Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.

I know a few people here likes Dorothy Parker and would enjoy something like this. Just imagine a bottle of Dorothy Parker Gin. Enjoy.

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Knowing that I am a big fan of the writer, a very dear friend of mine gave me a bottle of Dorothy Parker gin.  The gin is the sort of alcohol-rich distillation that would make the average sailor wince, but the bottle was wonderful with a picture of Mrs Parker printed on the inside and a little biography on the back:

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It was too good to throw away, and so I decided to make it into a lamp.  I bought the stick-in bulb fitting and more or less forgot about it, as it took us so long to get through the ‘navy strength’ gin.  When the bottle was finally empty, I started to think about a shade.  For some reason I decided that a lampshade with some of Mrs Parker’s quotes would be just the thing, so I bought a kit which promised to be very easy to make up…

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2 thoughts on “Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.

    1. Ha Ha Ha….I thought you would like this. Chris likes her too. He quotes her often on FB.

      WordPress has some of the koolest people to read. The news has been so ugly lately that is nice to have somewhere to share humor. We sure need a lot of it now. I sure could use that lamp shade in this messy house. It expresses my feelings completely.

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