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yellokoffee
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 Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 7:55 pm Post subject: 10,000 dollar martini |
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oh yeah. I had like 4 of them....great stuff. I don't mind spending the money because, um....spending 10g's a pop is like giving away 2 charity.  
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New York hotel offers $10,000 martini
Wednesday, December 1, 2004 Posted: 6:18 PM EST (2318 GMT)
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Drinkers might want to keep a clear head when ordering a martini at New York's historic Algonquin Hotel or they might pay $10,000 for that cold sip.
The landmark hotel, where famed wit Dorothy Parker and fellow literary lights at the Round Table imbibed, offers a $10,000 martini, complete with a loose diamond at the bottom.
No one has ordered one yet, in the martini's first week on the menu, but the hotel hopes some romantic soul will buy one any day now.
"We haven't had any buyers yet, but a lot of people are talking about it," said Anthony Melchiorri, the hotel's general manager, on Wednesday.
The drink is designed to fit with tradition at the Algonquin, where Round Table members including Parker, writer Robert Benchley, playwright George S. Kaufman and "The New Yorker" magazine founder Harold Ross gathered regularly.
Today, Parker's ode to the martini adorns hotel napkins: "I love a martini -- but two at the most. Three I'm under the table; Four, I'm under the host."
Parker's response to the $10,000 martini might be mixed, the manager conceded.
"I think she would like the idea so long as she'd get to drink it," he said. "I don't think she'd care about the diamond, but she'd care about the martini."
Fear not, the manager added, no one can really order the martini by mistake.
The tipple requires 72 hours' notice, and buyers meet with a jeweler to select a gem and with hotel staff to ensure the cocktail is delivered to the right table. |
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Damn dude, I could buy a whole bar for that price.
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wait.. the diamond sits at the bottom of the drink??
what if she accidentally swallows it??
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what if she accidentally swallows it?? |
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MilAlegna
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...... boys 
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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what if she accidentally swallows it?? |
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HAHAHAHAHA
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...shaken, not stirred.
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Hmmmmm maybe I should have a $10,000 lemonade stand...
Haha yeah right... if I was going to be romantic, I'd spend that $10,000 on a trip to Disney World or something!
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| MilAlegna wrote: |
wait.. the diamond sits at the bottom of the drink??
what if she accidentally swallows it?? |
Considering the price, she'd better swallow 
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I can't remember which bar... but there is one in Vegas that offers a drink with a diamond ring in it. I believe it runs $15,000. a 1/2C solitaire in a platinum setting... If you're gonna propose, might as well do it with a twist I supppose.
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| Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 1:35 am Post subject: |
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imagine how much crack i could buy instead of drinking that one martini!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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errrr... NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
there is no way tht imma gonna spend tht much on a martini~
dont care if it has a diamond in it~
id rather take my gurl out wit sum sorta special event~
or take her on a trip
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i would buy one just to be the first ^_^
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