Enjoying a French 125 tonight.

[Aristus]

Cognac, triple sec, and champagne. It’s a variation on the French 75, named for, of all things, the 75mm workhorse artillery piece of the French Army during World War I.

It’s good. It could hardly fail to be; cognac and champagne. What’s not to love?

Hope everyone is having a good weekend…

[Easterncedar]

1. Sounds good

I had the best and a meh mojito this past week. The best was sprightly and fresh, fizzy, very cold and very minty, the other was very sweet and dead.

[Aristus]

3. Sounds delicious!

[True Dough]

2. "Sec" comes from the French word for "dry," according to Google

So why do these drinks move in increments of 25?

[Aristus]

4. Artillery sizes tend to increase in 25mm increments.

75mm, 100mm, 125mm, 150mm, and so on. It’s not a hard and fast rule. There are plenty of 90mm and 105mm field pieces out there.

[True Dough]

5. And they all have one thing in common:

You don't want to be on the receiving end!

[Aristus]

6. So far, so good.

I sent a lot of 120mm stuff down range. But I was only ever on the receiving end of a single Scud missile. It missed.

[True Dough]

7. We're all grateful

that the Iraqis' aim/technology (maybe Russian tech) couldn't get the job done!

[Aristus]

9. Like a lot of tinpot despots in history,

Saddam Hussein bought scads of weapons from whomever would sell them to him. Investing in the maintenance and training requirements was much lower down on the list.

[Ilikepurple]

8. Sounds good, but now I'm salivating for a passion fruit French 75

Have a great night

[Aristus]

10. And you!