Post #29652 by ikitnrev on Tue, Apr 8, 2003 1:18 PM

At the risk of sounding too much like my freshman year dorm roommate, who at the conclusion of drinking his 24th beer, when he wanted to see whether he could drink a case of beer in one day, decided right then to celebrate by sharing the news with his mother, and thus proceeded to telephone her at 3:30 am .... at the risk of sounding too much like him, I share this bit of news with you.

Today I consumed my 100th mai tai at the Honolulu Resturant here in surburban D.C. For some reason, when I first visited the Honolulu and ordered my first mai tai, I saved the little plastic cocktail sword that is used to hold the pineapple and cherry in the drink. This was perhaps 4-5 years ago.

I also saved the 2nd sword, and the 3rd, and I continued to place each mai-tai sword in the middle console section of my car.

Today I had lunch at the Honolulu, had two mai-tais, and decided to count my mai tai swords ..... and there were precisely 100 swords in my console. Oddly enough, while drinking that 100th mai tai, I told David and Anna Chan that I was coming close to the 100 mark.

I thus wish to give thanks here to Dave and Anna Chan for making a mai tai worth returning for, and all my friends who have shared a Honolulu mai tai with me. Perhaps I'll be able to share this honor with more of you as I start drinking my way to 200.

This isn't nearly as impressive as the regular Honolulu visitor who regularly orders 7 Suffering Bastards in one visit, and probably has 100 drinks in a two month span, but for myself it is a worthwhile tiki event.

For added perspective - the number of Honolulu mai tais I have consumed exceeds the number of messages I have posted to TikiCentral.

Vern