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Thu 20 Jan, 2005 08:39 pm
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I'm just curious. I read up on it a little and realize it doesn't really cause you to see purple men running around(that's from sucking the gas out of the whipped cream can), just wondering if any of you have actually drank this stuff, and your thoughts.
How nasty is it? I'd like to at least try it...see what happens to me after polishing off a whole bottle.
Its like mint flavored rubbing alchohol. I didnt hallucianate though. The levels of thujon in it are regulated now in Europe. You gotta get the bootleg stuff to feel the real effects.
I read it actually doesn't make you hallucinate...but the combination of herbs can have a "push-pull" affect that can affect you above the alcohol.
Thujon and Wormwood are psychoactive substances that can make you hallucinate if you consume enough them. There just isnt enough of it in the absinthe nowadays to make you trip. Id imagine you would have to drink at least a whole bottle to feel even mild effects. Back in the early 1900s, when it wasnt regulated, many people did indeed flip out after excessive and prolonged use of the stuff.
I'd rather drink poodle piss than drink absinthe again.
As others have noted, you can't get the stuff that gives you visions here.
You can order it online and have it shipped, though.
For what its likely to cost to have that stuff shipped to the states, I'd say you're better off with a couple bottles of GreyGoose or Glenlivet. Its just not worth the hassle and price.
The levels of hallucinogen (wormwood) have been regulated (levels allowed vary from country to country.) But, for the most part, you don't hallucinate on it anymore, the wormwood is just for flavor.
It is, however, an incredibly strong alchohol. You dilute it - 5 parts cold water, one part sugar, and one part absinthe. And trust me, that is strong enough.
I think the best stuff right now is made in Prague? It's illegal in the U.S..
hell yes, prague it is. and anywhere in eastern europe really. i drank it one too many times, no hallucinations, but i must confess i don't remember much from any of the evenings when i drank it. it has about 70% alcohol. young and stupid i was. i think i'll join pdiddie in drinking poodle piss next time absinth shows up on my doorstep.
I wonder how it would be if you used it wash down some x or some acid and then had say a half dozen shots? Thaaaatt could fun.....
oh, but it is a perfect anti-stress medicament. used to play in the theatre back at home. had two shots just before i went on the stage, by some mirracle i remembered all the lines and it was the best show ever. too bad i don't remember it much.
Once you get sick on Absinth you'll never drink it again.
Just the smell of it makes me gag.
Never again!!!
Of all the things I've done, and there are plenty, I've never had absinthe...is there some way to buy it on line and what's the penalty if I get caught with it? It's a misdemeanor right?
someone in the know go to this site and tell me if you think it's the real deal...Slappy...want to split a bottle|?
http://www.absinth.com/
Listen, just dissolve a five-pound bag of sugar in a gallon of gasoline and save the freight.
Why don't they sell Absinth in the US?
Thujone (sp?) is a regulated substance. Of course, they use it to make gin an tonic and it's in a lot of herbs. But not in high enough doses to do anything. It's definatly not FDA approved as an additive.
Also, it can be very dangerous in high doses/repeated doese, is addictive, and if its not made right it can make you blind.
blind for good or just that evening? Because I've been so screwed up I went temporarily blind...but not in a lot of years...
For good. That's why people test bathtub absinthe on lab rats.
Grain alchohol can make you blind too.
The reason I like absinth is because A. it's really strong but not in an unpleasant way and B. The licorice / herbaceous taste is fun. The flavor is where "aromatic bitters" came from.
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