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[IceWizard]

Sunday 24 July 2016

National Tequila Day



Mexicans like to celebrate Tequila Day, and so do lots of others! But let’s face it, we all know tequil synonymous with margarita, so let’s take a look at this frozen favourite.

There is no definitive answer as to who really invented this drink, but interesting stories abound. One of the earliest stories tells of a wealthy Dallas socialite inventing the drink at a Christmas party in Acapulco in 1948.

Tommy Hilton of the Hilton Hotel chain reportedly attended the party, and took the recipe home to serve at his hotels.

Another suggests that it is merely based on an American drink called the Daisy, which was made with brandy instead of tequila.

The Spanish word for “Daisy” is “Margarita”; hence the name. In any case, this popular drink, made with tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice, plus the trademark salt rim, will bring a touch of the tropics to any get-together. Cheers!

(And don’t lose that shaker of salt!)



And



Tell An Old Joke Day



We all know someone for whom every day is Tell An Old Joke Day, but there’s now a day when we can all put aside our reticence and let rip with our own ‘I say, I say, I say’ and ‘Knock, knock’ chestnuts.

Tell An Old Joke Day is your opportunity to raise the nervous wreck from the quivering depths, bring the awful-smelling noseless dog back in from the cold, and press the button for the chicken stuck forever at the pedestrian crossing.

Like any endangered species, old jokes must reproduce if they are not to die out entirely, and the old ones are supposed to be the best, anyway. There may be a lot of groaning from initiates, but there’s no joke so old that at least one person hasn’t heard it yet.

Why should they be allowed to escape the suffering of the rest of us?