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Why the 40cm deep horn wound in your buttocks? Do they drink that stuff (in copious amounts) just before bull fighting? Just curious. Otherwise it sounds delish!
Hey C-Swiss:
Well…
– Patxaran is a liquor from Navarra.
– Navarra is a region in Spain.
– Pamplona is in Navarra.
– Pamplona has the running of the bulls festival each year.
– People who run with the bulls are often drunk out of their minds; as well they should be.
– Patxaran makes you drunk.
– Bulls have horns.
– Bulls horns often reach 40 cm or more in length.
– The gluteous maximus is the largest muscle in the human body.
– Large muscles make for irresistible targets if you’re a very large, very pissed-off bull.
So…drink Patxaran…get drunk…run with bulls…get gored in the ass…sober up…walk with limp…get bitched out by your mother. Now, THAT’S a hangover.
I totally agree on the hang-over! I had my worst ones on patxaran, specially on the home made one.
Hey, do I look like National Geographics, or what? 😉 But I was pretty good. Who’d want to do something like that without being totally pissed, anyway!
I love the stuff – it’s my favorite tipple. No scars on the buttocks yet!
I make my own every year. Pick the sloes in a little village in Soria in October. True, the colour is beautiful, although Zoco is pretty shitty, try Baines or I’ll take you a flask of my homemade stuff when you sit for my dog, hahaha.