Time for Tippling

[Amanda (Mandy)]

Ok so I bought my tippler supplies. The cashier asked if I was having a party. LOL!

[Lisa]

My chocolate-orange tea was really nice! I will definitely be buying some more :)

[Janice, Moderator]

I'm starting a new book (Among Others) and I'm not sure how many tippling opportunities in it, but I shall start out with coke. It's a bit early yet to break out the port.

[Liz]

Amanda, I like your husband's treats. Whenever I've had a bad day or im feeling overwhelmed, my husband brings me a dollar. And I say, "thank you dollar man!" And sometimes feel better. Who doesnt love a dollar??? Hehe

[Amanda (Mandy)]

Oooo tough call! Chocolate or a dollar.

[Mariab]

The Heart of Darkness has so many drink opportunities, that I cannot possibly cope with all them (for one, they are always on the way...). So I decided to drink only one glass Drambuie (not wanted to change my first choice) for all the reading.
(Also is work week and i must stay stable)

[Ava Catherine]

Mariab wrote: "The Heart of Darkness has so many drink opportunities, that I cannot possibly cope with all them (for one, they are always on the way...). So I decided to drink only one glass Drambuie ..."

Heart of Darkness is a heavy book, Mariab. Glad you have some good tippling supplies to make the journey smoother. (Licks lips!) Portion control is a good thing during the work week. : )

[Mariab]

Connie wrote: "
Heart of Darkness is a heavy book, Mariab. Glad you have some good tippling supplies to make the journey smoother. (Licks lips!) Portion control is a good thing during the work week. : ) ..."

Oh!, Connie. All people say it is a hard book, and because of that, I almost didn't pick it. But I'm enjoying it quite a lot...
I think many people find it heavy because all the descriptions (not much action), but I don't miss action at all (dont mind a book without it), besides the descriptions are made in such a beautiful prose, and the landscape is so vivid represented, than -especially the river- is a character per se in the story

[jaxnsmom]

Rusalka wrote: "They should be titled "The Articulate Ramblings of Rusalka".

I should totally write a book."

I agree, but you'll need a translator for the US version. ☺

[jaxnsmom]

Rusalka wrote: "I'm keeping up with Phryne and her tea, coffee, cocktail, wine drinking habits with my wine tonight. It's now 11.30pm on a school night though, so I should crash in a few. But there's always time f..."

Are the books as good as the show? I can't wait for season 3 to be available on dvd for my library to purchase (I will be hounding them for it!).

[jaxnsmom]

Janice wrote: "I'm starting a new book (Among Others) and I'm not sure how many tippling opportunities in it, but I shall start out with coke. It's a bit early yet to break out the port."

I really liked Among Others. There's definitely injuries and cars, so you'll have some opportunities :)

[Ava Catherine]

Mariab wrote: "Connie wrote: "
Heart of Darkness is a heavy book, Mariab. Glad you have some good tippling supplies to make the journey smoother. (Licks lips!) Portion control is a good thing during the work week..."

Yes, I think it is a fascinating book. Sounds like the book has clicked for you.

[Ava Catherine]

Finished A Little Princess
I am having tea.

The only tippling opportunities in this book involve teas, cakes, and buns. Just not a drinking book.

I read Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir for humor. I should have gotten the vodka out and had a big drink just for plowing through this book. I did not find anything humorous in this book, and I thought it would never end. Obviously, I am in the minority because this book has won all sorts of awards. Maybe I just don't get this kind of humor.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I just finished Cocaine Blues. Wow. So many drinks! Cars, taxis, tea, cocktails, fights, etc. The tea, coffee and water got a great work out today.

Just started Faceless Killers which will be interesting to see what pops up there, and whether I can imagine it without Kenneth Branagh.

And I just heard Lexx pop a champagne cork...

[Ava Catherine]

Just finished The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I have been having a healthy afternoon with green tea.

Not a lot of drinking material here but a great story.

The White Witch is a vicious woman with a vindictive, destructive streak. She kills Aslan with a knife in a brutal way.
Mr. Beaver drinks beer, and the White Witch gives Edmund a creamy, frothy drink that is the best he has ever drunk. Edmund also gobbles up Turkish Delight. Lucy has tea with Mr. Tumas, who serves a lovely cake. The Beavers have sticky marmalade rolls.


I am reading The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, so I may have to bring out the wine soon.

[jaxnsmom]

Rusalka wrote: "And I just heard Lexx pop a champagne cork."

Sounds like a perfect ending for Phryne Fisher :)

[jaxnsmom]

I'm listening to A Year in the Merde for a humorous book. There are already several laugh out loud moments, but I am getting a little tired of his thinking he get to have sex with practically every woman he meets. I realize that's a fantasy for a lot of men, but I want more of his adjustment to being in a foreign country (from London, now in Paris for a year).

Janice - The intro to the book is from Three Men in a Boat.

[Sarah]

There is a lot of whisky drinking in my current book A Hidden Fire. I'm pleased we don't have to match like for like otherwise I'd have fallen in the canal by now. Also some eating of lemon cake (that's more like it). I've been on the tea and juice for all of this. I must get hold of another bottle of wine for tomorrow night's tippling.

[jaxnsmom]

I finished A Year in the Merde and ended up really enjoying it. Thank goodness I had lots of water at work. There must have been drinking on every page and many out loud laughing moments, plus some car and train rides and an injury from a marine's fists.

[Debra]

Some tippling in Mr. Mercedes. Just a few beers. A lot of traveling in cars, tho. And murders... does murder using a car as the weapon count? Wish I could drink at home, but hubby doesn't allow alcohol in the house. So, I have my drinks with my sister or at a party, and occasionally when out to dinner. Sipped lots of water. Boring, I know!

[jaxnsmom]

Debra wrote: "Some tippling in Mr. Mercedes. Just a few beers. A lot of traveling in cars, tho. And murders... does murder using a car as the weapon count? Wish I could drink at home, but hub..."

I must have drank several gallons of water this week. I don't drink much alcohol because of some of the meds I take, so I'm really boring :~D I love hearing what drinks you and Almeta are having.

[jaxnsmom]

I'm listening to Love Among the Chickens and can't help thinking of Rusalka and her girls :) There's train riding, whiskey and quite a few laughing moments. Lots more water - at least I'm staying hydrated, and my body is getting used to it so I'm not in the bathroom every hour.

[Sarah]

I drank two bottles of beer but there was no reading involved. The sun was out so it had to be done. Been reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers since then.

[Jamie]

So I stopped by Costco and picked up a bottle of mango flavored moscato and got ready to tipple with my book called The Zone of Interest. Not knowing what the book was about when I started reading it I found that the first chance to take a drink was when the Jews showed up on a train to one of the concentration camps! I decided I wasn't drinking to that.

[Ava Catherine]

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics had only a fair amount of tippling amount of tippling opportunities. The guys traveled by train a good bit and, of course, car travel was common. Hitler had a black Mercedes limo, and the Germans loved their beer. The Americans drank whiskey and beer. The French drank wine. There were too many deserts to name. I drank to all of them.
I was drinking wine for this one.

Finished Treasure Island : The pirates drink grog and rum. (actually, they swill it)
Pirates and sailors are killed and injured by gunfire, sabers, knives, and cutlasses. There is a threat of keelhauling, but, fortunately, the pirates don't follow through with the threat.

[Mariab]

Connie wrote: "Finished Treasure Island : The pirates drink grog and rum. (actually, they swill it)
Pirates and sailors are killed and injured by gunfire, sabers, knives, and cutlasses. There is a threat of keelhauling, but, fortunately, the pirates don't follow through with the threat. "

I loved that book! I read it last century... ;-)

[Mariab]

Sarah wrote: "I drank two bottles of beer but there was no reading involved. The sun was out so it had to be done. Been reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers since then."

Good one, Sarah; are you reading it for film award?

[Ava Catherine]

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof--lots of drinking in the play, so I followed suit and have been drinking the most delicious Bloody Mary! or two!

[Sarah]

@Mariab - yes it's for the academy award task. before starting I was worried I wouldn't like it what with it being a classic and my track record with them but it's very good.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Reads so far for the toppler and current tipple

[jaxnsmom]

Sarah wrote: "I drank two bottles of beer but there was no reading involved. The sun was out so it had to be done. Been reading Invasion of the Body Snatchers since then."

That's dedication to your team, practicing tippling!

[jaxnsmom]

Jamie wrote: "So I stopped by Costco and picked up a bottle of mango flavored moscato and got ready to tipple with my book called The Zone of Interest. Not knowing what the book was about when I started reading ..."

I can understand why you wouldn't want to drink to the atrocities of the holocaust, but if you manage to read the book you'll probably need that bottle of moscato when you finish.

[jaxnsmom]

Connie wrote: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof--lots of drinking in the play, so I followed suit and have been drinking the most delicious Bloody Mary! or two!"

I believe you are going to be the most tipsy topsy tippler of the toppler! ☺

[jaxnsmom]

I'm so tired that I've only been sipping water during my last book. A pity, since there were lots of car rides, Ellie 'wins' at her Find work, and a guy gets shot in the gut.

[Ava Catherine]

jaxnsmom wrote: "Connie wrote: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof--lots of drinking in the play, so I followed suit and have been drinking the most delicious Bloody Mary! or two!"

I believe you are going to be th..."


With the deadline looming, I had to quit tippling last night and get serious about finishing the books I had started the first part of the week. It certainly isn't as much fun when I can't tipple during the toppler! : )

[Janice, Moderator]

I kind of gave up on the tippling. There were so many modes of travel and characters drinking in the books that I read that I couldn't keep up. It was a detriment to either my kidneys or my liver, or maybe both! :)

[Theresa~OctoberLace]

I ended up being a Teetotaler this Toppler. A nasty sinus infection had me with a fever for 10 days, but it's finally over. Tea and sparkling water were all I drank. I'll have to make up my Tippling for the next Toppler!

[Almeta]

I tried to keep track, but there were so many opportunities, that I just kept up a steady stream (in both senses).

May come back later with some of my notes.