Sasha: Well, that was a thing we did.
Ariel: Wait, what? That sounds like you didn't think it was awesome!
Sasha: Oh, no, it was awesome all right, I just had more of those cookies than you did. And I had to finish off your "dipping sauce" for you.
Ariel: Wait, what? That sounds like you didn't think it was awesome!
Sasha: Oh, no, it was awesome all right, I just had more of those cookies than you did. And I had to finish off your "dipping sauce" for you.
Ariel: The way you put "dipping sauce" in those quotation marks sounds like you meant something naughty by it.
Sasha: No, if I'd meant something naughty, the quotation marks would have been earlier. Like, "I had to 'finish off your dipping sauce.'" Or maybe it would need two sets of quotation marks. "I had to 'finish off' your 'dipping sauce.'"
Ariel: Maybe? I dunno, the more quotation marks and quotation marks inside quotation marks you threw in there, the less naughty it sounded and the more like a grammar lesson.
Sasha: Anyway, my point is, now I'm kinda hung over.
Ariel: Yikes! Although ... I guess I could be too, since we didn't even think about or talk about having a spoiler warning. That's not normal.
Sasha: Why would we need a spoiler warning to tell people we got all cookied up on whiskey and ginger snaps? There's literally no place else besides here that they would find that out.
Ariel: Sure, but when do we not talk about telling people to put on their spoiler blankets? It's like, a rule or something.
Sasha: Or a totally whack habit.
Ariel: Ooh, "whack habit" sort of sounds like that nun show we've been watching and talking about experiencing on here.
Sasha: Now you're spoiling what we might be talking about next time.
Ariel: Oh geez. What was in those cookies?!?
Sasha: The whiskey we soaked them with?
Ariel: I know that, it was just like an expression.
Sasha: Maybe we ought to actually tell everybody about our experience soaking ginger snaps in whiskey.
Ariel: I already put the recipe on my Journal blog.
Sasha: Sure, but a recipe isn't an experience.
Ariel: Well go ahead, then. What was it like soaking ginger snaps in whiskey and eating way too much of them?
Sasha: And drinking all the leftover whiskey from both our glasses.
Ariel: Was there really all that much left?
Sasha: I don't know, I was pretty drunk already when I started drinking it.
Ariel: Okay, well, maybe instead of starting with that end part you should start with the beginning part.
Sasha: Right. The beginning part was our boyfriend coming back from the liquor store a few days ago, after somebody gave him a gift certificate.
Ariel: Who does that? I mean, everybody knows he doesn't drink much.
Sasha: I think they just wanted him to have a gift that would last him a long time.
Ariel: So ... that may not have worked out how they planned it, then.
Sasha: True. Anyway, in he comes and closes the door behind him and takes this brown bag in the kitchen and takes out this bottle and I'm like, "Ooh, what's that?" and he says, "I used that gift certificate to buy this bottle of whiskey. It's honey whiskey, so it's sweet."
Ariel: And then I said, "Well that's a relief because I sure wouldn't want to have another experience like that tequila I tried after it was left over from our margarita party!" And he said, "This is much better. You'll probably like it." And then I said, "Maybe Sash ought to try it first."
Sasha: That's right, you did say that. I think you were trying to get me sloshed from the start.
Ariel: No, I just didn't want another tequila experience and I thought for sure you'd warn me if it wasn't really any good.
Sasha: True, I probably would warn you. But in this case, I didn't need to.
Ariel: Nope, your face totally lit up after MSG poured you a little and you had a sip. It was a very "Mmm-mmm!" look. Also, you actually said, "Mmm-mmm!" so I wasn't just guessing about the look.
Sasha: And yet you still asked me if it was good after I said that.
Ariel: Look, that tequila tasted really bad. Sorry if it made me get all anxious-like about booze, but it was like a major universe-playing-tricks-on-me experience that a margarita made with tequila would be so yummy and then tequila by itself would taste like the bottom of a nasty old shoe. Plus, it ended up being a really good thing that I asked you, "So what's it like?" and you said, "It's good! It's sweet but also kind of sharp," and I said, "Sort of like a ginger snap?"
Sasha: Yeah, that was the fateful question.
Ariel: 'Cause even though you said it really didn't taste anything like a ginger snap, then I had ginger snaps stuck in my head.
Sasha: Cut to last night.
Ariel: Wait, you're just skipping the part where I tried a sip of the whiskey too and said it was tasty but too strong?
Sasha: Well, I was skipping that part but now you un-skipped it.
Ariel: I guess I don't need to tell our readers about it then.
Sasha: Right, because you more or less already did.
Ariel: It seemed like important information!
Sasha: Except I was about to tell everybody how last night I said, "Hey, do you wanna sneak a little more of MSG's honey whiskey?" and then you said, "I dunno, it was a little strong for me."
Ariel: Oh. I guess that would work to get the information across to them even though you skipped ahead.
Sasha: Sometimes I know what I'm doing!
Ariel: That's true. But not last night!
Sasha: No, you're the one who knew what she was doing last night.
Ariel: Did not! I just still had ginger snaps in my head from when I asked if the whiskey was like a ginger snap, so it hit me, "Why not put a little bit of the whiskey on some ginger snaps and see if they go together?" For all I knew it was going to be awful.
Sasha: I admit I was skeptical. Especially since if MSG caught us using his present whiskey to soak cookies in, he might be kind of upset.
Ariel: Oops, I didn't even think of that! I just wanted some of the tasty whiskey but it was too strong, so cutting it down with ginger snaps seemed like a solution.
Sasha: Well, wherever it came from, wow. One of the best ideas you've ever had!
Ariel: Although a better idea would have been to not have a whole bottle of whiskey and a whole bag of ginger snaps right there together when we decided to try it. Like, maybe pour just a little whiskey in a glass, put the whiskey away, and then take a couple of ginger snaps, put the bag away, soak the two cookies up, and then try one each.
Sasha: You know, the way you put it there makes it sound like we used a whole bottle of whiskey and soaked a whole bag of ginger snaps in it and ate and drank it all.
Ariel: Oh gosh. I hope everybody doesn't think that! I didn't mean to make it sound that way! I mean, we left ... a few cookies in the bag.
Sasha: And a little whiskey in the bottle.
Ariel: We left more than a little didn't we? Like, two-thirds at least?
Sasha: Ehhhhh ....
Ariel: Half?
Sasha: That's closer.
Ariel: Omg, I hope MSG isn't too mad when he finds that bottle.
Sasha: I'm pretty sure he'll be understanding about it once we have him try some whiskey-soaked ginger snaps.
Ariel: Sooooo good. Uh-oh.
Sasha: What?
Ariel: Well ... he's not around and now I'm remembering there are still a few ginger snaps left.
Sasha: ...
Ariel and Sasha: See you later, everybody!
