NOW MY TAIL FEATHERS ARE RUFFLED SO IM GOING TO GET A BOTTLE OF ABSINTHE AND SOME CHAMPAGNE

Ill be back later.

ITS TIME FOR DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON!

Made famous by Mr. Ernest Hemingway Himself.


Instructions

Pour absinthe into a champagne flute and add iced brut champagne until it clouds up -- at least 4 ounces.

Short of foreign travel, if you lack the kind of decadent friends who engage in pretentious pursuits like bootlegging absinthe, there are a couple of legal alternatives. For what our dear editor likes to call the "Near Death Experience," use Absente, the new -- legal -- absinthe substitute that's been promoted of late; it's 110-proof (the real stuff is always real strong, whatever its other attributes). If you prefer to keep the Man in Black safely at arm's length, try using a mere ounce of Pernod (or other 80-proof pastis). We'll call that the Paper Cut.