Bartender behind the infamous cocktail containing a human toe died and donated his toes to the bar

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/22/bartender-behind-the-infamous.html

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Rest in pieces?

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Still not drinking it.

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I’m sorry I read this article right after lunch. :face_vomiting:

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You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don’t wanna know about it, believe me.

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If you’ve got your whole life to become famous for something,

is putting toes in people’s drinks really that great an accomplishment?

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Word.

Also, didn’t we already use up all the good puns the last time there was post about human toe cocktails?

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We did, and I feel no need to go through it again.
If I wanted something gross in my drink I’d ask for an olive.

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Or worse, mint leaves; freakin’ Mojitos…

:face_vomiting:

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I like the rum part…
You ever had Hoegaarden? Belgian beer, served with a big, floating lemon slice.
Great until the last few sips where it smacks you in the face with the texture and taste of an old dishcloth.

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Nope;

I don’t really like beer, so I’ve never had a ‘boiler maker’ or a ‘car bomb’ either…

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Feel free to mark those down as “things you were right to miss out on.”

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Oh, I tended bar… and in the Caribbean, no less; so I have a whole laundry list of shit I won’t ever drink, starting with Jager-bombs…

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TGIF (“toes go in first”).

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The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night bizarre in a Yukon bar
I dephalanxed Sam McGee.
– apologies to Robert W. Service

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I have to kind of wonder whether this guy was a reader of Heinlein, specifically "Stranger in a Strange Land’… That idea of immortality through being consumed after death (IIRC), kind of like the Xtian transubstantiation thing…

Soup, cocktail, whatever. Just don’t call it cannibalism?

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There are strange things done in a bar for fun?

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Edit* Exposition for those out of the loop

If a patron swallowed the toe, the patron owed $500 to the House.

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Some people plunge headfirst into fame and celebrity, while others just dip a toe.

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No, you’re right - it’s not that great an accomplishment as such, but he did bring a lot of enjoyment to peoples lives*, and fuck me there are certainly worse legacies to leave to the world!

  • Possible exception for whoever’s toes ended up in the drink.
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