Tails and Feathers

Do you believe in the power of polls?
 
The Surprising Truth About How Much Americans Drink On Thanksgiving
 
Some may enjoy washing down turkey and family conflict with wine or fall cocktails, but most Americans don’t drink at all on Thanksgiving, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. Education was the biggest predictor of Thanksgiving drinking, with post-graduate respondents most likely to imbibe. Democrats were slightly more likely than Republicans to include alcohol as part of Thanksgiving festivities, and the Northeast was the least sober region of the country
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/26...44182.html

Fascinating Drinking Rituals Around the World 
 

 
http://all-that-is-interesting.com/most-...ng-rituals
 
The Dutch style of drinking genever, a kind of flavored whiskey, is to do it by “head butting.” To do this, they pour chilled genever in a tulip glass until the drink reaches the very tip of the rim. Bending from the waist, they take a sip, then straighten up and follow with a sip of beer. The “head butt” is repeated until the drink is gone
 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-daily-...33147.html

 

mERry ChisTMas to the chiCKens

 

:funny-chicken-smiley-emoticon:

 

 
http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/04/barman-saw...s-6360852/

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Just put some pineapple, oranges, tangerines, etc. in a blender then add vodka to taste.

 

<div>Human bartenders are going the way of the dodo.
 

 
Can an automated drink maker do that?
 
a doodle dotail Dispensing Machine 
 
Drink list is populated automatically based on liquids loaded into the machine.
 
https://youtu.be/G-F9aETMMNA
 
http://https://youtu.be/G-F9aETMMNA
 
A San Francisco a doodle dotail Party Where the Bartenders Are All Robots
 
There's both an art and a science to making the perfect mixed drink—it's not just the stiffness of the drink but also the flashiness of the pour.
 
The level of interaction also greatly differed from machine to machine. Some simply required the push of a button, others organized their drink menus on digital touch screens, one even required you to dance in your order via a DDR-style floor mat.
 
http://gizmodo.com/a-san-francisco-cockt...1451037117
 
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This thread got me thinking about robots and where they're going in the future. 
 
http://forum.chickensomething.com/index....-mcdonald/
 

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I bought one of the cheap robots for home use.

 

Didn't turn out so well...