Is Smirnoff a girly drink?

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WinkOsmosis

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Yes, Smirnoff Ice is girly. Who cares though? I mix my Smirnoff Vodka with Goya coconut soda. It ends up being 3 shots in each glass though.
 

StageLeft

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Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: Skoorb
You can rationalize all you like, and it's up to you whether you pay any credence to the girly vs. manly drink debate. However, ask the average guy what is more manly: A beer or a cooler, and the answer will not be cooler. Ask the average guy what is more manly: shooting tequila or sipping on a smirnoff ice, and the answer will not be the smirnoff.

Assuming you care about manly vs. girly drinks you'd do well to avoid the girly ones and they ARE the coolers, smirnoff ice, etc.

Sitting around sipping coolers with the girls WILL get you laid.

Think about it, would you rather sip coolers with the girls or be at some keg party sausage fest?
Problem is a manly man won't be among girls drinking coolers while the guys are off talking about sports and getting drunk. So, that guy you just talked about is the gay one, who in fact would prefer to be in the company of the boys in the first place!

 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: MacBaine
Ice is alright... tastes kinda like sprite. If that's all you drink though...
Any alcoholic beverage in which I can taste the alcohol (e.g. beer, whiskey, bourbon, liquers, etc) is indistinguishable from Benadryl as far as I can tell. I see no point in drinking something that tastes like crap just because it's "manly". If I'm drinking, I'm drinking Smirnoff Ice or Mike's Hard.

ZV
 

Vortex22

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Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Ice is alright... tastes kinda like sprite. If that's all you drink though...
Any alcoholic beverage in which I can taste the alcohol (e.g. beer, whiskey, bourbon, liquers, etc) is indistinguishable from Benadryl as far as I can tell. I see no point in drinking something that tastes like crap just because it's "manly". If I'm drinking, I'm drinking Smirnoff Ice or Mike's Hard.

ZV

The cooler is always full of those 2 beverages at most of the parties I go to.
 

StageLeft

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Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Ice is alright... tastes kinda like sprite. If that's all you drink though...
Any alcoholic beverage in which I can taste the alcohol (e.g. beer, whiskey, bourbon, liquers, etc) is indistinguishable from Benadryl as far as I can tell. I see no point in drinking something that tastes like crap just because it's "manly". If I'm drinking, I'm drinking Smirnoff Ice or Mike's Hard.

ZV
Look at the girly man!!!

 

Mill

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WTF! All the girls and guys I know drinking fvcking beer or liquor. Damn you all!Q
 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: Vortex22
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: MacBaine
Ice is alright... tastes kinda like sprite. If that's all you drink though...
Any alcoholic beverage in which I can taste the alcohol (e.g. beer, whiskey, bourbon, liquers, etc) is indistinguishable from Benadryl as far as I can tell. I see no point in drinking something that tastes like crap just because it's "manly". If I'm drinking, I'm drinking Smirnoff Ice or Mike's Hard.

ZV
The cooler is always full of those 2 beverages at most of the parties I go to.
Ditto. I've never gotten any crap about drinking Smirnoff Ice either. Of course, people who don't know me well are apt to think that getting me to drink anything with alcohol in it is a major "victory" so they might just not want to say things to discourage me from drinking at all.

ZV
 

TheVrolok

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I like Smirnoff ice a lot, I don't care for people who label certain drink girl drinks. Does it really matter what you drink?
 

Tetsuo

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Who gives a rat's ass? Drink what you like and if someone gives you hell over it, tell them to grow up and find something worthwhile to bitch about.

:D
 

jfall

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I think they are labeled girly drinks because they taste good? I doubt it has anything to do with alcohol content, because the percentage is higher on those then most beers.

I am a beer and whiskey drinker myself, I may have the odd premixed drink, but I can't drink very many, they get sickening after one
 

PoPPeR

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Originally posted by: Millennium
WTF! All the girls and guys I know drinking fvcking beer or liquor. Damn you all!Q
i thought we were talking about beer & liquor?

 

placebo139

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Who gives a rat's ass? Drink what you like and if someone gives you hell over it, tell them to grow up and find something worthwhile to bitch about.

well put!
 

NFS4

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Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: NFS4
Who gives a rat's ass? Drink what you like and if someone gives you hell over it, tell them to grow up and find something worthwhile to bitch about.

Would you wear a purse if it fit everything you needed better than your wallet? Thought not.

Not even close to be the same thing smartass
 

hdeck

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Originally posted by: Millennium
Originally posted by: hdeck
who cares if it's girly. it tastes good and gets the job done.

Not true!

maybe not by itself but you use the good tasting stuff to get slightly buzzed so the "manly" stuff doesn't taste like sh!t ;)
 

Martin

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No, and if you think it is, go beat your head against a brick wall until grey stuff starts to come out.

 

cyclistca

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Well if it is then call me a girl. :D

I'm in my late thirities and I've just gotten to the point were I prefer something other then beer.
 

Swag1138

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If Im drinking, and its available, Im drinking whiskey sours, or, if Im feeling wild, amaretto sours. If not, I drink the darkest beer available.
 

fatalbert

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Originally posted by: jfall
I think they are labeled girly drinks because they taste good? I doubt it has anything to do with alcohol content, because the percentage is higher on those then most beers.

I am a beer and whiskey drinker myself, I may have the odd premixed drink, but I can't drink very many, they get sickening after one

I too am a beer and whiskey drinker, and I am the only one I know that measures whiskey in pints

 

Cyberian

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Originally posted by: NFS4
Who gives a rat's ass? Drink what you like and if someone gives you hell over it, tell them to grow up and find something worthwhile to bitch about.
Bingo!!

Can anyone tell me who decided that "Smirnoff" is automatically a 'girly' drink?

(Be gentle with me, I've only been drinking (legally) for 40+ years.)
 

Sunner

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: pulse8
Smirnoff Ice = Yes

Smirnoff Vodka = No
Yep.

Something you need to learn early in your drinking career is that when at a party if you're a guy you will want to be seen with either beer or hardliqour. If that hardliqour is vodka it's risky mixing it with a fruit drink (OJ, gatorade, etc.). Preferably you'll be drinking rum and coke or rye and coke, etc. You can't go wrong with beer of course.

I like those girly drinks too and I don't care anymore, but when I was younger I could expect to get (and give) comments about a supposedly masculine guy sucking back a cooler with the girls.

Rum and Coce? Bleh!

That's definately not a guy's drink, not a chicks drink either for that matter, it's just plain nasty!