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December 16, 2008

So, there I was...

Greyhawk

...hanging out at the Penthouse Club (in Vegas) with my buddy Stephen Green, aka Vodkapundit...

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...classy, you know, like the Brat Pack. And he says, "Dude, I gotta know, what's the secret?" And I'm worried, 'cause, well, he's a pretty good guy and I didn't want to tell him any of the ones that would require me to crush his larynx after telling, you know? So I respond with "I'm not sure what secret you mean..."

Which was true. But he says (quietly now, so no one around us could hear) "How do you get them to beg? I mean, really beg?"

And I breathed a sigh of relief, and relaxed the flesh on my right hand that I had already willed into steel via a little trick I learned somewhere in the far East "just in case".

But I said, "I don't know if you're ready for that one..." but really, even if he hadn't immediately passed me the recipes for three different yet equally perfect and powerful martinis I would have told him that one. Too easy.

Anyhow, from what I can tell, it worked. They're begging him. Pleading for it, I say.

Give it to 'em. Make 'em smile.

Posted by Greyhawk at 10:54 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) |