tikis, or TikiCentrals, or something like that. I leave the nomenclatural deliberations to you, my fine colleagues. Why invent a drink when a perfectly good one already exists - without a name! Hopefully, we can get the entire world to start calling rum by another name. Then, in revisions of classic books on the fictitious Atlantic trade triangle, all mentions of rum will be replaced. We can totally revise history. Whuhahahah!

If you think this sounds like too much work, then I will give you my suggestion for a drink:

Two parts coconut rum and one part Pacific saltwater in a navy canteen, with a shaky landing on a hastily built airstrip.

It is with that suggestion, and with that suggestion alone, and with a heavy heart, that I end this post.
-Thor