so it's friday and before i lurch into yet another day of data conversion, infernal reminded me about a story i briefly described in one of moon's blog entries: the experience of licking champagne off a frozen lake.
back in college, i became fast friends w/ a bunch of guys who gamed (meaning RPGs, not computer games). one of them, g, his parents had a place in the poconos and apparently, it was tradition in that circle to go to the poconos every new year's eve, get hammered and sleep it off.
i should point out that g is the same guy who had a friend that used his USMC saber to strike off the hand of a would-be mugger on the train. i think i told that story once upon a time, but i digress...
anyway, it was a bit of a drive but finally, i made my way out to the poconos. i dressed appropriately for the weather, all that good stuff, and came armed with booze, supplied by my older sister. :>
now, it tends to be pretty cool (temperature-wise) in the poconos. the cabin is sitting right on a small lake (or large pond, i'm not sure) which froze over--something it does every winter evidently.
g has spent many a day on that frozen lake so he knew it would be safe. so at around 11:30 that night, someone got the inspiration (obviously, alcohol-fueled) that rather than drinking the champagne at midnight, we should pour it on the frozen lake and drink it from that.
well, five minutes later everybody was bundled up and making the quick stroll to the water's (or rather, ice's) edge.
after some brief discussion of whether or not we were gonna re-create a scene from movie history by licking a frozen lake, we concluded that wouldn't be an issue. again, i suspect the influence of alcohol, but that's neither here nor there...
well, midnight came, the sparkling wine (i know, i said champagne but we were college students who couldn't afford to cough up for the french stuff) was popped and we lapped it up off the lake.
it was surreal, and apart from being a bit colder than drinking from a flute, it was OK. i'm not sure whether it would be something i wanna do again, considering how cold it needs to be to re-create it, though. :>
ed
silverwhisper posted on Jan 18, 2008
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pickersplock said on Jan 18, 2008....
It's amazing what we do when alcohol is involved.I never got too hammered, I'm not much of a drinker, but I do recall hugging a bush once..............................................................well, like the lake lapping, it's not something you want to do every night! -
evil_twin said on Jan 18, 2008....
I have to say that I've never heard of anyone doing this! Of course, we don't have any frozen lakes around here either. If I wanted to recreate this, I'd have to go down to the local ice skating rink and lick it off the ice! :-P
-evil_twin LA
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silverwhisper said on Jan 18, 2008....
pickers: hugging a bush? OK, i want to hear that story!
kyle: well, like i said, it was kinda alcohol-inspired... :> and i definitely don't recommend licking your local ice skating rink!
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wombat said on Jan 18, 2008....
I have to say the title of your post drew me in right away, and that this is the strangest thing I have heard in awhile! Sounds like fun--I guess. Glad no one's tongue got stuck on the ice.....! I mean, I've seen that on comedies, but don't even know it it can really happen, but it was the first thing I thought of! -
the_infernal_optimist said on Jan 18, 2008....
Thanks for explaining - what a fun story! :-D The idea of a bunch of somewhat hammered college guys sitting around coming up with the idea is at least as amusing as anything else. "Hey, what if we..."
~Infernal
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quietone said on Jan 18, 2008....
oh, ed that is too funny... I can just picture it all - a bunch of young men crawling around on their hands and knees or belly down on ice licking up the icy drink! Brings to mind a new meaning for a slush puppy if you ask me!! LOL thanks for the funny story! It would have been funny if one of you had gotten their tounge stuck on that ice! Ouch...now that woulda hurt! -
queenparanoia said on Jan 18, 2008....
hahahahah this would be a very funny sight to be seen... =) -
silverwhisper said on Jan 18, 2008....
wombat: heh...yeah, we did all wonder about getting our tongues stuck, but we were OK. :>
infernal: i gotta say, it probably sounds funnier than it lived--it was pretty damned cold!
quietone: "new meaning for a slush puppy"? it has an old meaning?
queen: it looked pretty goofy when my buddies were doing it, esp g's girlfriend at the time, kate. :D
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quietone said on Jan 18, 2008....
picture it... a bunch of boys crawling around on ice, slurping up slushy drink... "slush puppies"! just my warped sense of humor in my own mind! LOL -
queenparanoia said on Jan 18, 2008....
hahahaha a girl lick it too??? i wish you had a camera at that time!!! LOL!!! =) -
silverwhisper said on Jan 18, 2008....
quietone: ah, OK... :D
queen: yep, it was a mixed group. :D
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polarheart said on Jan 18, 2008....
Ed, I can just imagine you guys acting like animals (pun intended)! LOL! -
FutureGoddess said on Jan 18, 2008....
I still keep picturing the scene where Ralphie's friend in A Christmas Story's tongue gets frozen to the electrical pole. I can picture a group of people with tongues frozen to a lake... just think about it. <giggle> -
quietone said on Jan 18, 2008....
futuregoddess.... I was thinking that same thing exactly! THAT would have been funny ed.... to see you guys out there with your tounge frozen stuck to the ice! LOL -
silverwhisper said on Jan 18, 2008....
polar: you know the saying--"ask me no questions..." :D
FG: yeah, we had that very much in mind, our state of intoxication notwithstanding. :D
quietone: well, since we were all doing it at the same time, we would've all been stuck, and nobody would've been able to help anybody else!
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pickersplock said on Jan 18, 2008....
Ed, let's just say Screwdrivers were involved, not the metal kind, the drinking kind. -
silverwhisper said on Jan 19, 2008....
pickers: why am i not surprised? :>
ed
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