I need the gayest grain alcohol I can find.

Don't turn around.
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And so it's time to wallow in our collective dispair, shame, nausea and self-loathing on this, the morning after Sager (non-swatties: it's a men-in-dresses kind of party). As it turns out, my male friends all have killer legs. Also, photos of me wearing lipstick are troubling to say the least. Gah. (Note that they are not included on here...)

The New York Post had a pretty time appropriate gossip note about "42 Below," a vodka from New Zealand which...well, I have a hangover. How about I just post the actual article:

"March 27, 2005 -- THE owners of hipster vodka 42 Below are at war with Chelsea hotspot Brite Bar after it decided to boycott the brand. Brite Bar owner John Libonati refused to stock the vodka, which is from New Zealand, because of what he viewed as shameless pandering to the gay market on the company's Web site. In response, Libonati received a nasty e-mail from Below 42 president James Dale. "Hello [bleep]face," Dale wrote. "If you are suggesting that we are anti-gay, then speak to my [bleep]in' hand, you fool. At least four of the people on our team are gay and one of our best accounts in NYC is Lucky Cheng's. Perhaps you are a redneck homophobe who wants to feel important. We would never let your sorry arse [bleep, bleep] bar carry 42 Below anyway. So there, [bleep]head." Libonati, who notes he is gay and opened the bar with his boyfriend, tells us Dale is a "complete jackass." Friends of Libonati have since forwarded the Dale e-mail to bar owners all over town."

I decided to check out the "shameless pandering" for myself, and so can you.

I guess I can see the "hipster" part, but not too much "gay" going on. I mean, there's this retarded video they made of the "History of 42Below" which actually just seems kinda racist...

Now, if you're really looking for some G-A-Y liquor, may I direct your attention to "Cabana Boy" Rum.

The bottle design is as ridiculous as the web site, but oh man, that cabana boy makes some tasty and affordable coconut rum.

Before I go, can I just quote a bit from the 42 Below website? This is from the "Vodka University" section:

Vodka University was set up by 42 BELOW in an effort to educate people about how vodka isn't just some nasty booze that tastes like rocket fuel and keeps Russians happy enough to go to work every day, and also to drum it into their heads that 42 BELOW is a really exclusive premium vodka - which is important because we've priced ourselves way out of the reach of your run of the mill cossack miner. In fact the only people in Russia who could afford to drink 42 BELOW will be happily drinking your product one minute and then out of nowhere they'll start waving guns around andd we'd just as soon stay the hell away from them.